John McCrackpipe and Alex Vivian, Average Melbourne conceptual art exhibition with in-built bin system, 30 December 2022.

System 1

Primary document: July 1969, mimeograph book compiled by Theoretical Art and Analyses and published by Art Press Inc., New York, 1969. Features work by Ian Burn, Adrian Piper, Mel Ramsden, Roger Cutforth, Steven Kaltenbach, Sol LeWitt and David Nelson. Provenance: Dale Hickey (signed).

Reading/disposal apparatus: wooden writing desk and chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston for Roy Grounds’ Arts South building, University of Melbourne, 1971. Coles Multi Purpose Disposable Latex Gloves (100 pack), box coated in white acrylic, 240 litre wheelie bin.

System 2

Primary document: Robert Rooney, Words and phrases in inverted commas from the collected works of IBMR, revised version (Melbourne: January 1972). Mimeographed book, 6 leaves, paper cover, plastic strip binding. Provenance: Dale Hickey.An alphabetised listing of all words and phrases in Burn and Ramsden’s ‘Collected Works 1964-71’, an artist book exhibited at Pinacotheca, Melbourne in 1971. The original version of Rooney’s work, published in the first issue of ‘Pinacotheca’ magazine (1971) alongside articles by Burn, Ramsden and Joseph Kosuth, was printed incorrectly.

Reading/disposal apparatus: wooden writing desk and chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston for Roy Grounds’ Arts South building, University of Melbourne, 1971. Coles Multi Purpose Disposable Latex Gloves (100 pack), box coated in white acrylic, 240 litre wheelie bin.

System 3

Primary document: Robert Rooney, NOTES: After/Before, Work/Projects 1970–1973 (Melbourne: 1972-73). Mimeographed copy by the artist. Provenance: Dale Hickey.

Reading/disposal apparatus: wooden writing desk and chair designed by Grant and Mary Featherston for Roy Grounds’ Arts South building, University of Melbourne, 1971. Coles Multi Purpose Disposable Latex Gloves (100 pack), box coated in white acrylic, 240 litre wheelie bin.