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The Rubber Postcard 58

Posted by William M on January 16, 2025 at 3:49pm 0 Comments

Issue 58! Thanks to everyone sent work.



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Merci à Martine Latrille

Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on January 16, 2025 at 3:20pm 0 Comments

Merci à Martine Latrille pour le magnifique mail art.

Mail from France. Note that Martin does not hide Mail Art in envelopes like I do, on the contrary, her Mail Art is always on the outside, on envelopes that remain empty on the inside.…

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Where is Treena Markland?

Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on January 16, 2025 at 2:46pm 0 Comments

Dear friends,

I have a question about Treena Markland. I received a sheet ADDandPASS from one of my Mail Art friends from the Netherlands, which is now supposed to return Ms Markland to England. The address on this piece is1 Grange Ave, Barnton,…

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on January 16, 2025 at 2:37pm 0 Comments

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on January 16, 2025 at 2:35pm 0 Comments

Received from @rth*le 1363 - USA #BooKOfDeaD

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on January 16, 2025 at 2:28pm 1 Comment

123 - @rth*le

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Received from _Guroga - Venezuela #BooKOfDeaD

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on January 16, 2025 at 1:23pm 0 Comments

122 - Guroga

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I received nice mail from E. FUSSELL

Posted by Valentina Cozzi on January 16, 2025 at 8:09am 0 Comments

THANK YOU IT'S BEAUTIFUL

Tidings of Carnival Coloured Food from the Artist in Seine

Posted by Rebecca Guyver on January 15, 2025 at 9:16pm 0 Comments

@ArtistinSeine Thank you!…

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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........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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Mail Artists Addresses? 574 Replies

I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.

Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Melissa Gill 18 hours ago.

Mail Project 2 Replies

Hi everyone!I’m doing an art project for school including mail artists work from all around the world to showcase the variety that can come in! If you are interested in being involved here is my address!Caleigh Clements340 High Park Avenue,…Continue

Started by Caleigh in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by pascal Jan 2.

more about writing and addressing

Here s the little article about the ways of writing the numbers, i guess it would be interesting to read. Too many cards and letters are lost and missent or misdirected just because of that…Continue

Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Dec 29, 2024.

The Crying of Lot 49? 7 Replies

Have any of you read The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon? I've recently read it, and have been creating a sizeable amount of art based on it. It is very related to mail, specifically unofficial mail  carrier organizations within the US. A good…Continue

Started by Liam Coerr in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Denice Newton Dec 29, 2024.

DeepDream [online image transmogrification] 19 Replies

DeepDream! Wow! This is an online, image manipulation service which takes your file input and changes it according to arcan rules [???] apparently using imagery it finds online. So far it seems to add a lot of faces and eyes but I imagine it will…Continue

Started by Ficus strangulensis in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 23, 2024.

a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 12 Replies

NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue

Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 12, 2024.

My First Mail Art 3 Replies

This week I received my first two pieces of mail art! One from M. L . in Oregon and one from Nick in New Mexico. I mailed off some today as well. I cannot wait to share these with my students!…Continue

Started by Rebecca Lancaster in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 29, 2024.

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Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci Nov 20, 2024.

Send mail or not send? 13 Replies

Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 11, 2024.

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