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Posted by Adam Roussopoulos on September 20, 2024 at 8:56pm 0 Comments

I am starting a new zine called ART SWEIVER.
The zine will contain reviews of Art documentaries that i have watched, or shows I've attended.
This…
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Carl Baker 19 September 2024

Posted by Sarah Roe on September 20, 2024 at 12:34pm 0 Comments

Thank you

My IUOMA membership cards

Posted by Pierpaolo Limongelli on September 20, 2024 at 10:34am 0 Comments

Received from William Mellot - Taiwan #BooKOfDeaD

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on September 20, 2024 at 9:45am 0 Comments

079 - William Mellot

Another Great issue from Rubber Postcard N50
i will use this one for my BookOfDead.

Thanks William

Received from Susanne Schumacher - Germany #BooKOfDeaD

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on September 20, 2024 at 9:42am 0 Comments

078 - Susanne Schumacher

Not one but three great works from Susanne..
Thanks very much...

www.susanneschumacher.de

Karen Young 240910

Posted by Mikel Untzilla on September 20, 2024 at 8:50am 0 Comments

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on September 20, 2024 at 8:49am 0 Comments

Postcard O the Day COLLABART

Posted by Coco Muchmore on September 20, 2024 at 2:30am 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from Jokie Wilson

Posted by Zack on September 19, 2024 at 3:47pm 0 Comments

such a faithful correspondent - i appreciate all the postcards, even if i don't always photograph/post them here. this one is "Fish...Fisherman...Fishing town", hand-colored linocut by Alaskan artist Evon Zerbetz, most likely obtained on Jokie's trip there a while ago. Quyana* Jokie!

*native Alaskan language chosen…

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i received Mail Art from Rani Goel

Posted by Zack on September 19, 2024 at 3:37pm 0 Comments

a remix of sacred bits, in the artist's own words. from the reverse side, i learned that Dewey Decimal classification 797.1 refers to Boating. just more evidence that Mail Art is indeed educational

thanks Rani; see you in the mail…

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info IUOMA

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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Adam Roussopoulos posted a blog post

Call For Art

I am starting a new zine called ART SWEIVER.The zine will contain reviews of Art documentaries that i have watched, or shows I've attended.This will be open to anyone who wants to submit a written work reviewing anything pertaining to art.…See More
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Zorica Obradović commented on Rebekka Schmidt's event International one-page-zine swap
"thanks for the invitation🆒"
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International one-page-zine swap at iuoma

September 20, 2024 at 6pm to November 20, 2024 at 7pm
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Mim Golub Scalin commented on Guido Vermeulen's group TREES
"So many lovely tree photos!! Thank you for sharing. "
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Reisegern might attend Rebekka Schmidt's event
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International one-page-zine swap at iuoma

September 20, 2024 at 6pm to November 20, 2024 at 7pm
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Raphael Nadolny commented on Valentine Mark Herman's group MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
"Example from Trieste, Italy.  "
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Diana Artemide and Isabelle Vachon are now friends
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Mail-Art Projects List

This is group for all general Mail-Art Projects. Includes a link to a blog where 99 authors publish their projects. Want to see all projects: follow the link for Website.Please only comments about mail-art projects or announcements. Other comments…See More
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CANAN ÇİFTÇİ commented on Guido Vermeulen's group TREES
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TREES

A group devoted to the art of trees: free medium. Without trees the world would be dead and a place of disaster. With trees the world can tackle global warming. Hug a tree and you hug the earth, you hug yourself and your neighbors. Without trees, no…See More
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OPEN CALLs

this group is for open calls inside and outside of the IUOMA network. Please post your open call link as a comment under a year-month article to make navigation very easy for members looking for open calls related to deadlines. if there is no…See More
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Susan Gnaedinger left a comment for Charlotte Geister
"Thanks for letting me know about your vacation. It sounds wonderful. I will also be traveling for a couple of weeks in October. "
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Rebekka Schmidt liked Mikel Untzilla's photo
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Mim Golub Scalin commented on MUSEUM OF MAIL ART's group Embassy Ukraine
"Good afternoon. The display looks very good and I see many familiar stamps on display. Thank you for sharing the photos. I hope you are doing well. Mim"
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Rebekka Schmidt posted an event
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International one-page-zine swap at iuoma

September 20, 2024 at 6pm to November 20, 2024 at 7pm
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jimmyconnors replied to Juan Petry's discussion january 2025 - open calls in the group OPEN CALLs
"ok, cool, thanks!"
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Send mail or not send? 7 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 Ilya Semenenko-Basin on Wednesday.

NYU Libraries Exhibition Explores Mail Art Movement and Mark Bloch’s Postal Art Network

NYU Libraries Downtown Collection presents   "Panmodern!" An Exhibition of the Mark Bloch/Postal Art Network Opening:…Continue

Tags: York, USA, Hew, Event, Art

Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects on Tuesday.

Harris Walz stickers 6 Replies

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Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson on Sunday.

Open call 1 Reply

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Started by Thomas Vandenberghe in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.

Mail art blogs and twitter accounts 52 Replies

Many of us keep blogs and have twitter accounts, and I know that many of us post up our best work there. Personally I love seeing people's work on their blogs, and I follow the latest work of many mailartists on Twitter too, where the banter is…Continue

Tags: mailartists, twitter, blogs

Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Peter Abajkovics Sep 7.

theLetterNetwork - book by 80 mail artists 1 Reply

Me and my partner Lilli made a mail art project together with 80 artists and storytellers from over 20 European countries through analogue dialogical letter-making. These letters are now becoming a book that we are crowdfunding. If the project seems…Continue

Started by Marco Verhoogt in Mail-Art Magazines and Publications. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic Sep 3.

MAIL ART & ART PEDAGOGICS. 8 Replies

Dear Mail Art Family,does anyone of you out there know of any projects or literature dealing with the connection of MAIL ART and ART PEDAGOGICS ? Maybe there are pedagogues who read these lines... and maybe someone of you already brought MAIL ART…Continue

Tags: thesis, Pedagogics, Children, Master, Teacher

Started by Mikula Lüllwitz in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CUTandTEAR Aug 27.

Mail Artists Addresses? 585 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 Stephen Tomasko Aug 26.

Best place to post Mail Art Calls 5 Replies

Thank you for any thoughts or directions n placing mail art calls internationally 💖🌞🪬Continue

Tags: receivinh, msending, art, mail, Calls

Started by Perry Hoffman in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by CtlAltDel Aug 9.

Retrospettiva di Reid Wood, 1970-2024 “Tempo sospeso

SPAZIO OPHEN VIRTUAL ART GALLERYRetrospettiva di Reid Wood 1970-2024“Tempo sospeso / Segni  e tracce di un immaginario in/Visibile” "Suspended time/ Signs and traces of a imaginary in/visible"a cura di Sandro Bongiani11 agosto - 14 settembre…Continue

Tags: Wood, Reid

Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Fluxus and Mail-Art Aug 7.

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