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Received from David Stanley Aponte and ???

Posted by Maxima Strange on March 20, 2023 at 9:32pm 0 Comments

The smaller postcard is from David Stanley Aponte and the hand made larger one from someone in Beaverton, Oregon. On the back is a parody of Mount Rushmore. 

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on March 20, 2023 at 9:15pm 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from Monster A GoGo

Posted by Zack on March 20, 2023 at 4:23pm 2 Comments

oooh! sadly, this terrifying envelope arrived missing a few letters (see what i did there?). i checked to confirm my hunch that this should read "cannibal circus" and not something else.

i love that halloween appears to be your groundhog day, Magogo (can i call you that?)

thanks for including me in the…

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i received Mail Art from MomKat

Posted by Zack on March 20, 2023 at 4:17pm 1 Comment

spring-time tidings from Greece! because we appreciate the shape, some of us still use CIRCLES to measure/mark time. Laurie Anderson asks "is time long? or is it wide?"

thank you Katerina for this quirky distillation. 

i received Mail Art from awyn

Posted by Zack on March 20, 2023 at 4:05pm 1 Comment

quoi faire indeed! everything everywhere is falling apart all at once!

merci awyn - it's always nice to receive your…

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la poesie aléatoire

Posted by Zack on March 20, 2023 at 4:00pm 0 Comments

shuffle-bard-cards 

(a cross between tarot and refrigerator poetry)

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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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Literature about mail, post, postman, etc. 20 Replies

This book came to me, with the content written on stamps (Shaun Tan: Takes from Outer Suburbia).Do you know (illustrated) (children) books about: mailpostpostmanstampsetc.?No matter the language is.Thank you!…Continue

Started by Szabó Zelmira in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Carien van Hest 2 hours ago.

Sugar Cube Zine an ongoing mail art call! 6 Replies

    Please submit 1 8x5" work of art signed and dated. this will be photocopied for the zine, the originals archived for a late in life project!    Please mail in an A9 or similar sized envelope and decorate the mailing envelope as this will be used…Continue

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Started by Stephanie Lentz Morrison in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Stephanie Lentz Morrison on Wednesday.

The rules of Mail Art 19 Replies

Dear friends,I would like to ask you about the rules and canons of Mail Art as they developed throughout the sixties, seventies and eighties. Which of the rules and canons are binding? Which ones cannot be neglected?  A Mail Art artist has published…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Adam Blackshaw AKA CtlAltDel on Wednesday.

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Is mail art dying out? 27 Replies

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Started by Margaret Jeddry in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Juan Petry Mar 13.

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Started by The Artful Writer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Adam Blackshaw AKA CtlAltDel Feb 22.

Japan Embassy IUOMA

Hello, greetings from Japan!I noticed there was no Japan Embassy IUOMA, so I have just created one by myself.Anyone can join this group. Group contents are view-able only for its members.Please feel free to come join the group :-)KikiContinue

Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects Feb 18.

Is there a place where IUOMA members showcase their artworks ? 3 Replies

Hello,I am new on IUOMA and am wondering if there is a place like a group on IUOMA site where its members can showcase their artworks?If there is, I can easily contact members if they are interested in exchanging mail art with me.If not, can I…Continue

Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Kiki Feb 18.

Memorial Shozo Shimamoto / Avere un'idea per capello - Decennale 2013-2023 1 Reply

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