Ever since it was founded, the CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación), helmed by the cultural promoter, artist, and businessman Jorge Glusberg, was intended as an interdisciplinary space where an experimental art movement could flourish. The establishment of collaborative networks connecting local and international artists and critics played an important role in this process. The exhibitions shone a light on these exchanges, in which overviews of trends or individual artists provided an introduction to the innovations of international contemporary art and made Argentine and Latin American artists better known on the global scene.
In 1970 the CAYC opened its own space on Viamonte street, in the heart of Buenos Aires. The center immediately began to distribute its newsletters, which were designed to communicate its initiatives, promote the work of Argentine and foreign artists, and provide education for local artists. The acronym “GT” appeared on the upper left corner of every page together with a consecutive number and the date. The “GT,” which presumably stood (in Spanish) for “work document/newsletter,” alluded to the fact that the publications were not intended as one-way communication. These bulletins spoke directly to readers, inviting them to take part in surveys and discussions about current art and social events. They were jokingly known as the “yellow pages” (a reference to the commercial section of the phone book) although they were sometimes green or pink, to distinguish certain events or subjects. They circulated in Argentina and overseas, which positioned them somewhere between news outlet and a true piece of mail art.
Exhibitions, performances, symposiums, manifestos, art projects, and artworks came to life in more than 900 issues, all printed on very fine paper so several copies could be sent in a single envelope. Careful planning ensured that free copies of the newsletter were mailed to every continent from 1970 to 1974. The issue that appeared in June 1974 appealed to readers to pay a subscription fee to cover production and mailing costs.
Each carefully designed newsletter sports the CAYC logo printed in a sans serif font and a letterhead that runs along the side of the page. The text is printed in conventional typewriter cursive script, which underscores the “working document” image that the center sought to project.
