Ulises Carrión

Ulises Carrión (1941–1989) was a Mexican artist, writer, and theorist who left Mexico for Amsterdam in the early 1970s and became a central figure in international mail art, artists' books, and conceptual art. His essay The New Art of Making Books (1975) argued that a book is a space-time sequence — a structure of pages, sequence, and reading time — rather than a container for text, and remains foundational for the genre. His bookshop Other Books and So in Amsterdam was among the first artist-run distribution networks for artists' publications in Europe. His own works in mail art, performance, and video extended his theory into practice, and his writing remains foundational for book artists.