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Received mail art from Mikel Untzilla

Posted by Sil on January 24, 2025 at 3:03pm 1 Comment

A nice little envelope had been waiting here for a while for a new destination. It fits perfectly on the canvas that arrived by mail today.

Received from Mikel Untzilla - Euskadi #PoesiaARMAR

Posted by Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles on January 24, 2025 at 11:33am 1 Comment

Received yesterday from Mikel one call To ARMAR...

Going to paint something and send it to Argentina...

Thanks Mikel for the…

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It's weird this has to be said:

Posted by Honeybee Rose on January 24, 2025 at 3:32am 0 Comments

Sex work is real work
BLM + Trans lives
matter
ACAB (that includes your uncle)
F* capitalism

You won't be getting my personal info if you are a racist or misogynist. k thx.

Posts from Cascadian-Range Locals (Locations Variable) Performing FLUX BOMBING

Posted by Thom Courcelle on January 23, 2025 at 6:22pm 0 Comments

Two Cascadian local-yokels documented their rogue Flux Bombing antics in the Capitol City of Olympia, Washington. YES TO ART BOMBING AND PUBLIC INSTALLATION CREATIVITY!!  Although often considered a form of "graffiti," this type of "exhibit installation" is actually harmless entertainment that gives citizens out in public the chance to experience underground art installation.…

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Hanna Wright sent Holiday Greetings with Many Visual Delights

Posted by Thom Courcelle on January 23, 2025 at 4:52pm 0 Comments

Hanna Wright sent a holiday envelope that was a virtual cornucopia of visual entertainment.  This included several of her "star-man" figures and experimental figures. I was reminded by several of them of the Greek mythological monster Argos (or Argus) Panoptes, who had a hundred eyes and could see everything around him at once. He was the perfect guardian of prisoners to prevent escape...…

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From Katerina Nikoltsou

Posted by Tomoe N on January 23, 2025 at 5:24am 1 Comment

I received a mail from Greece 🇬🇷 thank you 🙏

ギリシャ🇬🇷からメールアート来ました ありがと…







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To Katerina Nikoltsou

Posted by Tomoe N on January 23, 2025 at 5:10am 2 Comments

I am sending to Katerina next. I just received her mail today. New year greetings. She sent me other 2 last year. Thank you. 
I am currently injured so when I am able I will send, so keep waiting….

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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. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. 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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Dean aka Artist in Seine liked David Stafford's blog post Aladdin Seine, Karen Champlin, Carina Granlund & Thom Courcelle
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Dean aka Artist in Seine commented on David Stafford's blog post Aladdin Seine, Karen Champlin, Carina Granlund & Thom Courcelle
"Happy it arrived with all the fingers.  A fun little piece, only put to shame by being put in the same blog of these three other artist.  Each one blows my mind. I wish I could think like them. Thnks fur posting"
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Heleen de Vaan commented on Heleen de Vaan's group Dragon mail art
"The most recent Dragon I received is from Dean, Artist in Seine! The dragon might be hard to find, but I spotted him or her immediately :-)  Thank you very much, Dean!"
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Dragon mail art

Some years-of-the-dragon ago I was born, and since then I received and created some nice dragons.And not only me. However, in the ‘tail’ of the present Year of the Dragon, I realize there isn’t yet a group about Dragon mail art. So, here it is. A…See More
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Mail Art Archives

Some Mail-Artists have been doing Mail-Art for a longer time and have saved all they get in, documented what they sent out, collected books, magazines and documentations, and before they knew it were the owner of a Mail Art Archive. Tell us more...
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Heleen de Vaan commented on Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat)'s blog post Haptic Erni in Hamburg
"Erni has fans, and there’s Fan Mail Art :-) Great illustration by Thom Courcelle. Thank you! "
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Diana Hale and Margaret Jeddry are now friends
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Heleen de Vaan commented on Ruud Janssen's group Anna Banana (1940-2024)
"More mail art in honour of Anna Banana, received from Thom Courcell Commemorative artistamps from the République du Coeur (Republic of the Heart)  ~ joining the Multiverse now ~ Thank you so much, Thom!"
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Diane Beauchamps posted a status
"Salut ! la première exposition MURMURATION en France est programmée les 21 et 22 juin 2025 à la galerie Art Sant Roch à Céret."
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Katsura Okada commented on Diane Beauchamps's event MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
"Comment allez-vous ? Quel jour les oiseaux arriveront-ils ?🕊"
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Katsura Okada and Diane Beauchamps are now friends
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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project at France

January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm
MURMURATION MAIL-ART PROJECT What’s this ?It’s an international collaborative artistic project that brings together artists, mail-artists, poets, as well as young collectives (from primary school to university).Everyone is invited to create a…See More
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Anna Banana (1940-2024)

This is a group to share info and memories of Anna Banana.see;anna-banana-obituarySee More
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Zorica Obradović commented on Diane Beauchamps's event MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
"interesting🤔"
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MUSEUM OF MAIL ART commented on MUSEUM OF MAIL ART's group Embassy Ukraine
"Hi Mim Golub Scalin, I am glad that my envelope arrived to you undamaged."
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Mail Project 4 Replies

Hi everyone!I’m doing an art project for school including mail artists work from all around the world to showcase the variety that can come in! If you are interested in being involved here is my address!Caleigh Clements340 High Park Avenue,…Continue

Started by Caleigh in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson yesterday.

Mail Artists Addresses? 575 Replies

I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.

Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Kiyasu Oka on Tuesday.

more about writing and addressing

Here s the little article about the ways of writing the numbers, i guess it would be interesting to read. Too many cards and letters are lost and missent or misdirected just because of that…Continue

Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Dec 29, 2024.

The Crying of Lot 49? 7 Replies

Have any of you read The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon? I've recently read it, and have been creating a sizeable amount of art based on it. It is very related to mail, specifically unofficial mail  carrier organizations within the US. A good…Continue

Started by Liam Coerr in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Denice Newton Dec 29, 2024.

DeepDream [online image transmogrification] 19 Replies

DeepDream! Wow! This is an online, image manipulation service which takes your file input and changes it according to arcan rules [???] apparently using imagery it finds online. So far it seems to add a lot of faces and eyes but I imagine it will…Continue

Started by Ficus strangulensis in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 23, 2024.

a knuckle-dragging neanderthal of a newb, is nonplussed 12 Replies

NOTA BENNY, i just posted the same message as a blog post; my befuddlement knows no bounds. f this is not good etiquette here, please cut a rank beginner a break, okay? thanks a zillon!thurs 03/09/2017 15:30THIS ISN'T MEANT AS A GRIPE OR…Continue

Started by Vel Crowe in PROBLEMS. Last reply by Ficus strangulensis Dec 12, 2024.

My First Mail Art 3 Replies

This week I received my first two pieces of mail art! One from M. L . in Oregon and one from Nick in New Mexico. I mailed off some today as well. I cannot wait to share these with my students!…Continue

Started by Rebecca Lancaster in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 29, 2024.

Harris Walz stickers 7 Replies

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Started by Mars Tokyo in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Nick Canterucci Nov 20, 2024.

Send mail or not send? 13 Replies

Dear friends, this is not the first time I have learned that my American friends have not received my mail. This was not the case before.I live in Russia. Maybe the US Postal Service has slowed down? Can I send my collages to the US or is it better…Continue

Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 11, 2024.

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