Calling the ghost of James Lee Byars.

© Eddy Gabriel ©Rocky Witzenstein

Above the two versions of stickers posted around in Japan in the summer of 2017.

Dispersed mainly in the streets of Kyoto and Kanazawa - the "Gold leaf city"-, two cities crucial in the  development of the esthetic of James Lee Byars. 

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kyoto, Japan

Kanazawa, Japan ( outside the gold leaf shop )

Kanazawa, Japan

Nagoya, Japan

National Art enter, Tokyo, Japan

National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan

Also some stickers have been posted in Antwerp, Belgium, where Byars had a strong connection and in Kassel, Germany, where he staged a performance on the frieze of the Fridericanum during Documenta 5 in 1972.

Kassel, Germany  

Kassel, Germany

Kassel, Germany

Antwerp, A379089 

Antwerp, Wide White Space 

Antwerp, Wide White Space 

The inspiration for these stickers can be found here:
http://ubu.com/film/byars_world-question.html

And here: http://www.belgiumishappening.net/home/events/1969/event367-1969-10-05

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-james-lee-byars-1256727.html

The Ghost Of James Lee Byars. Byars in Kyoto. Byars in Kassel. Byars in Antwerp.