All Blog Posts Tagged 'vispo' (340)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Samuel Montalvetti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

March 3, 2011 - The monumental Project 26 - with mail-artists across the globe producing chapters for a collaborative based on letters of…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Highland Park, Illinois, USA)

March 1, 2011 - My dear friend Karen Champlin sent this work that renews my appreciation for her talent. She seems to be scaling things down from the…

"Zalop Concerto in No Particular Key" by IUOMA members Cheryl Penn (South Africa) inspired by a performance score and Fluxus word by Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) and ZALOP video by Eduardo Cardoso (Portugal).

February 22, 2011 - This is a case of mail-art "in the air" scooping mail-art "on the ground." I haven't received…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Atte Ourie (Helsinki, Finland)

February 20, 2011 - Could there be a mail-artist more mysterious than Atte Ourie? These colorful cards are appearing across the globe. (Finland is finding a place on the…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)

February 12, 2011 - The interest in creating mail-art books started here at the IUOMA is opening new fields for many mail-artists. Anyone can make…

When I cannot look at your face 

I look at your feet. 

Your feet of arched bone, 

your hard little feet. 

Those are the words of Pablo Neruda. Nothing arched or hard here, only the sweetest feet ever, gently resting on a Byzantine floor, so light they could actually be floating. Just one look at this card and a…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Tina Festa (Matera, Italy)

February 9, 2011 - Tina Festa included me in her first mail-art series of the year. I am very pleased to receive this piece. She works in many different areas. In…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)

February 8, 2011 - Cheryl Penn is an excellent mail-art correspondent. I truly admire the way she constantly thinks about the future of the book and language…

Mail-art book chapter by IUOMA member John M. Bennett (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

January 30, 2011 - John Bennett's chapter for the 26 mail-art book project is "Kako Nebuloso," a series of poems. John is part of a core…

Mail-Art by IUOMA member Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

January 28, 2011 - To start the second round of our mail-art exchange, Matthew Stolte sent me this postcard-size piece of visual poetry. The use of the term…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa)

January 19, 2011 - Cheryl Penn sent this fascinating word weave (below) along with some of her distinctive style of asemic writing (above). I…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

January 17, 2011 - Karen Champlin has done a stunning new series of postcard-size asemic letters with stamp images, and I was very pleased to receive this…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Bifidus Jones (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

December 26, 2010 - Bifidus Jones is the guiding force behind the Haptic Poetry group at the IUOMA. Bifidus and a number of others have been sending…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Jen Staggs (Dallas, Texas, USA)

December 21, 2010 - On the heels of her "Alexander" chapter (and that is an intended pun), I received a card from Jen Staggs with the poem above. I'm calling it a poem. I am enjoying it as well as puzzling over it, and it seems to fit in with all these mail-art language experiments going on…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Satu Kaikkonen (Vesilahti, Finland)

December 18, 2010 - Satu Kaikkonen is a versatile and gifted visual poet who shares her work through the mail-art network. I put the word "techno" in the blog title because this beautiful piece Satu sent me is an excellent example of the work that is being done…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Matthew Stolte (Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

December 16, 2010 - The 11.3 Days of Mail-Art Vispo Marathon continues thanks to Matthew Stolte who sent me this postcard-size piece. IUOMA is a great place to find mail-artists whose interests match yours thanks to the online portfolios, groups, and discussions. I first saw Matt's work…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Angie Cope (Port Washington, Wisconsin, USA)

December 12, 2010 - Yesterday Angie Cope reported a snowstorm had struck Wisconsin. Now I am reporting a deluge of mail-art visual poetry has struck my mailbox, and I could not be more pleased. The dynamic duo of Angie and…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

December 11, 2010 - Karen Champlin has embarked on a new project to integrate asemic writing into her distinctive mail-art assemblages. I am very fortunate to have received two pieces from the series. As always, I am…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Geof Huth (Schenectady, New York, USA)