All Blog Posts Tagged 'vispo' (340)

Received: Communique from Ficus strangulensis, Panjandrum of Blorchistan, Fertilizer of The One Tree (Charleston, West Virginia, USA)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Ficus strangulensis (Charleston, West Virginia, USA)

November 23, 2010 - A second missive arrived last week from new-old friend Ficus strangulensis, Panjandrum of Blochistan, Fertilizer of The One Tree. Since… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 24, 2010 at 2:00pm — 13 Comments

Received: Chapter Draft Documentation for Cheryl Penn's "The Crimsoned Giant" Mail-Art Book Project (Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa)

Chapter from "The Crimsoned Giant" mail-art book project coordinated by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (Durban, South Africa). Contributors: Bifidus Jones (Minnesota, USA), Jen Staggs (Texas, USA), Erni Bar (Hamburg, Germany), Marie Wintzer (Wakoshi, Japan), Austin Wills James (Texas, USA), and Batgirl (New York, USA).…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 22, 2010 at 10:30am — 10 Comments

Received: Rosa Gravino's Mapping Mail-Art (Argentina)

Mail-art by IUOMA member Rosa Gravino (Argentina)

November 16, 2010 - Do other members of the IUOMA find themselves having affinities with friends in certain parts of the world due to common interests? Right from the start, I was drawn to mail-artists from Argentina and Brazil because visual poetry is so much a part of their work and, it seems to me, so innovative in those countries and…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on November 16, 2010 at 4:30pm — No Comments

Received: Cheryl Penn's Harrowing Mail-Art Monkey Ordeal (Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa)

Mail-art book pages by IUOMA member Cheryl Penn (South Africa)

November 14, 2010 - The IUOMA has become a virtual zoo these days bursting with cats, dogs, and rabbits - chasing each other into world postal systems. And those mail-art monkeys just won't go away. Cheryl sent me pages from an… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 14, 2010 at 12:00pm — 18 Comments

Received: Mail-art collage with vispo elements from Helen Amyes (York, Western Australia)

Mail-art received from IUOMA member Helen Amyes of York, Australia

November 1, 2010 - Helen Amyes - along with Karen Champlin - became an IUOMA member about the same time I did.… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on November 2, 2010 at 12:30am — No Comments

Received: Mail-art from Cheryl Penn (South Africa)

September 13, 2010 - Found a very nice piece of mail-art in my P.O. box from Cheryl Penn last Saturday.

This is the front of the envelope. The woman at the P.O. desk said…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on October 14, 2010 at 2:30am — No Comments

Sent: Concrete poetry to Cheryl Penn (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)

(from 'deep square wave structure" by Karl Kempton)

October 11, 2010 - So, okay, I'm not actually mailing this. I didn't want to change the blog format for a one-time thing. Cheryl, it's amazing how Mehrl Bennett could put things in… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 12, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Received: Mehrl Bennett's Fluxus Ohio mail-art and vispo (Columbus, Ohio, USA)

October 9, 2010 - Discovering Mehrl Bennett's art and visual poetry has been yet another benefit of being a part of the IUOMA. Mehrl (aka Visual Mom) is part of a community of artists and poets that, for me, is a center of vispo in the U.S. This group includes IUOMA members Ficus Strangulensis, Sheila Murphy, Jim Leftwich, Matthew Stolte, and of course John Bennett. There are many… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 10, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Received: Assemblage mail-art from Karen Champlin (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

October 7, 2010 - Karen Champlin sent me a new set of her mail-art assemblages, which I appreciate very much. It just seems to me her work gets better and better. In a previous blog, I discussed at length the relation of her work to vispo. Her use of textual material becomes increasingly more diverse and complex. This piece is the first example of something I've received from her that… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 8, 2010 at 10:00am — 6 Comments

Received: Mail-art and stamp documentation sheet from Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

October 2, 2010 - Ruud Janssen, IOUMA founder and artist, is just the best in my book. With everything else he's doing, he manages to keep his mail-art flowing and respond to all kinds of requests and questions. Several weeks ago I received mail-art from him in one of his hand-painted envelopes. It included an add-and-pass sheet to gather Fluxus mail-art documentation for the TAM… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on October 3, 2010 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

