ADD & PASS

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on December 21, 2020 at 1:13am

My view is that Gergel is a menace.

Sometime last year he sent me FAKE add & pass sheets attributed to DSFCult & I almost blogged them but checked w/DSF who knew nothing about them & didn't want them published.

I get the prank thing in mail art but I believe this incident was different, 

Mail art has very few "bad apples," but it is my personal view that Gergel is one of them.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on December 21, 2020 at 12:37am

Mah Nu, Gergel is a stalker and involves people who don't want to be involved, like the guy who's the director of the art museum. A guy I know, when I contacted him he said that Gergel was employed at the museum before he came there, what capacity he didn't say, and that he was disguntled. 

He also stalked a female mail artist last year and sent explicit mail art which she wasn't interested in. She had to close down her PObox. The last batch with the St.Pete's/Tampa postmark, with his tell-tale markings, I was the first recipient so they went into the "file" next to my studio table. If they'd have had other participants, I'd have sent them to Josh.

Comment by Fleur Helsingor on December 21, 2020 at 12:24am

Speaking of Josh Ronsen's project: I've received two of those little zines that he made from add-and-pass sheets and they are great!

Whenever I get a sheet that looks full but I can't figure out who started the add-and-pass, I send it to Josh.

Comment by Fleur Helsingor on December 20, 2020 at 7:39pm

I recycle those, too.

If I remember correctly, his last name is "Gergel."

I've also received envelopes containing sheets like those from Tampa/St. Pete with a "Shirley Gergel" return address. I suspect that those are really from Dennis G.

More for the recycle bin.

Comment by Susan Weisberg on December 18, 2020 at 10:15pm

Glad to  have my instinct confirmed.

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on December 18, 2020 at 10:11pm

Yes, that’s Gergen. I recently got a batch from him. Newly minted. No I’ve had them before. I recycled them.

Comment by Susan Weisberg on December 18, 2020 at 10:01pm

Thanks, Mim. I found Josh's address and I'll send this cluster on to him. The postmark on the envelope was Tampa/St. Pete. Does that confirm Dennis Gergen? This was actually the second A&P I received in this style, but the first (also from Tampa/St.P) was so cryptic and unidentified that I'm afraid I consigned it to the circular file. I have to say that I don't find these very artistic and would just as soon not get them.

Comment by Mah Nu on December 18, 2020 at 9:53pm

**i meant (something that doesnt bother me) not someone... in my previous comment

Comment by Mah Nu on December 18, 2020 at 9:50pm

Mim, or anyone, could I ask for a bit more info on Dennis? I was reached out by him as well and got some mail from him...he reached out via my instagram and we were discussing erotic art (someone that doesnt bother me) but then he deleted the IG account and a couple days later I received mail. When I googled the return address (I was getting some weird vibes and was just curious) it showed a construction site lol. I'm all for the mystery of mail art (especially the kind that I imagine predated the internet and our ability to find out more about each other) but I keep seeing comments on here about how he seems to be a controversial mail-artist, and I just want to know if its worth my time continuing a correspondence with this person or not. This is not meant to stir drama, I am happy continuing this convo via inbox if prefered. Thanks! :)

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on December 18, 2020 at 9:42pm

Those have the tell tale markings of one Dennis Gergan who was quite annoying to some mail artists. He also used the return address of a person I happened to know, who is the director of the an art museum in Florida. You can send them to Josh Ronsen, who makes them into tiny booklets. Each person on the sheets will get one sack from Josh. I’ll look up his address for you.

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