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Mail art by IUOMA member Tomoe Nakamura (Osaka, Japan)

June 5, 2017 - In Trashpo circles, Japanese trash is a rare commodity: often discussed, seldom seen. In these, the final hours of the Karnival of Trash, Tomoe Nakamura has…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

June 4, 2017 - I can never decide if Jay Block is a pure materialist or a conceptualist. (I have the same problem with Fluxus generally.) I do know Jay Block is very…

Mail art by IUOMA member Lorraine Kwan (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)

June 3, 2017 - Lorraine Kwan is well-known in the Eternal Network. I am a fan, especially, of her fashion-focused and textile work. I am thrilled to…

Mail art by IUOMA member Wendy A. Rodgers (Maryland, USA)

May 30, 2017 - The art of Wendy A. Rodgers is known primarily through the Eternal Network, and she has garnered many admirers.  I have written about her work…

Mail art by Jessica Manack (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

May 27, 2017 - Would I – your faithful and always reliable gateway to the inner machinations of the Eternal Network – ever stoop to ride the coattails of…

Mail art by IUOMA member Sabela Bana (A Coruna, Spain)

May 21, 2017 - Spanish artist Sabela…

Add and pass sheet (circa 2004) sent by Karen Wood (Big Bear Lake, California, USA)

May 17, 2017 - Reading some sea stories lately, it occurred to me that Add & Pass sheets can sometimes be like the mysterious ghost ships of fiction. Some Add & Pass sheets never return home or reach a designated…

Mail art by IUOMA member Bonniediva (Gurnee, Illinois, USA)

May 13, 2017 - I am thrilled to share the first mail I have received from Bonniediva, originally from New Orleans but now living outside Chicago,…

Mail art by IUOMA member Sa Mue (Bremen, Germany)

May 8, 2017 - I am thrilled to welcome new correspondent Sa Mue of Bremen, Germany. As far as I know, Sa Mue is a newcomer to the Eternal Network, although she is clearly an…

Mail art by IUOMA member Rafael Gonzalez (Tenerife, Spain)

May 3, 2017 - Network fave and veteran Rafael Gonzalez has expressed allegiance to DKult in the past, and it is wonderful to have this celebratory piece for the…

Mail art by IUOMA member Dopesick San Francisco (DSF) aka Michael Kelly (Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA)

April 29, 2017 - DSF and Karina the Dog have proven to be key contributors to the Karnival of Trash, which I think it is fair…

Mail art by IUOMA member by Eduardo Cardoso (Sines, Portugal)

April 28, 2017 - Here is a great package I received from Eduardo Cardoso that I've posted on Asemic Front. Eduardo has integrated asemics, vispo and the cut-up technique to great his own unique brand of image-text…

Mail art by Ana Kawajiri (Brasilia, Brazil)

The mail art movement was at the forefront of experimentation with and circulation of copyart. Copyart is deeply associated with at least one Golden Age of mail art (in the 70s…

This has been mentioned elsewhere on the IUOMA platform, but I want to make sure members know about the John Dowd Fan Club show. This is classic work from the 70s & 80s with a Ray Johnson connection. The link features some great examples from the show:

https://www.printedmatter.org/events/589

Probably some of the members are perplexed by the fan club materials in the m-a network. Ray Johnson started some classic fan…

Mail art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

April 22, 2017 - As I have asked before: What would the Karnival of Trash be without work by the raining Queen of Trash(po)? Luckily, Diane Keys has been exceedingly…

Asemic vispo by Dave Araki (New York City, USA)

April 22, 2017 - Dave Araki submitted these…

Mail art by IUOMA member Rebecca Guyver (Suffolk, UK)

April 19, 2017 - I am thrilled to finally document this piece by legendary DKULTUK member Rebecca Guyver. I have followed the DKult Doodle Therapy craze she…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gerda Osteneck (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)

April 17, 2017 - Gerda Osteneck is known in the Eternal Network as a Canadian trashpoet and devoted member of DKULTCAN (DKult-Canada). Her recent adventures…

Mail art by IUOMA member Allison Anne (Twin Cities, Minnesota, USA)

April 16, 2017 - Allison Anne is a gifted artist and enthusiastic Eternal Networker both via paper and digitally. She has a knowledge of music, much of which is associated with the network, that is rarely seen. So I am pleased to learn she…

Mail art by IUOMA member Dorina Harangus (Hechingen, Germany)

April 15,2017 - I have to admit that due mostly to my own limitations I am not sure of the conscious intent of this piece, if that even matters. Applying my own interpretation, though, I see a wonderful contribution to the Asemic Front in these…