New Fluxus Word + Asemics by Ruud Janssen (Breda, Netherlands)

[De Villo Sloan]

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

November 21, 2015 - Commencing in 1988, Ruud Janssen’s Fluxus Words is an enduring, long-running and popular project (or perhaps better described as performance) combining mail art and Fluxus. Janssen distributes his Fluxus words (others are welcome to invent their own) via his much-admired, hand-painted envelopes. Thus archives and collections across the globe contain these compelling and colorful pieces that doubtless will contribute to the ultimate Fluxus lexicon that must eventually emerge from the project. I am thrilled to share with you a new Fluxus word I received from Ruud Janssen this autumn. You should not miss a visit to the official Fluxus Words site. You can find documentation of the project as well as the event score that explains the concept and how to participate:

http://fluxuswords.blogspot.com/

ZILOP will have relevance and resonance to a certain portion of IUOMA members. ZILOP is a variant of the Fluxus word ZALOP. Circa 2012, Cheryl Penn (South Africa) launched a campaign to promote and define ZALOP, which was very successful and made ZALOP a network phenom (and obsession for some). The IUOMA-Ning ZALOP group is still in existence:

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/zalop

Among the many tributes to ZALOP (including music and a memorable video by Eduardo Cardoso of Portugal), Michael Orr (USA) curated an entire ZALOP exhibition in 2014, Zalop: Illusory Correspondence Art, at Eyedrum Gallery in Atlanta (Georgia, USA). Several forms of documentation can be found. I like the Warholesque video documenting the exhibition in particular:

I am thrilled to contribute another segment of the expansive Fluxus Word project.

Ruud Janssen also kindly included a poster-size print to the mailing with interesting commentary added. Alas, my humble resources do not allow for documentation of the piece without discontinuity in scanning this large work. I am able, however, to provide a close look at the asemics and correspondence:

“Asemic Google Job” by Ruud Janssen

A non-cut-up version of “Asemic Google Job” can be seen here:

http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?ID=1389110

The reverse side of the poster features “digital systems”:

“digital systems” by Ruud Janssen

Click below to see the full version of “digital systems”:

http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=1389109

Many thanks, as ever, to Ruud Janssen!

[Ruud Janssen]

Thamk you for the kind blog De Villo Sloan!