Mail-Art Cafe

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 4, 2020 at 5:33pm

Holiday Tea Time with Afroditi...gift from London:

tea tins with English Ahmad tea,

"mail art" for this Royal Post tea tin?

little girl sends some:

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 25, 2019 at 9:38am

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 25, 2019 at 9:37am

Merry merry...

Comment by John Gayer on November 23, 2019 at 9:08am

Regarding mailart being meta and keeping it that way: I totally agree.

Comment by John Gayer on November 22, 2019 at 2:58pm

This is an interesting issue. I wonder if/how the artist's copyright would figure into this. After all, artists do produce something considered to be  intellectual property. And there's the maxim that possession is 9/10's of the law. What if mail art was selling for loads of money? What right would people who produce work anonymously have? How would one be able to prove that they made a particular work? What unwritten codes of conduct are activated when someone engages in producing and sending out mail art? Does the receiver have specific obligations akin to any collecting institution? Seems like trust is an issue here. How widespread is the practice of selling mail art? Buyers may only be interested in putting together they own collections. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought most museums acquire mail art through donations and directly from the artists who mail their work to them. I personally feel that when I put things out into the world I pretty much lose all control over it. That sense of randomness or chance appeals to me.

I did a little research and it could be that the artist gives up ownership by putting something in the mail, especially as no promise of payment or other compensation has been made. Ownership and possession, though, are not necessarily equal. How these words are defined varies from country to country. If the seller is clearly identifying the artist who produced the mail art, they are also not committing fraud. Does the artist who doesn't want their work to be used in certain ways have to place a notice on the artwork that, for example, advises against the unauthorised reproduction or sale of their work? Unless they get permission perhaps? 

Comment by Michael Leigh on November 21, 2019 at 8:24pm

"Mail art and money don't mix"  was a popular maxim a few years back and still applies I guess.  Can't stop people trying to cash in - but really - who would pay those sort of prices for photo copies?!  I find it hard enough to sell 'zines and badges just to recoup printing costs!  We used to do alternative book sales and  print fests but not anymore - lucky to get enough to pay for stall!

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on November 21, 2019 at 7:46pm

Two souls one thought, Jennifer! (or many thoughts!? :-) )

I saw Ryosuke's Brain Cell forms on ebay recently. I just posted it in the 'mail art and money' group. What do you, and all of you/us, think of mail art and money?

See 

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/mailartandmoney

Comment by Heleen de Vaan on November 13, 2019 at 4:42pm

Great to see all of you, thank you for sharing the photos! I’ll make me a coffee and toast at you!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 12, 2019 at 8:56am

NICE owl!!!!

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 12, 2019 at 8:55am

Grazie Bruno, thanks for joining us for coffee at Sounion, Greece with Ryosuke, Noriko and John Bennett.ice OWL! :-)

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