De Villo Sloan's Blog – April 2016 Archive (16)

Mail art by IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

April 29, 2016 - Artist, network scholar and IUOMA founder Ruud Janssen has been very supportive of the Trashpoets and DKulters. The Trashpo “movement” in mail art…

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

April 28, 2016 - Some networkers and observers lament the lack of the “political” in contemporary mail art, implying the situation was once different. Others…

Mail art by IUOMA member E – Ambassador of Utopia (Guivry, France)

April 25, 2016 - The great and mysterious French mail artist E – Ambassador of Utopia is again active in the Eternal Network and at the IUOMA after a long…

Mail art by IUOMA member Jay Block (Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA)

April 22, 2016 – I received a beautiful piece from Jay Block that is, alas, also meant for Miss Noma:…

Mail art by IUOMA member Avalo K. (San Francisco, California, USA)

April 21, 2016 - The more I protest that I am not Miss Noma, the more mail arrives in my post office box for Miss Noma. This time I have received a letter from…

Mail art by Larry Oberc (Chicago, Illinois, USA)

April 20, 2016 - In the 1980s and into the 1990s in the United States, just before the widespread adoption of the internet, the earlier mail art network of Ray Johnson, Fluxus…

Mail art by IUOMA member Susan McAllister (Berkeley, California, USA)

April 16, 2016 - I am thrilled to, at last, be able to share mail art sent by Susan McAllister in Berkeley. Has Susan’s…

Today Diane Keys and Lucky Pierre are visiting Richard Canard in Carbondale, Illinois, USA.

Diane will be doing an interview that she is sharing on the internet. She is gathering questions on line or via telephone. This is happening in the Trashpo group on FB. But post your questions here & I will forward them if you want.

Here is Diane's message.

"Now taking questions for mail art legend and trashpo philosopher Richard Canard!!! I will post his answers…

Mail art by IUOMA member Alicia Starr Ryan (Sky Valley, California, USA/Iowa City, Iowa, USA)

April 11, 2016 - When a comprehensive history of Trashpo is at last written, Alicia Starr Ryan will…

Mail art by IUOMA member Gretchen Brautigan (Toledo, Ohio, USA)

April 10, 2016 - When I picked up a large pile of mail at the post office this week, this card was also waiting. I believe I am an…

Mail art by Thomas M. Cassidy aka Musicmaster (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)

April 9, 2016 - Network stalwart Thomas M. Cassidy aka Musicmaster…

Mail art by IUOMA member Robert Ridley-Shackleton (Oxford, UK)

April 4, 2016 - Robert Ridley-Shackelton has been generous indeed sharing his work with me, and I have noted its affinity with…

Mail art by IUOMA member Annette Kesterson (San Francisco, California, USA)

April 3, 2016 - Bay Area correspondent Annette Kesterson can always be relied upon to offer “boots on the ground”…

Mail art by IUOMA member (?) the “Lone Gunman” Neoist (Richmond, Virginia, USA)

April 1, 2016 - I have received another envelope from the anonymous mail artist whom I have named the Lone Gunman…