Lucky Pierre's "The Richard Canard" Conspiracy (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail art by IUOMA member Lucky Pierre (Charleston, South Carolina, USA)

June 14, 2016 - First, I cannot let this hectic (for me) June pass without recognizing the birthday of mail art luminary and legend Richard Canard.

To help celebrate this event, Lucky Pierre (and others) orchestrated a mail art exchange so widespread and so secretive that I am not sure – even after the fact of the public unveiling – how much I can safely disclose about the fascinating machinations of the event. Suffice it to say I am sharing this Canardian mailing from Lucky Pierre to document a mail art “happening” of note. I sincerely hope I have not unintentionally revealed any secrets from the weeks of preparation.

Richard Canard stamps by Cascadia Artpost (Olympia, Washington, USA) included in Lucky Pierre’s mailing.

Lucky Pierre also included some interesting asemic material:

My response is that this is great found material, really outstanding. Based on my understanding of asemics, I believe Lucky Pierre has invented a code here. A code is not asemic. An asemic text is essentially a code that can never be deciphered because, “There is no there there.” The great Guido Vermeulen and I once had a debate at IUOMA-Ning concerning asemics and codes. I recall Guido believed a code could be asemic, so my view is by no means an ultimate pronouncement.

Best wishes to Litter Richard and congratulations to Lucky Pierre and all the other artists who contributed to a great mail art event.

[Toni Hanner -- tonipoet]

I am real, I think, but I am laughing my ass off!

[De Villo Sloan]

Another Lucy Pee Air impersonator. Is anyone on this site real?

[Lucky Pierre]

Oooh that's harsh. And here I thought I'd learned some MANNERS in Charleston. Diva Sloan! Stop casting asparagus! Xoxoxox Lucky Pie.

[De Villo Sloan]

Best wishes, Richard.

You're a Lucky Pair or maybe Lucky Pear. Sinclair Scripa spells that "Pee Air." For real. But for the delicate IUOMAns I think it should be "Pea Air."

The scoop is that Lucky Pea Air created this secret group on Facebook that was the hub of all this birthday activity. You had to have been invited or you wouldn't have even known all this was happening.

Well, one day Moan Lisa announced s/he was going to "go public" with news of the celebration & Lucy Pea Air verbally castrated (?) poor Moan & there was no public announcement before its time. And that is just one of the amazing stories associated with your birthday mail art event.

So best wishes. I imagine the mail from this effort will continue to wind its way to you.

[Richard Canard]

15.06.16 Dare De Villo S., ..yes, I knew something was up when those especially made stickers & the artistamp (Richard C.'s "two cents") first began to surface (but it was a mystery) & then all of sudden my mailbox was swamped. My mailman thought I was somebody & began to address me as "Sir". Many thanx to "Lucky Pierre", Jon Foster, Cascadia Artpost, & all concerned for your efforts & energies .That illustration of an "Old Coot" is misleading however. I never wear tassels on my shoes. Thanx for posting & spelling it all out Mister De Villo Sloan. SinCelery, Richard Canard