This book, “dedicated to the people of the 30th century,” collects all the reports received for Spatial Poem No. 1 through Spatial Poem No. 9. Most of the reports are arrayed around map-like representations of the Earth. The layouts for No. 1 and No. 2 in particular recall and yet also modify George Maciunas’s original designs for the related object editions that had been previously published. This publication—presented here in its entirety—marked the end of Mieko Shiomi’s groundbreaking, decade-long, globally networked endeavor. In more recent years, she has revived the Spatial Poem series by inviting later generations of participants to interpret her instructions anew.
Used by permission of Mieko Shiomi.
