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June 11-August 3, 2001

A troop of North America-based artists, BFO, invited Static, and other galleries in the USA, Canada and the UK, to play host to an invasion of foreign artists, and defend their cultural space with a team of local artists. No physical barriers could be built in the space, other means of defence, or creating 'hostility' were required. The visiting invaders were able to bring with them a 'kit' that had to be transportable as hand-luggage on their plane journey. The invaders would 'invade' within the timeframe of the show opening, which they anticipated the 'host' would arrange. As a consequence of this event, and unknown to Static a bizarre additional hostile event unfolded.

The following images record the correspondence that took place during the 'Invasion' of Static by BFO.

The first email text records the project brief Static received, covered in notes as Static consider what kind of opposition to take.

The next notes recall decisions made about action.

Following this are the letters that Static was required to send to its mailbase when it appeared that the list had been hijacked by an aggressive body.

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1. Cover of Dossier	2, 3 & 4. Email of project brief sent from BFO to Static. Handwritten notes added as Static analyse BFO's text and consider what kind of defence to make.			5. Static meeting notes.
6. Note explaining invasion of mailbase.	7. Letter sent to Static mailbase members.	8. Follow up letter sent to Static mailbase members.	9. Statement to the Press during BFO 'invasion'.