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An extremely unexpected and truly amazing surprise arrived from Belgium - a Radio Antipode T-shirt! - Huge thanks to Isabelle Dehennin!!
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on October 17, 2025 at 1:06pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Received a super cool envelope from Ficus Strangulensis! Thank you Fike (it also included a very nice letter)
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on October 17, 2025 at 12:26pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Lutz Anders is sending out the booklets for his recent "Change" call - and already started a new one (love the artistamps)
Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on October 17, 2025 at 12:22pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
It trickled in today from France
Posted by Medwolf on October 16, 2025 at 7:26pm 1 Comment 3 Likes
envelope flew into my mail box today from Helen Lagache.. Thank You …
I received of Gloria Keth from Singapur
Posted by Sabela Baña on October 16, 2025 at 7:20pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
I received Mail Art from Maryanne Mills. Thank You!
Posted by Vasa Radovanović on October 16, 2025 at 6:53pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
Hester Souverijn!
Posted by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on October 16, 2025 at 4:24pm 0 Comments 2 Likes
I received Mail Art from Hester Souverijn (The Netherlands). Thank You!
Received from William Mellot - Taiwan #Looooongism
Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on October 16, 2025 at 9:45am 1 Comment 5 Likes
Richard Canard thanks, thanks...
Posted by Zorica Obradović on October 15, 2025 at 1:27pm 0 Comments 5 Likes
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. 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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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Bus Pass
April 30, 2025 at 6pm to December 31, 2025 at 7pm – Redmond WA
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INTERNATIONAL MAILART-CALL
May 13, 2025 at 6pm to November 1, 2025 at 7pm – BERLIN
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INTERNATIONAL MAILART-CALL
May 13, 2025 at 6pm to November 1, 2025 at 7pm – BERLIN
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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Stop Sex Colonialism in Ukraine 18
"The works that were trampled were not from my collection, I gave myself and other artists the opportunity to express everything good that they think about him and his sexual activities in Ukraine. This is not a court, and no one has the right to…"
"Isabelle, what a surprise! I really didn’t see that one coming… thank you so much! (wrote you a PM)"
"Y're most welcome, 'MH', it's how I fill an old man's time with hope of happy friends all over the Earth!"
An extremely unexpected and truly amazing surprise arrived from Belgium - a Radio Antipode T-shirt! - Huge thanks to Isabelle Dehennin!!
Received a super cool envelope from Ficus Strangulensis! Thank you Fike (it also included a very nice letter)
Lutz Anders is sending out the booklets for his recent "Change" call - and already started a new one (love the artistamps)
"Thank you so much for this banger of an envelope Fike!"
"I neutrini
ATRAVERSANO
i muri della mia camera
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la mia testa
MA
non sono …"
"fascinating constructions..."
"Pages 49-50 Collage Book"
"17 October with a swing :-)"
"16 October had pumpkins!"
"Thank you for sharing"
"...that's why they're iuoma deleting our video сollective performance “Fuck you monsenior Dean” with the show opening of the "Stop Sex Colonialism in Ukraine" - because we're not "good person" and…"
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MANHOLE COVER LOVERS
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Hand Made Postcards
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Group for Cat-Lovers
164 members
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Show us your Artspace!!!
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Mail Art Archives
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Orange lovers
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Sponsor Group IUOMA
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Pittura digitale in cui …
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Embassy Ukraine
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Spammers Mail-Art
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Clemente Padin (1939 - 2…
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Anna Banana (1940-2024)
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TREES
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The One Page Zine
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Black and white - readym…
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ADD & PASS
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ATC REBELS
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Forum
Carla Bertola Anthology Exhibition: "Interferences and Interweavings Between Words and Images"
Press release BONGIANI ART MUSEUM COLLECTION Carla Bertola Retrospective Exhibition "Interferences and Interweavings…Continue
Tags: Museum, di, Salerno, Italy, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects 20 hours ago.
M.A.D. 16 ottobre 2025 - Giornata Internazionale dell'Arte Postale
Tags: Montecarotto, (AN), Mail, and, Art
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects yesterday.
New Mailart Call
Astronomy for Developmentdescription- How can astronomy drive community development?- What inspiring initiatives already exist (such as astro-tourism, citizen science, or education)?- How can we build a more equitable world through knowledge of the…Continue
Tags: mailart
Started by Ogata Tetsuo in Mail-Art Projects on Wednesday.
***HELP FROM FRIENDS *** 14 Replies
Does anyone know for sure what the term "library manuscript" means? maybe a photo of it?,*** believe it or not, I can't find it on the Internet. (And my encyclopedias are not in the same place that I am.)can inbox so we don't get bored.. .I need it…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Oct 1.
An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art 1 Reply
Greetings to Vladimir. An Eastern European Story of Censorship and Mail Art[Hommage à Franz Kafka]https://viragfold.net/post/796038304120324096/greetings-to-vladimirContinue
Started by Peter Abajkovics in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Sep 29.
Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz 3 Replies
Has anyone read The Sensations of Tone by Hermann von Helmholtz?? I got a copy of the Dover edition for my birthday; I haven't read it yet, but I am thinking about making some art about it.Continue
Started by Asterion in Other. Last reply by Matthew Conroy Sep 12.
Mailing photos to IUOMA for posting 1 Reply
Hello all, I have been trying to mail photos to the address given for this network, but I'm not understanding how they will arrive. Will they go to my inbox? Will they automagically post in my photos? Will they show up somewhere else?LorreContinue
Started by Lorre Smith in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Nick Tauro Jr Sep 3.
Problem receiving email notifications 3 Replies
Hello,I subscribe to all email notifications, but I'm not receiving most of them. I just get notifications once in a while for group invites. Yesterday I received a friend request, and the notification didn't arrive in may email inbox. They are not…Continue
Started by Eduardo Cardoso in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Bradford Aug 20.
Starting Mail Art 27 Replies
So I just joined but I really don;t know how to start or what is acceptable to mail. I have artwork that I would like to send on 6x6 and 8x8 canvas boards but where can I go so send my artwork? Do I send to strangers, friends, family, etc? Please…Continue
Started by Bruno Andrews in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by James Chester Aug 5.
Whose mail is this? 5 Replies
To mail artists I want to return a mail to this person (I think I asked before but I forgot) but I don’t know who. Can anyone tell me whose mail is this?…Continue
Started by Tomoe N in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Tomoe N Jul 29.
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