October 2011 Blog Posts (229)

works on paper exhibition

www.worksonpaper.paint.at

Added by suzlee ibrahim on October 19, 2011 at 8:13am — No Comments

last week in the mail

Mail received from Diane Keys, Fleur Helsingor, Hester Wright, Adamandia Kapsalis, and Susan Fox. Also received, Cavellini Add and Pass.

Added by Sandra Lefever on October 19, 2011 at 5:09am — 1 Comment

Nadine's Trash Pile

This great piece of Trashpo came from Nadine Wendell-Mojica today. I was thrilled the post office did not fold or bend and I can figure out how to profit by putting my home in the movies. I hope the  dude with the mustache and wig is only an extra! thank you…

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Added by DKeys on October 19, 2011 at 12:50am — 2 Comments

Dairy Products imported from Greece

Gotij Cheese made its way to Elgin to inaugurate Gotij--thanks Kat you are the rubber stamp Queen!!!!!

Added by DKeys on October 19, 2011 at 12:39am — 2 Comments

Parisian Pacifier from Dean Marks

My mailman was wildly impressed this one. The pacifier goes all the way through the cardboard and all stayed intact. I like the idea of infantilizing… Continue

Added by DKeys on October 19, 2011 at 12:33am — 4 Comments

RECEIVED: A State of Flux from Katerina Nikoltsou (Greece), Ruud Janssen (Netherlands), JF Chapelle (France)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Katerina Nikoltsou (Thessaloniki, Greece)

 

October 18, 2011 - Katerina Nikoltsou is an incredibly talented, prolific, and enthusiastic artist who keeps eternal network friends connected around the…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 18, 2011 at 12:30pm — 27 Comments

Petition from Svenja

I like this latest piece from Svenja - a little pattern piece folded with an old slide of  (I think) a Sumerian warrior, inside a wonderful handmade envelope, which says "You need mail Art" - yes I do! All the time! Thankyou Svenja.

Added by Lesley Magwood Fraser on October 18, 2011 at 9:56am — 1 Comment

Puzzle Cards - from Bifidus Jones

 

I must be on one of Bifidus' good lists, because he sends me three times a wonder. Three cards that arrived over two days, and that, when put together, reveal a majestic (if bloodcurdling) creature. Partly human, partly animal, he just beheaded a man. Bifidus used his signature maps, adding thick rivers of text to it. The back of the cards too is layered to…

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Added by Marie Wintzer on October 17, 2011 at 11:26pm — 6 Comments

Heinz Lotz

In the last weeks I had some very nice mail communication with Roland Halbritter, some I will have to post here and to answer What I diddn´t know was that he is not only an excellent mailartist, he is also a fantastic postofficer! Thank you very much Roland!

The last mail that came this way Heinz Lotz sent. He transformed one of my prints I sent to Roland Halbritter and included a postcard transformation for the project of Roland Halbritter where the same postcard is transformed by…

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Added by Frieder Speck on October 17, 2011 at 9:06pm — 1 Comment

Catherine Petres etching

Some days ago I found something big in the mail!

Instantly I was touched by that christmasfeeling. But in October?

So some Questions: Wait till December for opening? If open now how without destroy the packaging? If opened keep the secret? 

The last question was easy to answer: I can´t keep any secret! After thinking a while this answers the first question…

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Added by Frieder Speck on October 17, 2011 at 8:47pm — 3 Comments

From Guido Vermuelen_10.15.11

a beautiful envelope from Guido....Thank you for… Continue

Added by Amy Irwen on October 17, 2011 at 4:51pm — 1 Comment

FAIR JUSTICE FOR SARAH JO PENDER

Holding Hands For Social Justice



  In a series of public collaboration art projects, Sarah Jo Pender invites you to join Hands to bring awareness to social and criminal injustices.



Project #1: WHAT IS YOUR STORY? Share part of your life story as told through your hands.



Purpose: To collect pieces of our lives to illustrate the story of…
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Added by Guido Vermeulen on October 17, 2011 at 4:16pm — No Comments

KUANAS BIENNIAL - MACIUNAS and BEYOND

KAUNAS BIENNIAL – TEXTILE `11
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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 17, 2011 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

Holes and anti-holes from the one and only Haptic Werewolf, ERNI!

Yes indeedy, the haptic Werewolf strikes again, bringing wonderful RED and "hole"ly sandpapers, amongst other goodies. It is the one and only Haptic Werewolf in the whole/hole of Europe...surely in the whole/hole WORLD!

Dig it? The package is always…

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Added by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on October 17, 2011 at 2:30pm — 4 Comments

Spooktacular Mail from Thom Courcelle

A little egging seems harmless enough.

Added by chaosatlanta on October 17, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Received: "official" documents and other fun stuff from Rudd Janssen

Thank you very much for everything, Ruud!

Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:49am — 1 Comment

Received from "non-glam," "no glitz," "no glory" Diane Keys

This beautiful--and relatively minimal!?--art on cardboard:

with nearly matching envelope: I love them both, and she included some delicate texts for me to use:…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:07am — 4 Comments

Another desirable envelope and Ursus Wehrli from Svenja Wahl



It's another great one, Svenja, and I love the "I am beautiful as a dream of stone."  You will have to tell who these nosey little fellows are; they are very cute in that homely sort of way. :--}  Of course, the nosey part is what matters most. Thank you,…

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Added by Nancy Bell Scott on October 17, 2011 at 5:00am — 21 Comments

C(art)toFluxus for all

Added by Ricardo e. Gonsalves on October 17, 2011 at 1:52am — No Comments

Time to merge mail art with contested urban space

Added by Ricardo e. Gonsalves on October 17, 2011 at 1:30am — No Comments

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