Comments - Brown Shoes Don't Make It - International Union of Mail-Artists2024-03-28T18:59:06Zhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2496677%3ABlogPost%3A814792&xn_auth=noDon't worry about her, Erni.…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-12-01:2496677:Comment:8259842011-12-01T06:08:22.801ZNancy Bell Scotthttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/NancyBellScott
<p>Don't worry about her, Erni. I know firsthand that it's a dream come true, without even knowing I had it.</p>
<p>Don't worry about her, Erni. I know firsthand that it's a dream come true, without even knowing I had it.</p> It's a good thing they're bla…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-12-01:2496677:Comment:8258662011-12-01T01:13:37.836ZNancy Bell Scotthttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/NancyBellScott
<p>It's a good thing they're black, Katerina. Otherwise you couldn't have posted them here. Or even admit you have them. :--}</p>
<p>It's a good thing they're black, Katerina. Otherwise you couldn't have posted them here. Or even admit you have them. :--}</p> Thank you, Herr Erni...but yo…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-30:2496677:Comment:8257642011-11-30T22:29:04.843ZKaterina Nikoltsou (MomKat)http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/KaterinaNikoltsou
<p>Thank you, Herr Erni...but you really, really, really need not send me shoes ;-)</p>
<p>I have a few pairs of "New Balance" that, fortunately, are black...</p>
<p>as "brown shoes don't make it"!</p>
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<p>Thank you, Herr Erni...but you really, really, really need not send me shoes ;-)</p>
<p>I have a few pairs of "New Balance" that, fortunately, are black...</p>
<p>as "brown shoes don't make it"!</p>
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<p>Erni, got any old shoes for these socks,too?</p>
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<p>Erni, got any old shoes for these socks,too?</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945755?profile=original"><img class="align-full" width="380" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945755?profile=RESIZE_480x480"/></a></p> Erni, Katerina's posting her…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-28:2496677:Comment:8224522011-11-28T21:27:47.153ZNancy Bell Scotthttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/NancyBellScott
<p>Erni, Katerina's posting her fabulous striped socks made me put on some of my striped socks today (well, two to be exact), and you should see the picture also, since it features my Erni shoes as well: <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945870?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945870?profile=original" width="640"/></a></p>
<p>Erni, Katerina's posting her fabulous striped socks made me put on some of my striped socks today (well, two to be exact), and you should see the picture also, since it features my Erni shoes as well: <a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945870?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/50945870?profile=original" width="640"/></a></p> Let's not forget the vast rol…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-25:2496677:Comment:8181052011-11-25T16:26:12.049ZJen Staggshttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/JenStaggs
<p>Let's not forget the vast role that coincidence has played in this performance: That the shoes were available to be sent, that the recipient was willing to accept them, without knowing the sender personally, that the reception was an Active engagement with the art, not merely a passive acknowledgment followed by dismissal, and that </p>
<p>The Shoes FIT! That is probably the best part relative to the actual act of giving such a A.valuable and B.personal object. It is really a worlds…</p>
<p>Let's not forget the vast role that coincidence has played in this performance: That the shoes were available to be sent, that the recipient was willing to accept them, without knowing the sender personally, that the reception was an Active engagement with the art, not merely a passive acknowledgment followed by dismissal, and that </p>
<p>The Shoes FIT! That is probably the best part relative to the actual act of giving such a A.valuable and B.personal object. It is really a worlds aligning moment!</p> I see, Erni. Very good. Barri…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-25:2496677:Comment:8182562011-11-25T12:37:32.629ZDe Villo Sloanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DeVilloSloan
<p>I see, Erni. Very good. Barriers between performer/audience are blurred or eradicated completely. It certainly happened here.</p>
<p>I see, Erni. Very good. Barriers between performer/audience are blurred or eradicated completely. It certainly happened here.</p> I wonder, if the performance…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-25:2496677:Comment:8178772011-11-25T03:05:53.588ZNancy Bell Scotthttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/NancyBellScott
<p>I wonder, if the performance of sending and receiving mail art becomes too self-conscious, whether that negates or at least waters down the original reasons or impetus for doing it.</p>
<p>I wonder, if the performance of sending and receiving mail art becomes too self-conscious, whether that negates or at least waters down the original reasons or impetus for doing it.</p> It's sorta making sense to me…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-25:2496677:Comment:8178762011-11-25T02:59:21.887ZNancy Bell Scotthttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/NancyBellScott
<p>It's sorta making sense to me.</p>
<p>(And better to over than to under.)</p>
<p>Interesting mail-art dog history! Snooky seems to have an aura of dignity. Your poor dog, though, coming close to a lounge lizard thing. Sounds like a close call ...</p>
<p>It's sorta making sense to me.</p>
<p>(And better to over than to under.)</p>
<p>Interesting mail-art dog history! Snooky seems to have an aura of dignity. Your poor dog, though, coming close to a lounge lizard thing. Sounds like a close call ...</p> Thanks for indulging my need…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2011-11-25:2496677:Comment:8175222011-11-25T00:23:32.524ZDe Villo Sloanhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/DeVilloSloan
<p>Thanks for indulging my need to over-analyze everything! Because Boot Camp w/ Nancy & Erni is really an end in itself. But the human mind always seeks to find meaning.</p>
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<p>With Erni and his chocolate, I got my dog (stage name Simba) involved. And it really came close to becoming this cheesy Fluxus dog act - a lounge lizard thing - which in some ways would have sullied performance art or was a parody. But Snooky the Amazing Mail-Art Dog is a sort of an avant dog act. And Jen's…</p>
<p>Thanks for indulging my need to over-analyze everything! Because Boot Camp w/ Nancy & Erni is really an end in itself. But the human mind always seeks to find meaning.</p>
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<p>With Erni and his chocolate, I got my dog (stage name Simba) involved. And it really came close to becoming this cheesy Fluxus dog act - a lounge lizard thing - which in some ways would have sullied performance art or was a parody. But Snooky the Amazing Mail-Art Dog is a sort of an avant dog act. And Jen's pup has made appearances too.</p>
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<p>There's a great quote from Ruud Janssen that talks about this exactly - to think about sending and receiving mail-art as a kind of performance. Sure, we send each other cards and notes too. But you can get into these larger activities. Yeah, Nancy, the definition of performance is stretched, some classics like pouring water into a glass while you're standing on a tall later, taking apart and putting together a flute as a concert, sending out Fluxus words - but there is a logic that sometimes grows out of it. I read Fluxus developed "concept art" to describe these performances. That evolved into conceptual art. Sorta makes sense.</p>
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<p>Marshall McLuhan - what are ya doin'?</p>