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Mail Art Romance - A Film by John McClintock (1982)

Mail Art Romance is a documentary about avant garde poets and artists John M. Bennett and C. Mehrl Bennett's courtship through mail-art in the late 1970's and early 1980s. Shot on 16mm film by John McClintock, the film is both a document of the DADA / Fluxus related underground mail-art movement of the period and a unique testament to the power of "true love".

The film features interviews with both artists, their Columbus, OH post-man, reenactments of collaborative poems by the couple, examples of their mail-art and footage from their July 4th, 1980 wedding in rural Mount Vernon, Ohio.

-John Also Bennett, December 2012

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Comment by Morgan Windsheimer on January 11, 2013 at 6:14pm: love it!!

Comment by Oh Boy on January 3, 2013 at 12:19am: Awesome!

Comment by DKult Chaplain Dustin de Wind on December 29, 2012 at 11:03pm: Yes, I am so glad they included the mail man's perspective. I always wonder how they feel about all the "crap" I send.

Comment by De Villo Sloan on December 28, 2012 at 5:25am: Yip. fantastic document. The perplexity of the mail guy - at first he thought JMB was getting mail from kids.

Comment by DKult Chaplain Dustin de Wind on December 28, 2012 at 4:50am: Thanks for posting this Visual Mom!!! It is such a great piece. I am so glad to see all that MA created for their wedding.

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