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

May 29, 2015 - I am thrilled to receive this work from good correspondence friend Joey Patrickt in Oakland. With Joey, I am always wondering: What is he going…

Mail art by IUOMA member Rosa Gravino (Canada de Gomez, Argentina)

May 27, 2015 - Rosa Gravino is a wonderfully talented visual poet and faithful correspondent. She continually works on exhibitions that promote vispo (visual…

Mail art by Maria Morisot aka Moan Lisa (Des Moines, Iowa, USA)

May 25, 2015 - FinnBadger’s (Columbus, Ohio, USA) recent scannerpo experiment stimulated some conversations here about text-oriented compositions in relation to…

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

May 24, 2015 - Curbing minimalist tendencies, Richard Canard sent me this wonderful piece some time ago that I am just now getting around to documenting.…

Mail art by IUOMA member FinnBadger (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

May 21, 2015 - Not long ago, I was thrilled to document a FAB Trashbook by FinnBadger. An online discussion about said work (if I am remembering correctly) touched on…

Mail art by IUOMA member Thomas Brown (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

May 21, 2015 - Thomas Brown is fast becoming an Eternal Network master of ceremonies for minimalist poetry and pithy event scores, territory inhabited – for…

Mail art by IUOMA member Linda French (Two Harbors, Minnesota, USA)

May 18, 2015 - Moan Lisa has a true talent for inventing mail art calls and concepts that have widespread appeal. The Bad Poetry call is one, as is…

“new art directions” (phase 6) by Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

May 17, 2015 - Ruud Janssen has created many charts mapping trends, events, strategies, theories and other subjects related to mail art and Fluxus. These charts are…

Mail art by IUOMA member Mars Tokyo (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

May 16, 2015 - I have been a fan of Mars Tokyo’s art for a long time. Her work has been…

Mail art by Jesse Jesarchives Edwards (Carcassonne, France) 

May 15, 2015 - In the context of current discussions about the relationship of traditional mail art to the digital realm, Jesse Edwards is an example of a…

Mail art by Sinclair Scripa (Ludlow, Vermont, USA)

May 13, 2015 - Not since the days when folks such as Blaster Al and David Zack mailed out fake solicitations for disabled children’s scholarship funds in order to raise…

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

May 10, 2015 - Thanks to rapid circulation on the internet, this piece by Tomoe Nakamura has already reached iconic status among trashpoets and D-Kulters. I am thrilled that…

Mail art collabs by IUOMA members Rebecca Guyver (Suffolk, UK) and Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

May 8, 2015 - In March, I first shared doodle collaborations by Rebecca Guyver and Diane Keys that have created such a…

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

May 6, 2015 - Network interest and participation in Trashpo and DKult is reaching new levels. Queen of Trash Diane Keys is circulating some remarkable…

Mail art by Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

May 4, 2015 - A large postcard-size collage on sturdy cardboard.…

Mail art by IUOMA member E Elkan (Hull, UK)

May 2, 2015 - Exciting things are happening in Britain these days, and E Elkan (E E) – an apparent newcomer – is contributing to the effort. I spotted some fine work already by E…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jude Weirmeir (San Diego, California, USA)

May 1, 2015 - Musician and composer Jude Weirmeir sent me two great pieces that involve what I consider to be non-traditional musical scoring. Lines between…

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

May 1, 2015 - Lautreamont (Isidore-Lucien Ducasse) – a progenitor of the avant – famously wrote: “As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and…

Mail art by IUOMA member The Blessed Father (San Diego, California, USA)

May 1, 2015 - Just when I was down to my last “Get Out of Hell Free” card and wondering where my next hit of salvation was coming from, I…

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

April 29, 2015 - With so many Trashpo innovations being reported and new controversies boiling over every day, Trashpoets seem to have forgotten (and…