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Mail art by IUOMA member Dopesick SF aka DSF (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

December 2, 2015 - I have already gone on record saying that if I were compelled (Lord forbid) to compile a Top Ten List of…

outgoing mail today

It;s ERNI Blog Day, today! Two packages arrived, will need several blogs perhaps!

One now knows to be VERY careful opening a package from OSAH,

Off-Scene Akademie Hamburg, no "jumping" allowed!…

Collage art on the outside wrappings,

not to be missed :-)…

A tiny package arrived along with the big box from Hamburg, with a tiny box:

What a mysterious thing, indeed.

VERY heavy and with PIZZA and the Godfather on the outside wrapping:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

December 1, 2015 - In this (relatively) recent work received, faithful correspondent Richard Canard has returned to a type of…

Let me think, Kaminski Mmmm.  Well there is Janusz, Speilbergs right hand man, there is Bronislaw, the war guy who switched sides, Thomas the footballer, Piotr, Helen, and Michal, to name a few.  Of course there also is that German film; Ich und Kaminski (Me & Kaminski)…

Ex Posto Facto has an amazing archive of FluXus Bucks!

And it is always fun to add 'n pass them around the world: the United Eternal Network!

He also sent a fun A4 sheet:…

Surprise mail art from Athens...a hint of christmas decorations perhaps?

It comes soooo fast, less than 24 hours...a collages full of "little stories".…

It's Postie KATE bringing the mail art ...

Vizma sent a fully fantastic packet...pure "VizPo"

Oh,…

Painted and printed "circles"

splashes and dashes!…

So good to see Eduardo in the mail!

Always the envelope has "minimal" art, and then inside:

....always a pleasure to…

I know many interpret this as the Godness Pensive Athena mourning those who fell in 460BC, other say she is standing at a boundary stone for Athenas' sanctuary.  The most realistic version is that she is trying to pry that marble stone out of the ground to take it home and make a marble sink out of it for her bathroom.

    I'll let you decide.  There may also be another…

"In March this year writer Ruth Tapp was recovering from a serious illness at home, feeling sorry for herself, when she began to receive mail for a mysterious Mr Eduardo Munez. Over the next few weeks, nearly every day he received at least one letter. The letters came in different shapes and sizes and where clearly not from the same sender. This sparked Ruth’s…

Mail art by IUOMA member Joey Patrickt (Oakland, California, USA)

November 29, 2015 - Oakland correspondent Joey Patrickt has been sending me FAB missives at intervals during the past months. I…

It took some time.

But eventually the enveloppe made in to Breda. It took TWO tries, but that brings the many traces. I see that one postage stamp hasn't been cancelled, so I probably will recycle the lovely envelope to give the postal office another go in adding something.....…

Martha says "Hello"  as she dances in the sun light with Mr. Egghead and the lady with dried fish on her head.   Now if that isn't great lyric for a hit song than I don't know what is.  Very Dolly, or is that Dali?

Thank you Martha.  Wow and a "Salut" rubber stamp.  Now where did you get…

just now I started writing down the connections between Pataphysics and IUOMA. It will take some time, but I am sorting things out. If you don't know what I am talking about, this basic slide about Pataphysics gives you a hint:…