De Villo Sloan's Blog Posts Tagged 'Trashpo' (287)

INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: Is Trashpo Destined for the Dumpster of History? Erni Baer (Germany), Diane Keys (USA), Stewart Charlebois (Canada), Thom Courcelle (USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

October 14, 2011 - Recent challenges to the very foundation of Trashpo have raised serious questions about whether this practice will endure in the eternal network. Issues…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 14, 2011 at 9:30am — 38 Comments

RECEIVED: Diane Keys - Life After Roadkill? (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

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

May 16, 2011 - What do you do after you've become a mail-art legend? Diane Keys (DK) has pioneered roadkill mail-art, re-birthed an obscure practice called Trashpo,…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on May 16, 2011 at 1:30am — 2 Comments

RECEIVED: "Windmills" Mail-Art Chapter & "Antipodal Trashpo" from Marie Wintzer (Saitama, Japan)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Marie Wintzer (Saitama, Japan)

April 5, 2011 - A small group at the IUOMA discovered they were all fans of the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" and by extension the two versions of the movie…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on April 6, 2011 at 12:30am — 2 Comments

RECEIVED: Splash of Trash! DK (Diane Keys) Releases Her Spring Mail-Art Line (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

Fashionable mail-art by IUOMA member Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

March 4, 2011 - Diane Keys has released a new line of of mail-art for spring that slipped off the postal runway into my box (with no postage due).…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on March 4, 2011 at 12:30pm — 6 Comments

RECEIVED: Diane Keys (DK) Trashpo Collage and Mail-Art Retrospective (Elgin, Illinois, USA)

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

February 4, 2011 - Diane Keys (DK) sent me this amazing collage. A scan of this piece was posted in the IUOMA photo gallery around the holidays and received much…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on February 5, 2011 at 1:00am — 9 Comments

RECEIVED: BrAtitude Girl Goes to Finishing School Mail-Art from Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois)

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

January 11, 2011 - After her meteoric rise to success in mail-art with the controversial Roadkill Club, Diane Keys became concerned she was a one hit wonder.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on January 12, 2011 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Received: Trashpo mailart from Erni Bar (Hamburg, Germany)

August 14, 2010: Versatile artist Erni Bar finds inspiration for some of his work in the streets of Hamburg. The mailart he sent me, documented below, marks my first experience in what I think could fairly be considered trashpo:

As with all mailart, packaging must be considered carefully for practicality as well as aesthetics. So in this…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 14, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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