RECEIVED: Mail-Art from the Haptic Werewolf aka Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail-art by IUOMA member Erni Baer (Hamburg, Germany)

 

July 12, 2011 - Erni Baer has been an excellent mail-art friend for a year now. I am a great admirer of his collage work that is guided by the tradition of Kurt Schwitters. This solid, postcard-size piece reveals his talent. As his moniker indicates, he has emerged as a central figure in the Haptic Poetry group here at the IUOMA, founded by Bifidus Jones (Minnesota, USA). I have received some interesting haptic work from Erni Baer also but am still contending with camera challenges. Here is the reverse side:

 

Unfortunately, I am not familiar with Gilbert & George. Perhaps someone can fill me in. My bond with Erni Baer is strengthened by our mutual interest in the Beat Generation: Ginsberg, Kerouac, Burroughs, Corso etc. etc. I cannot stump Erni with any Beat knowledge I have. I must concede the best Beat scholar I know is in Hamburg, Germany. Thanks forward to this card, Erni. I look forward to more exchanges and adventures in the ether. 

[De Villo Sloan]

G&G aren't what I thought. At first, I thought this was a British Invasion thing by Val Herman.

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

anyways, if erni doesn't like them then i definitely want to trade!

dharmadada-don't-care-about-it-po

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

he would just refer you to wikipedia anyhow:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_and_George

 

sometimes you can be such a luddite, dvs. ;-)

[De Villo Sloan]

He'd be thrilled knowing we were trading his cards. Where is he? I need G&G info. Must be he hasn't finished his Trashpo rounds yet. Always interesting to see his catch-of-the-day.

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

i'll trade you.

i'm sure the haptic werewolf won't mind.

[De Villo Sloan]

Great link - I like yours better, SH. He needs to explain Gilbert & George. I'm too lazy to look it up this early. Congrats on your Google group. I think I managed to join OK.

[1cgqtuoblpeqc]

thanks forward! ;-D

 

i got one from erni too!

http://free-art-foundation.blogspot.com/2011/07/gram.html