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Another fake contest entry - disqualified
Posted by De Villo Sloan on March 12, 2014 at 4:28am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Richard Canard contemplates Corporate Asemic Trashpo (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)
Posted by De Villo Sloan on March 12, 2014 at 3:39am 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Mail-art by Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)
March 12, 2014 - How could I have possibly misplaced this classic piece by Richard Canard? His commentary speaks for itself. I shall only add: The Party Line response…
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The Toora Gallery, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia will hold the first exhibition to include Mail Art next month.
Posted by Dr Chris James on March 11, 2014 at 11:22pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Mysterious BLUE from mysterious Atte Ourie!
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 4:52pm 1 Comment 1 Favorite
Scribble card arrived in Greece from Finland, it is BLUE...and it is????
A Mystery!
As usual for Atte…
Continue Grigori-Cavellini sticker-red envelopes arrived!
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 4:39pm 2 Comments 1 Favorite
A packet with 25 red envelopes arrived from Grigori Antonin
And I already know what and where I will send them…
Continue Fake mail-art from Leonard Nimoy aka Mr. Spock (Japan?) Anyone care to claim this?
Posted by De Villo Sloan on March 11, 2014 at 4:39pm 4 Comments 1 Favorite
Mail-art by unknown mail-artist…
Andrea Jay sends New York, New York
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 4:33pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
And where is Staten Island??? The "bedroom" of Manhattan :-)...way at the bottom?
Very interesting commentary on…
Continue "Taped" beauty from Robert Ridley-Shackleton in UK
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 4:00pm 5 Comments 3 Favorites
Just a small card, almost ATC size...but a beauty, vertical or horizontal:
masking tape and minimal rubbing makes…
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Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:55pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Wonderful "mail art" card arrived from southern France.
Collage and painted elements, very interesting:…
Banana Art arrived from Lynn Radford
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 11, 2014 at 3:37pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Had a mailing for Feb. 21 World Banana Day, and Lynn's card has arrived today.
Lots and lots of banana stickers...from Honduras and Costa Rica...opa!…
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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.
Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........
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Project "Add and Return" dedicated to Christine Tarantino
June 18, 2013 at 6pm to June 15, 2014 at 8pm – SPACE OPHEN VIRTUAL ART GALLERY
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Target Audience
September 1, 2013 to September 1, 2014 – Texas
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Erni Bär commented on Erni Bär's photo
DREIKAMPF / TRIATHLON (2014)
"I had never been interested in sports. My motto was that of Donald Duck who said: "Sport ist Mord" = "sport is murder". Winston Churchill's motto was: "No sport!""
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Heleen de Vaan's photo
In: Camel in time in the fridge
"The camel is ONLY in the fridge because it failed to get into the Mail Box."
Valentine Mark Herman left a comment for purpleferret"Thank you!
2 more questions, if I may:
i) what did you rescue ferrets from?
ii) what did you do with them when you had rescued them?
In the NE of England, where I grew up, many people kept ferrets and hunted rabbits with them. Others kept…"
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Erni Bär's photoDREIKAMPF / TRIATHLON (2014)
"I used to do triathlons, and FOUND at the end of the cycling 'leg' that I was well and truly WORKED OVER...but still had to run."
Valentine Mark Herman commented on Rebecca Guyver's photo
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"No, it's not moi, and No, I don't have a new hat.
(And No, I'm not planning to invade the Crimea and /or Ukraine. Peace.)"
Valentine Mark Herman commented on stripygoose's photo
192/365.2 woodpecker's moment
"Life, still with Woodpecker, who is called 'Peter Piper'.
He was subsequently immortalised in the following nursery rhyme:
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a…"
De Villo Sloan commented on De Villo Sloan's group Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists"Richard Canard sent me some Corporate Asemic Trashpo with interesting commentary:
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Fleur Helsingor commented on Karen Champlin's group ATC REBELS"In today's mail: a lovely pair of ATCs from Susan Cherry! They came tucked inside a little manila envelope, which was inside a translucent outer envelope that was decorated with colorful tape, postage stamps, rubber stamps, and a personal…"
Lisa Marie Mencke posted a status"Today... Awesome and sweet. Hey Fike! Thank you! I'll send something to you. FYI I love your picture. Your beard looks like bubbles."
