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The biggest city in Turkey with a population of about 13 (or 16) million people and increasing each day, Istanbul has recently been celebrating its year of European Capital of Culture.

Theme: How would this historical city look like in 10, 20 or say, a 100 years’ time?

Size: Minimum standard postcard (10x15 cm), maximum A4 (21x29 cm).

Technique free. No pornograpy, no offensive images.

All works must be sent by snail mail to:

Kemal Özyurt - futuristanbul…

Mail Art Received End of December 2010.

The Crimson Giant and the Tower of Babel is obviously  not over.  Michalis sent me a VERY interesting card which references the movie Metropolis  by Von Fritz Lang.  This movie is set…

Mail art received at the end of December 2010.

This is the first mail art I have received from Eduardo the author of Paranormal Mail Art.  The title Hypertext Anomaly speaks volumes in interpreting this visually beautiful piece.  Take a bike ride through visual text. Interestingly Eduardo has pasted these newspaper images of a window over the window of the envelope .  This action blocks one view, whilst granting access to another.  The window of an envelope generally allows us to see…

Hi those of you send me new year messages, and reply my new year messages, in IUOMA, I'll send "you" New Year emails to your email address. I will not take time to make my own card, but I will use the e-card service to send to you today. Happy new year to you. Tomoe

Camel O'Rama designed one of his revolving tags, completed one side, then sent it to Paula Smith, who completed the other side. Then the tag was sent to me. Thanks it's great!

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Mim Scalin sent this tag, and now I can't remember if I sent her a tag or not. Let me know Mim!

Now, this is AMAZING (because it finally arrived). If I read the postal cancellation correctly, it is stamped December 9, 2010...read backwards, or right to left: 2010-12-09? Oh dear, South Africa and Greece have to wait once-a-month post, while Germany gets mail art before I can return from the post office! sigh...Such is life in our World/Town! Well, the wait is so well worth it! This is Cheryl at her best...wonderfully layers and elegant textures of "rice paper" and hand-made pulp…

'Tis amazing how quickly we can communicate via "snail mail" between Germany and Greece. It shows how "very well organized" they are, and that they are "doing a very good job" at what they do (both postal services...plus the 5-10 daily flights direct to Thessaloniki helps, I am sure!) Well, on this the last day of the old year, it is so appropriate to receive this happy haptic package fro Herr Erni! Needs much study and reflections, and wondrous images appear and then too, many questions…

Last year, at the end of 2009 going into 2010, Banana Man was very active here at IUOMA. And I do miss his photographic "portraits" and other "bananamania". So it was with happy surprise that this very "Haptic" card arrived on this very last day of 2010. Many elements have been recycled from other mail artists, and the entire piece is a rare collection and reminder of dear mail art friends. Thank you, Wolfgang!

(and see, the mail service is sooooo quick from (Dortmund) Germany, too!…

Argh. I've really fallen off the bandwagon when it comes to postal art. I let myself get caught up in little whirlpools of activity, and I never could quite escape. But now as I sit here, recovering from wisdom teeth surgery, I am making another New Years' Resolution - This time I am participating in the Mail Art 365, starting on January 1st.

http://mailart365.blogspot.com/

This will help me focus on using the mail…

There is a lot of movement in this piece, as if Laurence has captured this figure on the fly. The figure's expression  seems heroic and mischievous at the same time. Laurence painted over a photograph and the effects are energizing.

Take a look at…