De Villo Sloan's Blog Posts Tagged 'vispo' (308)

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

May 28, 2011 - The first mail-art I saw from Eduardo Cardoso immediately impressed me as being excellent visual poetry. Clearly he works in other areas as…

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,…

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

May 9, 2011 - The image above by Cheryl Penn is easily the most intricate and beautiful text-weave I've ever received. This is part of a chapter for a…

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

April 27, 2011 - This intriguing mail-art sent to me by visual poet Matt Stolte is apparently not political as I had first thought. However, I like the blog…

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

April 2, 2011 - In an earlier blog I jokingly referred to spring lines in the work of mail-artists. Maybe new lines are serious. As springtime arrives…

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

March 30, 2011 - Cheryl Penn and I are working on another mail-art book project involving verbs. Her "Attack" chapter explores areas I do not often see in…

Mail-art by IUOMA member JF CHAPELLE (Merignac, France)

March 22, 2011  - When the call was first made for participants to contribute chapters for the Project 26 collaborative mail-art book, I was thrilled when JF Chapelle…

Mail-art by IUOMA member Rosa Gravino (Rosario, Argentina)

March 14, 2011 - Rosa Gravino's Chapter S for the Project 26 collaborative mail-art book is a stunning piece of visual poetry. Her work is colorful and complex, often…

Mail-art card from visual poet Nico Vassalikis (Seattle, Washington, USA)

March 10, 2011 - Nico Vassalikis sent this wonderful, stripped down piece from his book "Text Loses Time." The stark use of black and white…

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…

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…