De Villo Sloan commented on De Villo Sloan's blog post Fake mail-art from Leonard Nimoy aka Mr. Spock (Japan?) Anyone care to claim this?"NBS, my paranoid mind (vast conspiracies!) led me to consider someone was faking Marie's handwriting. She WILL confess. MinXus is no democracy, BUT I have reason to believe there is now another player in Japan. We shall see."
Terri Quintal-Walton left a comment for Valentine Mark Herman"Thank you for the postcard!! I'll blog soon :)"
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Some people have Brain Cells, others have Fan Clubs, I have HATS!
Started by Valentine Mark Herman in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oh Boy on Monday. 60 Replies 3 Favorites
The various things that adorn my head -- hats, sort of lobsters from Maine, wigs -- will be featured here. I'll change the photos from time to time. In the meantime, please feel free to continue as usual and make all sorts of silly comments about my…Continue
HELP A MAILART PRISONER BY A LETTER TO HIM!
Started by Bruce Grenville in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Des Coutinho on Sunday. 10 Replies 2 Favorites
Murray Menzies, an artist who has designed and printed numerous artistamps, is presently in prison in New Zealand (for a "drugs" offence done by his flatmate, who did not confess, so Murray got the blame!)He is now in jail until at least March…Continue
Bianca & Trouble playing with Suus' knitted tails
Started by Valentine Mark Herman in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Rochleigh Z. Wholfe on Saturday. 2 Replies 0 Favorites
Suus in Mokkum kindly sent Bianca, Trouble and me some of her very special knitted 'tails', and some balls of wool for me to make my very own 'tails' with.Here's two photos of Bianca on my desk playing with one of Suus' tails:…Continue
Lost Mail
Started by Megan Sandover-Sly (triscuitbox) in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Artist in Seine on Thursday. 21 Replies 1 Favorite
How many of you has this happened to? Between what countries?Don't you hate when mail is lost. Lost art. Lost communication.And it also sucks losing a little cash each time as it adds up.Lately I sent mail to Germany, Argentina and France that was…Continue
Tags: un-received, mail, lost
Ex Postal Facto 2014
Started by Jessica Manack in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) Feb 28. 14 Replies 0 Favorites
Who will be attending?? I am planning to be there! Unfortunately, I will not be there until Friday, and will miss the interesting-sounding lecture taking place on Thursday. But I am very excited nonetheless! Please say hello if you see me...I look…Continue
Egg project 2014
Started by Éva Mosonyi in Mail-Art Projects Feb 28. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Egg project 2014Hi,I'm very excited to announce this Egg project for the 3rd time now. After the success in the previous years I would be pretty pleased to receive such a large number of works and I'll do my best to reply each and every one of…Continue
Mostra Workshop Libro d'artista, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera.
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Roberto Scala Feb 27. 1 Reply 1 Favorite
RUGGERO MAGGI/ Mostra Workshop Libro d'artista, Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera Workshop Libro d'artista – mostra finalea cura di Ruggero Maggi …Continue
Tags: Altro...Nazionale, Milano, Ruggero, Workshop, d'artista
Aussie 90cent price rise per item sent.
Started by vizma bruns in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Valentine Mark Herman Feb 27. 83 Replies 2 Favorites
UGH! This week the price of postage has risen by almost a dollar to send International post. Until now we've had a $1.70 price for postcards and 'card only' post. That no longer exists. Any mail being sent from AUS internationally will now cost…Continue
The Four Freedoms
Started by Nathan Timothy in Mail-Art Projects Feb 15. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
This is an open call for mail art celebrating and memorializing the Four Freedoms, as articulated by United States President Franklin Delano…Continue
THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION/ UAVM VIRTUAL MUSEUM
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Feb 12. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
UAVM VIRTUAL MUSEUM15 Fevereiro February 25 Abril 2014UAVM Virtual Museo presenta l'esposizione della sua Raccolta Internazionale.#1 - THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIONO Museu Virtual do Artista Desconhecido apresenta uma exposição da sua Colecção…Continue
Tags: THE, UAVM, VIRTUAL, Altro...Virtual, Salerno
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