GENERAL IDEA 1969-1994
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EDITIONS & PUBLICATIONS 1967-1995

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7801
The Dishes Hot Property! 1978
Offset on card record cover with inserted audio disc: 185 x 180 mm
Edition size unknown, unsigned and unnumbered
Published by Regular Records, Toronto
Record cover and audio disc label designed by General Idea for The Dishes' Regular Records independent release. The audio disc, vinyl: 45 rpm, 8:55 min., includes the song Hot Property! performed for General Idea's Hot Property! staged at Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, 22 October 1977.
See 7703, 7806.

7802
FILE Megazine (vol. 4, no.1, summer 1978) 1978
"1984 A Year in Pictures Issue"
Web offset periodical, 64 pp. plus cover, black-and-white reproductions and spot colour: 355 x 280 mm
Edition of 3000
Published by Art Official Inc., Toronto
Some of the pages also appear in the publication Reconstructing Futures .
See 7705.

7803
General Idea's High Profile 1978
Screenprint on paper: 1190 x 760 mm
Edition of approximately 300, of which 30 are signed and numbered
Self-published
Poster for the event of the same name held at CN Tower, Toronto, 13 October 1978, in celebration of General Idea's fictional 10th anniversary (General Idea formed in 1969).
See 7506.

7804
General Idea: Menage a Trois 1978
Offset pamphlet, 24 pp. plus cover, black-and-white reproductions: 267 x 204 mm
Edition of 500, some signed, unnumbered
Published by Art Metropole, Toronto
The imagery in the publication was developed into works included in the exhibition Menage a Trois at Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, opening 1 March 1978.
See 7805.

7805
Glamour di General Idea 1978
Offset lithograph on paper: 497 x 695 mm
Edition size unknown, of which 100 are signed and numbered
Published by Lucio Amelio, Naples
Reproduces the Italian translation of General Idea's "Glamour" manifesto included in FILE Megazine (vol. 3, no. 1, autumn 1975). Produced to accompany the exhibition Menage a Trois at Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, opening 1 March 1978.
See 7504-7506, 7804.

7806
Hot Property: The Dishes 1978
Lacquered offset on paper on metal button pin: 56 (diam.) x 8 mm
Edition size unknown, unsigned and unnumbered
Published by The Dishes, Toronto
Button designed by General Idea and used to promote the recording The Dishes Hot Property!
See 7703, 7801.