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Comment by claire humphrys-hunt on December 11, 2019 at 9:24am

can I become a member, I lived in UK for 20 years

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 1:13pm

Sadly all the frames belong to Special Collections and they want them back after the exhibition for the next exhibition. A lovely lady called Pauline framed most of them and what a wonderful job she did!  Each item stuck down with a conservators "porridge" made from wheatgrass or somesuch concoction that can be easily removed with a dab of water - amazing stuff!  

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 12:32pm

If you click on the photo ( thanks BTW )  it flips round the right way . It does for me anyway.  yes, people are always asking "So where is it travelling to next" and as far as we are concerned after next April it's going straight back in the coal shed!   It would be nice to travel it around but so much work involved and we are knackered after two years sorting this one out!

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 12:15pm

Mark Pawson did a lovely long rambling talk at the PV of the exhibition and said in effect that these things look very nice in vitrines and framed up beautifully but mail art really is "taking part" and you can't just show a tiny fraction of it  and expect people to undertsnad what it's like to receive things in the post every day for 40 years and all the interactions that go on "behind the scenes" - the scenes being many networks and many "nodes" and every mail artist has their own "node" that is different from everybody else's. It says it's a "glimpse" and thats what it is.

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 12:06pm

I do get the irony - I really do!

Comment by Mary Anne on October 16, 2019 at 10:25am

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 9:19am

Glad the poster etc. arrived. Here's a short video the library staff made -https://gramho.com/media/2142130003654029333

Comment by Ruud Janssen on October 16, 2019 at 9:17am

the original poster arrived!

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 16, 2019 at 6:36am

Glad you enjoyed it Jennifer. There is a lot to see - we keep spotting things we'd put in the exhibition and forgotten about ourselves!   We had to leave a lot of good stuff out too which is a shame. They promised us more cabinets but they didn't materialize!  Was the bowler hat shaped post box in place? Did you get a chance to play with the rubber stamps?

Comment by Michael Leigh on October 15, 2019 at 6:07am

Float on......

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