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Mail-Art History

In this group I ask members to place links to sources (new and historic ones) for people who like to do research on the subject of mail-art.

I will moderate this group, so postings not related to the subject will be edited or deleted. There are plenty of places in other groups for that.

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art
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What details should be documented about the history of Mail-Art? 3 Replies

A lot has been written about mail-art, but some views are often forgotten.What details should be documented better?What are your views?Continue

Started by RJ - Moderator. Last reply by Heleen de Vaan Jan 21.

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Comment by Miss Noma 2 on June 13, 2015 at 9:23pm

William S. WIlson, "Ray Johnson and the Number 13"

 http://www.blastitude.com/13/ETERNITY/ray_johnson.htm

 Julie J. Thomson, "To Ray J, George Brecht Knows, George Brecht's nose:the Development of Ray Johnson’s and George Brecht’s Participatory and Dialogic Practices"

 http://www.blackmountainstudiesjournal.org/wp/?page_id=142

 Johanna Gosse, "From Art to Experience: The Porous Philosophy of Ray Johnson" http://www.blackmountainstudiesjournal.org/wp/?page_id=137

Michael von Uchtrup, "'I Plan to Send Startling Letters': Ray Johnson and the Road from BMC into-and out of- New York" 

http://www.blackmountainstudiesjournal.org/wp/?page_id=622 

Comment by Miss Noma 2 on June 13, 2015 at 9:09pm

http://monoskop.org/images/f/f2/Johnson_Ray_Ray_Johnson_Ray_Johnson...

Here is a link to a pdf of a zine published by William S. Wilson which includes essays about Ray Johnson, the New York Correspondence School, and May Wilson. 

Comment by Miss Noma 2 on June 13, 2015 at 7:17pm

Is there a way for the IUOMA community to help with this project https://nycsresearch.wordpress.com/  to make more of the material at the Ray Johnson Estate available to researchers? 

Comment by Ruud Janssen on June 12, 2015 at 7:18pm

http://sigliopress.com/mail-art-neophytes/

Mail Art for Neophytes, Part One: An Initiation

Affinities, Ray Johnson

July 30th, 2014

 

On the occasion of Siglio’s publication of two Ray Johnson books, The Paper Snake and Not Nothing: Selected Writings by Ray Johnson, 1954-1994, we have created two blog posts designed as a rudimentary introduction to mail art. Part One includes several quotations from a variety of writers, artists, and critics that suggest a general history of the art form.  Also included are resources for further reading. Part Two sketches a picture of Ray Johnson’s mail art.

—Patrick Disselhorst

Comment by Ruud Janssen on June 12, 2015 at 5:27am

I have added some links to www.academia.edu , there are lots of good texts there to find. So when really wanting to dig deep, try there....

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