De Villo Sloan's Blog – August 2016 Archive (12)

Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call: Kulter Fanzine by Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Borderline Grafix (Austin, Texas, USA)

August 30, 2016 - A slogan of Karnival of Trash 2016 is “Trashpo: It can only get better.” The Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call is proving the statement without irony…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 30, 2016 at 3:10pm — 2 Comments

New School Vispo by Annette Kesterson (San Francisco, California, USA)

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

August 28, 2016 - I certainly have come to look forward to dispatches from correspondent Annette Kesterson in San Francisco. Along with work received…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 28, 2016 at 3:23pm — 6 Comments

Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call: Gu (Norwich, Norfolk, UK)

Mail art by IUOMA member Gu (Norwich, Norfolk, UK)

August 21, 2016 - I am absolutely thrilled to share the first Karnival of Trash entry from Britain. Gu is a FAB collage artist known and admired both inside and well beyond…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 21, 2016 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call: Joey Patrickt (DKULTJOEY) (Oakland, California, USA)

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

August 19, 2016 - A steady stream of mail is now arriving in my PO box for the Karnival of Trash Mail Art Call (open through September 30, 2016). Some of the…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 19, 2016 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Asemic Cartoons by Lin Tarczynski (Sisquoc, California, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Lin Tarczynski (Sisquoc, California, USA)

August 18, 2016 - I have become a very big Lin Tarczynski fan in the relatively short amount of time I have known about her work. Today I am thrilled to share one…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 18, 2016 at 5:56pm — No Comments

Karnival of Trash Exhibition Opens with FAB Work by John M. Bennett & Diane Keys

Redepaired – a collab book by John M. Bennett (Columbus, Ohio, USA) and Diane Keys (Elgin, Illinois, USA). This is the first entry in the Karnival of Trash 2016 international mail art exhibition. Redepaired is published by Luna Bisonte Prods.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 14, 2016 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

Richard Canard's Vispo: A Re-evaluation (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Richard Canard (Carbondale, Illinois, USA)

August 11, 2016 - The mail art network already has a place in literary history because, for decades, it has been a primary conduit for esoteric poetic forms,…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 11, 2016 at 2:58pm — No Comments

Soup-er Subscription Opus by Jude Weirmeir (San Diego, California, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Jude Weirmeir (San Diego, California, USA)

August 7, 2016 - This edition of Jude Weirmeir’s endlessly interesting and innovative performance score series, Subscription Opus, is seasoned to…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 7, 2016 at 2:21pm — 4 Comments

Henry Miller Stamps by Henry Denander (Stockholm, Sweden via Hydra, Greece)

Mail art by IUOMA member Henry Denander (Stockholm, Sweden)

August 5, 2016 - Henry Denander is a network legend often associated with Sweden, but he sent me these stamps from Greece in June of 2016. While Henry Miller is…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 5, 2016 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Asemic Vispo by Jason Motsch (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Jason Motsch (Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, USA)

August 3, 2016 - Thanks to the Eternal Network, I have seen Jason Motsch’s visual poetry and asemic writing evolve from…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 4, 2016 at 1:59am — No Comments

Card by Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

Mail art by IUOMA member Erica Durante (Waldwick, New Jersey, USA)

August 2, 2016 - Erica Durante has developed a great system for mail art creation and distribution with her use of uniformly sized cards. The uniformity aspect…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 2, 2016 at 1:57pm — No Comments

Trash Cow (w/Borderline Grafix) + Udderly Fluxus by Carina Granlund (Petsmo, Finland)

Mail art by IUOMA member Carina Granlund (Petsmo, Finland)

July 31, 2016 - Mail art from Carina Granlund is always a surprise and delight. I am very happy to be able, at long last, to share these wonderful pieces sent in May.…

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Added by De Villo Sloan on August 1, 2016 at 1:09am — No Comments

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