"[7] On the discovery of artists' books, Phillpot philosophizes on the nature of experiencing art in unknown outlets: "What can be so beautiful, at a time when things are changing, is that one cannot fully understand what one has in one's hands, or what indeed is happening more generally.

[12] In terms of acquisition, Phillpot would regularly source materials from the artist book store Printed Matter, Inc founded by Lucy Lippard and Sol LeWitt in 1976.

[14] Other curators of the exhibition included Mai-Thu Perret, John Armleder, Gustav Metzger, Mathieu Copeland, Laurent Le Ben, and Philippe Pirotte.

[14] VOIDS: A Retrospective included monumental conceptualist and neo-conceptualist works on emptiness in nine empty gallery spaces, including Void by Yves Klein, The Air Conditioning Show by Art & Language, Haus Esters Piece by Bethan Huws, and Maria Eichorn’s Money, and projects by Laurie Parsons, Robert Barry, Roman Ondák, Robert Irwin, and Stanley Brouwn.

[16] In 2008, Clive Phillpot published a book titled Ray Johnson on Flop Art: Fragments from Conversations... on Fermley Press.

[16] On the nature of Johnson's work, Phillpot stated during an interview, "[m]y take on Ray’s mail art, as well as his reliefs and drawings, is not so much to find them addressing the present but rather that something from the past occasionally detonates into my present—in particular, having a penny drop for me after so many years have passed or belatedly realizing the significance of a detail I missed at the time.