Received: Mail-art the way Mother Nature intended from Mim Golub Scalin (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

September 25, 2010 - I received a very thoughtful post card-size piece of mail-art from IUOMA friend Mim Golub Scalin that could possibly - and things are certainly open to multiple but all equally valid interpretations - make reference to a number of topics that have emerged here at various times ranging from vispo, to ripped collage, to shoes and fixing people's shoes. More of her… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on September 27, 2010 at 1:00am — No Comments

Received: Mail-art book (add-and-pass) from Cheryl Penn (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa)

September 25, 2010 - Cheryl Penn is an artist in South Africa who I see as working in that borderland between written text and visual image. For lack of anything better, this area can be called the visual-verbal. This is a limited edition (1/7) mail-artists book. I included what is actually the back cover of her book, because everything she is doing is very much centered in an… Continue

Added by De Villo Sloan on September 25, 2010 at 1:00pm — 2 Comments

Received: Stamp, collage, Fluxus mail art from Samuel Montalvetti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

September 20, 2010 - Samuel Montalvetti sent me a very full envelope of his mail art showing a wide range of areas he works in including collage, stamps, Fluxus, visual poetry as well as other mail art forms. Being new to some of the mail art practices commonly used by IUOMA members, I was very pleased to receive from Samuel…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on September 21, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

Received: Bifidus Jones mail art from the vispo phase (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

September 14, 2010 - Bifidus Jones recently sent me a stunning piece that integrates many vispo elements that have been mentioned in IUOMA discussions, notably layering (or over-laying) and integration of image with text. I like the expansive…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on September 15, 2010 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Received: Karen Champlin's (Mail) Art Nation (Chicago School, USA)

September 3, 2010 - Karen Champlin and I joined the IUOMA about three months ago, only days apart if not on the same day. She was one of my first friends, and it has been a joy watching her art evolve and blossom. I saw her earliest pieces as posts on this site. My first reaction was that they were assemblages of…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on September 4, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Received: Mailart collage and Barbie (k)not from Helene Lagache (Bordeaux, France)

August 28, 2010 - Helene Lagache sent me a very carefully assembled mailart package that represents the continuation of a somewhat fragmented conversation we've been having. When I first joined the IUOMA several months ago, I saw her beautiful mailart collages and was drawn to their vibrant colors, use of repetition, and ripped paper technique.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 29, 2010 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

Report on Ohio USA Skylab Mailart Show and Vispo Conference

Visual poet Geof Huth is providing detailed coverage of the events in Ohio on his blog. Many members of the IUOMA are in the mailart show, doing performances, or leading discussions:

http://dbqp.blogspot.com/

Thanks Geof!

Added by De Villo Sloan on August 20, 2010 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Received: Mailart cut-ups from Ficus Strangulensis (West Virginia, USA)

August 17, 2010: New IUOMA friend as well as old friend Ficus Strangulensis sent me a "greatest hits" package from recent years. These show his distinctive adaptation of William Burroughs' cut up technique. His letter explains what he's been doing and provides an authentic portrait of the homegrown U.S. artisitc renegade, right down to the firearms fascination. To provide a little more bio. for you on Ficus, he is also an organic chemist. His investigations into randomness and…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 18, 2010 at 2:00am — No Comments

Received: Vispo/assemblage from Karen Champlin (Chicago, USA)

7.19.2010: I recently received this incredible piece from Karen Champlin. The scan does not do it justice. I don't know if the images were found or inscribed by Karen, but they are incredibly ornate and detailed. Not only does she know I like vispo, she knows exactly the style I like. This one I'll cherish. Thank you KC!…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 20, 2010 at 1:00am — 1 Comment

Review of John Bennett's Neolipic

Ron Silliman recently posted an announcement on his blog of the release of John M. Bennett’s Neolipic. The fact that Silliman linked the book seemed an event deserving some small celebration, but then he does make an attempt to present a variety of perspectives.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on July 2, 2010 at 5:00pm — 1 Comment

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