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Letters 2004–2006: Confirmation That You Still Exist; I Respect Your Authority; When Will It End; One London is published as part of Book Works’ Chap Book Series (No 8), printed offset in an edition of 1,000 copies, full colour, 48 pages, with a soft cover. Designed by Valle Walkley, 240mm x 175mm. Letters 2004–2006: Confirmation That You Still Exist; I Respect Your Authority; When Will It End; One London
by Martin John Callanan (2007)

Callanan’s work explores apparatuses of power. Gathered here are the responses to his mass letter writing. Each letter poses a deceptively simple question or even inane rhetorical statement and the collected responses reveal the absurdity of bureaucracy and the egos of those that claim power.

Collected here are a selection of responses to a series of letters mailed between 2004-06, ranging from the bemused response of the Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury to the question “When will it end?” to appreciative letters from the offices of President Mubarak of Egypt in response to the declaration “I respect your authority”.

ISBN  978 1 870699 98 3—Price £7.50
interior spread of book, grey divider, recto with chapter heading reversed out in white, I respect your authority, verso image of original letter sent to 268 world leaders
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Letters 2004–2006: Confirmation That You Still Exist; I Respect Your Authority; When Will It End; One London
by Martin John Callanan (2007)

Callanan’s work explores apparatuses of power. Gathered here are the responses to his mass letter writing. Each letter poses a deceptively simple question or even inane rhetorical statement and the collected responses reveal the absurdity of bureaucracy and the egos of those that claim power.

Collected here are a selection of responses to a series of letters mailed between 2004-06, ranging from the bemused response of the Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury to the question “When will it end?” to appreciative letters from the offices of President Mubarak of Egypt in response to the declaration “I respect your authority”.

ISBN  978 1 870699 98 3—Price £7.50