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Blog Jam: October mail art delivery to Athens
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 14, 2024 at 7:55am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Lots and lots of mail art has come in the past weeks, do you see yours?
There were a few A4 large packets tossed on the stairs,
and small size envelopes and postcards are always the best and…
ContinueFrom Ed Giecek in concrete
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 14, 2024 at 7:53am 0 Comments 1 Like
Well, they are TWO from Concrete, Washington State:
a fabulous block print on one of the envelopes by Ed!
The other envelope was well stamped and with lots of…
ContinueFrom Jon Foster and Ginger Mason
Posted by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 14, 2024 at 7:52am 0 Comments 1 Like
Jon sent a full packet of goodies, many thanks,
hoping all is well and dry in North Carolina, Jon!
And from Canada, "Gingersnaps" sent nice "TIME" mail art, too.
Thank you so…
ContinueNancy Bell Scott your post landed
Posted by borderlinegrafix on October 12, 2024 at 4:10pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
David Stafford your post landed
Posted by borderlinegrafix on October 12, 2024 at 4:09pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
COLLABART of the day with Jason Bartlett
Posted by Coco Muchmore on October 12, 2024 at 2:00am 1 Comment 4 Likes
playing around with AI these days...
Posted by Juan Petry on October 11, 2024 at 7:19pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
playing around with AI:
"Mail art, also known as postal art or correspondence art, has indeed played a significant role as a tool for free expression and resistance against censorship across various political and social contexts. Emerging in the 1960s as a form of avant-garde artistic communication, it has provided artists and individuals with…
ContinueKaterina friend from a long time
Posted by Janine Weiss on October 11, 2024 at 6:37pm 1 Comment 1 Like
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.
Events
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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THE WINDOWED ENVELOPE
February 10, 2024 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pm – Gallery Location TBA
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“LET'S PLAY” VI International Mailart Open Call
June 28, 2024 to December 31, 2024 – Quinta da Cruz – Centro de Arte Contemporânea
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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe
July 17, 2024 at 6pm to July 7, 2025 at 7pm – Belgium
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Circus
September 7, 2024 at 7pm to November 24, 2024 at 7pm – Irving Art Association Irving, TX
Latest Activity
"yesssss, i am from Switzerland, and i WANT Kamala, if i was american girl, i would vote Kamala..."
"hello ilya,
thank you for sharing your thoughts. in fact it starts with a definition of "what mail art might be" and i think there is no common ground for that. what i see is, that still some conceptual artists are figuring out what it…"
"Happy Halloween... send me something and I'll send you something ghoulish"
"and the one-page-zine by Uwe H. from Germany"
"a mailart-zine made by Susanne M. from germany"
"Thanks for all the great mail art,Ed!
see the blog:
From Ed Giecek in concrete"
"#272 Universal, 2009:
"Dr. Dennis" (2009)
Paper on cardboard,
50 cm x 70 cm"
"Hi, and thanks, Francis. I'm enjoying look at art I see here. Getting used to using this platform, which is quite different from what I'm used to. Also wondering about site rules, and etc. Looking forward to it all..."
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inspiration
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Under the same Sky
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TREES
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Envelopes
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Asemic Writing for Mail-…
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POSTCARD 2025
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Black and white - readym…
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Mail Art News
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Tiny Art
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MailArt: Book Of DeaD
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Year 2024 - Active Memb…
110 members
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caffè Italia
41 members
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Braille Mail
9 members
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ATC REBELS
274 members
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MINIMAL MAIL ART
290 members
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minimal/conceptual
42 members
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Mail-Art Cafe
310 members
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Flower Mail Art
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DALL.E 2 (Formerly Craiy…
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BRAIN CELL - RYOSUKE COH…
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Forum
My First Mail Art 1 Reply
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 Nick Tauro Jr yesterday.
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 Sep 18.
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 Sep 17.
Harris Walz stickers 6 Replies
Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Sep 15.
Open call 1 Reply
https://www.fotodarbnica.lv/Continue
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.
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