ADD & PASS - The X Files

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ADD & PASS - The X Files

In the Mail Art activity, there are interesting ideas that are explored, like Mail Art Calls, Collaborative Books, Visual Poetry etc, and we also have the  ADD & PASS, which are created somewhere in the world by a Mail Artist who send by mail one "object", proposing that it be changed or simply Added an Artistic Intervention by another Mail Artist, appealing that the "object" being referred back to an following artist, chosen randomly or not.The original creator Add its Address on the "object" in hopes that later return him, filled with interventions of Mail Artists from different places and countries, giving him a great satisfaction to see the "object" with a new "life".

This group aims to be the dissemination place to the Add and Pass, and a ARCHIVE of it, however, giving preference to " Booklets",becouse it is here that the individuals have their own space to give wings to is imagination and technique.

Location: IUOMA
Members: 120
Latest Activity: Dec 14, 2023

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Question from a New Person 5 Replies

Hello.I've done add and pass swaps before and love them. In those swaps, we passed a postcard from one person to another through the mail, using a predetermined online list. I am a bit unclear on the…Continue

Started by Terry Owenby. Last reply by Jennifer Wallace May 12, 2020.

Who is next? 1 Reply

Here are two pages of Jon Foster's larger magazine A & P.  Or maybe it is MomKat's?  It has been through a few people already.  Would anyone else like to add to this?  There are some nice pages…Continue

Started by Pam McVay. Last reply by Pam McVay Dec 2, 2018.

started by Jon Foster with adds by Sabela Baña

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Started by Sabela Baña Feb 1, 2017.

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Comment by Amy Irwen on March 16, 2015 at 3:37pm

heading to Lynn Radford...

Comment by Jan Hodgman on March 15, 2015 at 10:52pm

I think I'd be delighted at getting one back, since I add then never see them again, mostly. Guess it's good to send them to the people I know actually enjoy these and add and pass! Boo hoo.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on March 15, 2015 at 4:56pm

I enjoyed reading your thoughts, Richard, and Angie & Snooky, and others. I have a number of A & P to work on - yes, put them back in envelopes to contemplate and now must de-envelope them and get to play on them. Sometimes, they make me groan - aaagh - too much going on. I'm a minimalist, you see. But then I get over it and Add & Pass.

It helps me to not be precious, not be critical, not be hesitant, not be timid. That's the deal!

Comment by Richard Canard on March 15, 2015 at 3:12pm

15.03.15 Dare Ms. Terry O.,  ... You know, I've been troubled by this as well.  Every time I receive an "Add & Pass" I get confused all over again. Sometimes, I just add something to it & pass it on as instructed. ...& sometimes, I will subtract some tidbit (which can be considered a form of "adding")from the "Add & Pass" & send it on to a specific individual. Other times, I compare & calculate the existing total of images by the available remaining spaces & gave it much more thought than it ever deserved...not to mention,  I've been know to make xerox copies & send them out to a multitude of people (as well as, add to the copies individually & send them out to a multitude of people). I'm sure there are other variables that I've just forgotten & or can't remember. Plus, no doubt there are other possibilities here. ... & too, there have been occasions in which I received an "Add & Pass  & merely placed it back in the envelope in order to think further  on the piece,  completely forgot it & it just ended up in one of  the multitude of cardboard boxes here....but this is a serious problem  & needs to be addressed. Mail art is a rational & increasingly expensive  demanding activity & we can no longer afford or tolerate a  lax libertarian attitude of "there are no rules in mail art". I would certainly like to know what is the correct way to deal with an "Add & Pass". Signed & sighed Richard Canard  ... Post Scriptum: I hope you will send me one of your "Add & Pass" mailings. I'll try to get it back to you somehow.

Comment by Terry Owenby on March 15, 2015 at 2:05pm

I have a question about how people mail A&P's they receive. Do you send it back to the person who it originated from or do you send it to another person to work on, and they in turn send it to another person to work on? I'm asking because I sent out my first A&P about 2 months ago. It went to 3 people (so far) and each time it was returned to me. At first, I thought I had worded my instructions wrong so I changed them to read "Please add and pass, and when full, return to ...". It still came back to me. If this is what is supposed to happen, I've been doing it wrong by sending the A&P's I receive to others to work on, not the originator. Thanks for any feedback. 

Comment by borderlinegrafix on March 13, 2015 at 7:41pm

A Sleep

Comment by borderlinegrafix on March 13, 2015 at 7:40pm

Sergio Monteiro de Almeida

Comment by Amy Irwen on February 18, 2015 at 11:00pm
Thank you Terry!
Comment by Terry Owenby on February 18, 2015 at 9:46pm

I've sent a message to Misa Rosenstock asking for a new address. In the meantime, don't use the address on her page. Your mail will just be returned.

Comment by Terry Owenby on February 18, 2015 at 9:45pm

 

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