Mail Art Call For The Absurd...

[Mark R Loveland II]

Please send absurd mail art to P.O. Box 2373 Spring Valley, CA 91977

This is my first project an I am definitely looking forward to to seeing what happens.

Deadline will be December 31st 2010.

No fee, no jury, no returns.

Any postal object, any technique.

Will be documented at http://mrklvlnd.wordpress.com/

Thanks,

       Mark

[Guido Vermeulen]

Well Mark, this really is absurd. On IUOMA you ask to mail absurd mail art to Po Box 2372 while on the documentation site you ask to mail absurd mail art to Po Box 2373. Ah, this is more than great, this is absurd!
Guido

[Mark R Loveland II]

My bad I'll fix that. The real number is 2373. Thank you.

[Mark R Loveland II]

Wow I really must have been tired or something. P.O. Box 2373 Spring Valley, CA 91977.
Sorry for the mix up.

[Rachel Fasig]

"Absurd" seems very subjective to me. How would you define it??

[Mark R Loveland II]

I was trying to use a broad topic for my first art mail call. I will have some examples up later today. I wanted to see what people subjectively thought was absurd. So far I have received 6 pieces and all of them are definitely absurd to me but expressed in ways that I never would have anticipated. So whatever you find to be absurd is A-OK.
Thanks,
Mark

[Mark R Loveland II]

Right on. Cool. Got some more stuff I need to scan and post. Soon.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

This is ABSURD! Mark...
why was my mail art returned?
Address is correct, no?
It has taken 6 weeks to get back to me...
shall I try again?

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Maybe they don't understand the European "7"? sigh.....

[Mark R Loveland II]

Maybe they don't like me at the post office. That's definitely the right address. Maybe they're afraid of the "weird stuff" I get in the mail. Ignorant bastards.

[liketelevisionsnow]

The fact that it was returned is "absurd".
Accept that this happening was part of mail art karma.

[Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)]

Ya gotta love the mail art karma! Kismet! Greek Fates!
Now I shall "absurdly" send it to you again....
with American "7"s! Let's see how absurdly long it will
take to arrive :-)

[Mark R Loveland II]

Thanks. I'll be waiting. Maybe put my name on it.