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Going to prison for art!
 
 
The fourth week
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
     
    monday, april  10th 2000 >>> day 22
     
The unexpected happens: It knocks on Seelenlos' cell door 221 (Usually no one knocks). Two members of the administration are visiting the prisoned artist: Well known Danish TV-station "TV-Stop" asked for doing an interview, if he would give his agreement.    
 
 
 
 
 
  
     
    tuesday, april  11th 2000 >>> day 23
     
 Third visiting-day (1 hour per week) in the airport prison. According to prison decree gifts are only handed out to prisoners from the middle of the even months. That means tomorrow will be time. Seelenlos dictates his list of request: toothpaste, shower foam, 5-corn-, oats-, millet- and soya-flocks, yogurt and apples. Weighting all together not more than 5 kilos in a box with maximal measurements 45x30x50. Strictly according to rrregulations. YeSSir!
 
 
 
 
 
    
     
    wednesday, april  12th 2000 >>> day 24
     
Letter 15 arrives again 1 day too late: Hardcore facts about drugs, working police-officers (!) and "Jokes" in the GULAG. (Brief 15 vom 07.04.00 und Brief 16 vom 08.04.00) 
 

Now arrived: Reply of lic.iur Spirig, justice penal system Zurich (Antwort 4.4.00), on complaint 2. Plus the reaction of the complainig prisoner (Gegenreaktion 6.4.00). But only drumbeats compared to the cannon bang of following complaint against order of prison administration. Let them jerk! On totally 7 handwritten pages the prisoned artist denounces important facts not easy to wipe away: Ignoring constitutional rights (of work, of art, of information, of culture, of freedom of speech) - normal? 

    "My present situation is a hit below the belt not only for cultural working people, a mockery on only partly civilized idea of human dignity, freedom of speech and other already named constitutional rights. Under these circumstances it is impossible for me to do my literal and cultural work in human dignity. I don't know any laws that would give basis to a refusal of these rights and to officially lower me to the level of 2nd class human being." 
    (excerpt of complaint against prison administration order) 
    (Aus Rekurs gegen Verfügung Gefängnisverwaltung 9.4.00)
 
Time doesn't seem to move forward for everybody. Especially in prison- and justice-administration wheel of time turns backward: 60 or 600 years? 
    "Even if not every one should know it here around: Meanwhile we live in the 21st century. To reduce information exchange on written paper is as anachronistic as to force a prisoner of the last century to write with feather-pen on pergament." (excerpt of complaint against prison administration order) 
    (Aus Rekurs gegen Verfügung Gefängnisverwaltung 9.4.00)
An upright citizen, whether in prison or not, can not tolerate this state of affair (see file "complaints" (Dossier "Beschwerden") where you can read through all the concearning documents. Sequel guaranteed. 
 
 
 
 
 
    
     
    thursday, april 13th 2000 >>> day 25
     
 
ART AS PREMEDITATED BEHAVIOUR
Now black on white: The art performance ("BLUTBAD IN URDORF!!!") on occasion of Seelenlos' prison entry leaded to the immediate transfer to the airport prison famous by its bad reputation. 
    4. Your premeditated behaviour on occasion on entry private penal institution Urdorf / Zurich leaded to the immediate transfer to the airport prison. The contradictory informations weren't exactly disadvantageous for you. Your behaviour leaded to useless expenses of VZ Urdorf, that has nothing to do with your condemnation. Illegal limitation of your constitutional rights is out of question because you are no more in VZ Urdorf and self-responsible for the transfer. The complaint is therefore rejected." (excerpt of reply justice penal system administration on complaint) 
    (Aus Antwort Justizvollzug auf Beschwerde 1 vom 6.4.00, Pkt. 4
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
     
    friday, april 14th 2000 >>> day 26
     
Double mail today (Brief 17 vom 10.04.00, Brief 18 vom 11.04.00), one with the already usual delay: The anecdote of the salt [that was was deleted without any reason but harassment from the weekly shoppinglist now for the second time, and when Seelenlos complained he was first only provocated ("You didn't list it at all" while showing a false list, and when he showed his copy of the receipt of the correct list, then the answer was "Now it's too late, but you can buy some next week"), and only when he stayed calm and offered a complained, suddenly it was possible to deliver it] (Anekdote vom Salz) and finally a detailed description of the cell as you would sit inside yourself! (Beschreibung der Zelle) Worth knowing details about Mr letter-censor (Herrn Briefzensor) and a test question in Swiss History (Prüfungsfrage aus der Schweizer Geschichte) (or did you already got naturalized?):  
 
Who was this man?
[Ok, he might look a little like "Adolph for the poor", but the only correct answer is of course Mr. Pilet-Golaz, member of Swiss federal government during world war II] 
 

Because tomorrow will be the first day of handing out gifts to prisoners, the author deposes the desired things at the reception of airport prison.  

To end quarrel (HICKHACK) about visitor leaflet VZ Urdorf, justice penal system administration finds last chance in mail. (letzte Chance).  

 
 
 
 
 
   
     
    saturday, april 15th 2000 >>> day 27
     
Wise by experience or just coincidence: letter 19 (Brief 19 vom 12.4.00) is in the mail on time: Serbo-croatian for beginners ("Dobro dosao u radni lager!" = Welcome to the work camp) and the promised final chapter of the cell tour. (Zellenrundgang
 
 
 
 
 
    
     
    sunday, april 16th 2000 >>> day 28
     
 
Solidarity with the prisoners - Sunday walking to expel prison Zurich/Kloten Nov. 9th
 
By feet?  -  In the winter? -    
Because of 2 killed foreigners?
 
 
 

Pay sfr. 3.- for an airport Zurich-Kloten sightseeing tour in a heatened bus with a lot of interesting informations. (By the way: "Kloten" means "testicles" in the Netherlands. Sorry, the newly designed noble name is now "unique airport", but it stinks as usual and makes even more terrible noise.) 
 

 
Permission to take fotos!  

(Excerpt of prospectus airport sightseeing tour)

"Of whatever you want to take a picture: Full permission to take fotos! Countless motifs await you. Best to keep your finger always on the trigger."
 
Suddenly this vehicle followed the sightseeing bus...  
 
 
 
 
 

 

Fotos will be developped on monday...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 S E Q U E L : 
The fifth week
 
 
 
 
ART 
                               IN 
            JAIL  
                       Part 5
 

 
 

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