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Comment by ejva:nsva on December 16, 2010 at 12:08pm

i've finally posted my Chinese address in the discussion. excitedly await arrivals and will keep the group posted on what makes it here.

i'm interested to see if they'll let more experimental things make it to me. perhaps some could send handmade envelope/postcard, over/undersized, or otherwise curiously presented items (just dashing off something quick for the sake of experiment, so time and labour isn't much lost if it doesn't arrive).

 

i sent out batch 2 yesterday of "outbound" Mail Attack. it was Songjiang's first snow, so everyone was feeling a bit whimsical. they let everything pass, including a squished and decorated candy box. wonder how far the snow-struck glee will carry it....?

 

best to all,

ejva

 

 

Comment by ejva:nsva on December 15, 2010 at 10:47am

chinese/elsewhere themed mail-art event & exhibition:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/events/reflectrefract-1

 

(....participate)?

 

Amo, i wonder if we could dovetail these mailart projects in Shanghai, or (and) if you know Chinese mailartists who would take part?

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on December 13, 2010 at 7:28am

In the mail today are two mail art cards to Chiiina (and one to the USA), as part of the "365" project. The cards are being sent in plain envelopes to China with no rubber stamps on the outside. The addresses in Chinese are photocopied from this group. Let's see if they arrive, and if there will be a reply!

Comment by ejva:nsva on December 8, 2010 at 11:13am

took my first batch of mailings to the post today, to see what Songjiang, China would allow me to send.

here is a detail of the various things sent, and the outcome:

decorated envelopes:
PASS!
painted, with stickers, with 2-D collage.

'readymades' (quick postcards made from printed cardboard etc): FAIL!
there was a fair amount of affable bewilderment as all the postal workers passed them around and examined them. finally after much conferring amongst themselves, the lass at the counter painstakingly spelled out for me 'this is not a postcard'. not wishing to quibble semantics over 'post' and 'card', i put them in the crisp white envelope they provided.

after the readymades failed, i rightly guessed that anything more experimental wouldn't have a chance. the 3-D collage, resealable packagings stuffed with other stuff, and all other attempts to improvise a postcard were committed to envelope. one of them, featuring a dead insect, was refused in all forms.

summarily, it seems that one can decorate their mail as much as they wish, provided it's on a 'proper, official' (ie retail) postcard or envelope.

my next plan of Mail Attack is to purchase commercially-made postcards and see how far i can get away with altering them. i'll also try a post station downtown - this one is on the outskirts of the city, and i'm curious if location will make a difference.

please give me a comment if you'd like me to mail you something in experiment round 2!

Comment by Samuel Montalvetti on December 1, 2010 at 1:17am

Ahora que dicen que tenemos buenas relaciones comerciales con CHINA, veremos que ocurre, Salud!

Comment by Susanna Lakner on November 30, 2010 at 3:37pm

For Horst Baur to China:

Comment by andytgeezer on November 30, 2010 at 2:41pm

Good point Ejva - I hadn't thought of that. Blogger being banned is a real pain. Can you pick up any other blogging platforms? Clearly IUOMA on Ning isn't banned, but do feeds from blogs get through to here? I have a feed from our blogger blog going through to the mailart365 group. Is that visible in China?

If so, perhaps people would consider feeding their RSS through to their profiles.

Comment by ejva:nsva on November 30, 2010 at 2:11pm

a note...

one of the greatest troubles (for me) as a mailartist in China is my inability to see documentation, catalogues, etc hosted by blogspot. most blog sites are censored here, as well as in a number of other countries.

i wonder if there is a way for mailartists to publish their documentation on a website that is internationally-friendly?

Comment by ejva:nsva on November 30, 2010 at 10:59am

Hello!

Mailartist based (presently) in Shanghai - excited to test the boundaries of what can be sent and received, also to help popularize mailart in China.

I'll post my address to the list as soon as I muddle through the Pin Yin....

Anyone who would like me to send a piece of China artwise, message me -
very curious about what the post will accept (if not in a plain package).

ejva

Comment by Ruud Janssen on November 26, 2010 at 7:24pm

Yes, we need a few more addresses in China to get things started. We wouldn't like to bombard just one single address and get that mail-artist into trouble. Does anyone have an address? There are already two in the 'address discussion'

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