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Posted by MH//ANTIPODE on November 6, 2026 at 7:18pm 0 Comments

i received Mail Art from Zorica Obradovic

Posted by Zack on November 6, 2026 at 2:31pm 2 Comments

love this recollage.

i'm too old to remember anything about my pacifier ha ha ha i wonder what kind of product this captain represents. he looks like he travels in the same circles as the Zig Zag guy...…

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i received Mail Art from Catherine Mahoney

Posted by Zack on November 6, 2026 at 2:17pm 0 Comments

very cool 'quilted' postcard. nice palette and i'm curious to learn more about how it was produced (rubber band stamps?). and i always appreciate both good fortune and (flux)fish...

merci…

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i received Mail Art from Ficus strangulensis

Posted by Zack on November 6, 2026 at 2:10pm 0 Comments

Fike continues to mess around with MetaAI. latest results:

some old rapper dude ];-)

General Foobar

and Orc Ballet

(so can we call it MmetaAIL Art?)

this all arrived just in time for Halloween -…

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received by john gayer

Posted by Maryrosa on November 6, 2026 at 9:08am 0 Comments

thanks John Gayer

info IUOMA

Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too.  It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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Did anyone see this? Thoughts? 9 Replies

In Kolaj #42, “Bye Bye Mail Art” reflects on the global Mail Art movement and the fragile networks that have sustained it for decades. Rooted in the experimental spirit of Ray Johnson’s New York Correspondence School and Fluxus, Mail Art fostered…Continue

Started by Margaret Jeddry in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by K Ruby Blume 20 hours ago.

After Ray Johnson: Add (to) and Return To Mail Art Call 29 Replies

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Started by Rebecca T. in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Mike Smith yesterday.

A group for "Audio-Mail-Art" enthusiasts 6 Replies

Well, I'm a bit of newbie among you people, and maybe I haven't searched properly on this website, but I've been looking for any group here dedicated to audio-art within mail-art and couldn't find any (only comments and posts reffering to specific…Continue

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Started by Manuh Graciano in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović yesterday.

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"Objects of Interest" Art Distribution Box::: Call for Contributions 8 Replies

Hello IUOMA compatriots! I am launching a community facing art project here in Albuquerque, NM USA and I'm asking for your…Continue

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Good Art Pens? 90 Replies

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Started by Nancy Bell Scott in Technical Details in Mail-Art. Last reply by Mike Smith Oct 28.

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Started by K Ruby Blume in Mail-Art Projects Oct 27.

[offer] hidicards -- simple collage postcards (no exchange expected) 16 Replies

hello mail artists,during full-time caregiving seasons, i've made postcard-sized collages in spare moments. they are very simple, sometimes oddly composed--but they exist.all are made from found materials, and most include images of women.rather…Continue

Started by J S in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by K Ruby Blume Oct 27.

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