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Stephen Rife
- Male
- Saint Paul, MN
- United States
Stephen Rife's Groups
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Ray Johnson (1927-1995)
97 members
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Fluxus
27 members
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Canadian Embassy
57 members
Stephen Rife's Page
Latest Activity
"Very interesting letter project by you and your partner."
"Hi Stephen, greetings from South Italy. Since some years ago I'm not involved in the Mail Art Network but I continue to create art to share in others ways. "
"Hola soy de Argentina y estoy iniciando en el mail art
Gracias por recibirme"
"Welcome back to the POST-world (as it were) after your hiatus."
"Hello again! I will send you my mail art first. Please send me yours back after you receive from me :-)"
"Hello from Japan! I see a cute cat sitting next to you on your avatar. I would like to send you a postcard with my hand-carved eraser stamp of a cat, but I am wondering if your Saint Louis address is still valid / current ? Or do younow live in…"
MailArt
"Hybrid mail art. Not many of these, but admirable when I find them on this site; i.e., pieces activated by the format/interface, that can only exist here."
"Hi Stephen. Your Mail Art is like breaking the blockade! I've received one single envelope in the last three weeks and it's your message in a gilded cover! Thank you very much."
"Thank you for the letter (which came to me a long time ago), for the bucks`s elements, for other magical Mail Art things."
"Hello Stephen,
thank you for the postcard with a mailbox and for a little cryptic picture alter / idem. It's witty!"
Profile Information
- Mail-Artist since:
- 1989
- My Website (without http://):
- http://www.mnartists.org/artwork/steve-rife-tweaks-artpolice-instal...
- Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
- To rejoin the hand to the spirit, the foot to the hand, the paper to the word.
I've been involved in Mail Art for several decades, beginning in the late 80s, when I invited people to contribute, by mail, to a program for cable access here in the Midwestern US. Postcards, art video, letter-art, poetry, detourned ads, mysterious objects. In downtown St. Paul, in a former boot factory, I maintained a shrine for several years, to a figure I no longer remember the name of. (The shrine was kept in an envelope.) It had acolytes in the form of postcards, bearing figures and landscapes that helped me sing the name of the hidden figure. Within a span of some thirty years, this devoted pageant came together in a final rite, giving birth to a mother. "More to come," they said. Man, were they right. (A few of their holy siblings can be found through the video link below.)
For instance, a sighting/summation, a word of warning about the virtual posting, in the period post postcard:
Winds of Noisome Publicity;
Lands of Groundless Assertion;
Seas of data, desire inflamed, and desire unquenched...
- My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
- 3433 N 14th Street
Saint Louis, MO 63107
USA
A recent vid, from last year... But quite relevant. The eternal exit.
Stephen Rife's Photos
Comment Wall (19 comments)
- At 11:09am on August 30, 2024,
Pierpaolo Limongelli said…
Hi Stephen, greetings from South Italy. Since some years ago I'm not involved in the Mail Art Network but I continue to create art to share in others ways.
- At 4:40pm on August 25, 2024,
Beatriz Romano said…
- Hola soy de Argentina y estoy iniciando en el mail art
Gracias por recibirme
- At 11:30am on August 21, 2024,
Kiki said…
Hello again! I will send you my mail art first. Please send me yours back after you receive from me :-)
- At 5:38am on August 18, 2024,
Hello from Japan! I see a cute cat sitting next to you on your avatar. I would like to send you a postcard with my hand-carved eraser stamp of a cat, but I am wondering if your Saint Louis address is still valid / current ? Or do younow live in Minnesota ??
Best Wishes,
Kiki
- At 5:46pm on March 16, 2022,
Ilya Semenenko-Basin said…
Hi Stephen. Your Mail Art is like breaking the blockade! I've received one single envelope in the last three weeks and it's your message in a gilded cover! Thank you very much.
- At 4:38pm on January 21, 2022,
Carien van Hest said…
Thank you for your mail art, Mr. Rife.
- At 2:07pm on June 23, 2021,
Thank you for the letter (which came to me a long time ago), for the bucks`s elements, for other magical Mail Art things.
- At 9:19pm on April 29, 2021,
Hello Stephen,
thank you for the postcard with a mailbox and for a little cryptic picture alter / idem. It's witty!
- At 11:26am on February 26, 2021,
Ifé Niklaus said…
t h a n k y o u
s t e p h e n
- At 10:08am on February 25, 2021,
Mel Anie said…
thanks, and also, as you like it. :)
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