Valentine Mark Herman's Blog – October 2022 Archive (1)

THE EFFECTS OF COVID ON MAIL ART EXHIBITIONS/PROJECTS

Look at the figures below. There used to be lots of Mail Art Exhibitions/Projects -- anywhere between 120 and 230 each year, from 2007 to 2017.

Since Covid there are far, far fewer. And in 2022, as in 2021, there is likely to be less than 20. (That's 20 organised by the supposed 5,600+ IUOMA members plus other non-IUOMA Mail Aritists, as featured here)

Any ideas why this should be so?

Is Mail Art dying? Are Mail Art Exhibitions/Porjects becoming less relevant,…

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Added by Valentine Mark Herman on October 30, 2022 at 3:03pm — 6 Comments

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