Plexus International

Open Letter

to All Artists of the

World

House of the

Slaves

Goree-Dakar

Dakar, 30 August 1988

We are informing you of the arrival of “The Ship of the Slaves of Art,” awaited in Dakar, capital of Senegal, from December 23, 1988 to January 3, 1989.

After the first international event of the “Slaves of Art” in Sardinia, Italy, on July 4, 1987, with the participation of 160 artists from 23 nationalities;

after the departure of the metaphoric trip in the history and mythology of “The Ship of the Slaves of Art,” from New York on February 1986;

there will be a second international event for the artists as independent producers in view of a debate on the Redefinition of Art and the research of a new kind of art contract, as a concrete expression according to the interests of the artists. This debate will be under the responsability of the Club Littéraire David Diop and of the ANAPS, National Association of the Visual Artists of Senegal.

Within the scope of this international event all artists are invited to participate to realize the Plexus Art Co-Opera N°5, “The Electromagnetic Serpent,” a symultaneous and synchronized presentation of art and science, which will be presented as a parade-show on January 1, 1989, in the island of Gorée, Dakar.

In the island of Gorée, in the House of the Slaves, the final act will be performed as a homage to the freedom of the Human Being.

The outcomes of this event will be reported to the world.

Therefore, Plexus International launches a call for all artists of the world to come to Dakar, from December 23, 1988, to January 3, 1989, to contribute to the opening of a credit line in favor of the International Art Community through the creation of an Art World Bank.

Made on August 30, 1988, at the Club Litteraire David Diop, Dakar, Senegal, by Youssouph Baro, Zulu M'Baye, Sandro Dernini, Assane M'Baye, Pathe Diop, Langouste M'Dow.