Mail-Art Cafe

announcing a beautiful new book from carol stetser, redfoxpress,ireland

heres the cascadia newsletter/bulletin, great reading.

Plugging this exhibition again in case you missed it the first time round. It's on for 6 months so plenty of time if you live in the UK or thinking of spending some time in Manchester.  https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/artshumanities/rah/events/detail/index.php?i...

Came across this link that includes to images and a brief video clip. Leave me wanting to see more...#allsaintslibrary (hope the link works)

Let's be a little more clear. 2 images + short video clip (#allsaintslibrary) in relation to Michael Leigh's exhibition: Curious Things: A Glimpse into the International Mail Art Archive of Michael Leigh and Hazel Jones

Thanks No Idea. Not seen this video. Every bit of publicity most welcome!

some Greek coffee and...at Sounion, Greece:

The Bennetts, Noriko and Ryosuke Cohen, with Nicolas Malevitsis and Maria Chorianopoulou, 13 Oct. 2019.

Coffee, tea, and John Bennett with Noriko and Ryosuke Cohen

"Mail Art" t-shirts by Maria Chorianopoulou!

Coffee (cappuccino) with Van Gogh,

at the new Goulandri Modern Art museum, Athens :-)

Grazie Bruno, thanks for joining us for coffee at Sounion, Greece with Ryosuke, Noriko and John Bennett.ice OWL! :-)

NICE owl!!!!

Great to see all of you, thank you for sharing the photos! I’ll make me a coffee and toast at you!

Two souls one thought, Jennifer! (or many thoughts!? :-) )

I saw Ryosuke's Brain Cell forms on ebay recently. I just posted it in the 'mail art and money' group. What do you, and all of you/us, think of mail art and money?

See 

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/mailartandmoney

"Mail art and money don't mix"  was a popular maxim a few years back and still applies I guess.  Can't stop people trying to cash in - but really - who would pay those sort of prices for photo copies?!  I find it hard enough to sell 'zines and badges just to recoup printing costs!  We used to do alternative book sales and  print fests but not anymore - lucky to get enough to pay for stall!

This is an interesting issue. I wonder if/how the artist's copyright would figure into this. After all, artists do produce something considered to be  intellectual property. And there's the maxim that possession is 9/10's of the law. What if mail art was selling for loads of money? What right would people who produce work anonymously have? How would one be able to prove that they made a particular work? What unwritten codes of conduct are activated when someone engages in producing and sending out mail art? Does the receiver have specific obligations akin to any collecting institution? Seems like trust is an issue here. How widespread is the practice of selling mail art? Buyers may only be interested in putting together they own collections. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought most museums acquire mail art through donations and directly from the artists who mail their work to them. I personally feel that when I put things out into the world I pretty much lose all control over it. That sense of randomness or chance appeals to me.

I did a little research and it could be that the artist gives up ownership by putting something in the mail, especially as no promise of payment or other compensation has been made. Ownership and possession, though, are not necessarily equal. How these words are defined varies from country to country. If the seller is clearly identifying the artist who produced the mail art, they are also not committing fraud. Does the artist who doesn't want their work to be used in certain ways have to place a notice on the artwork that, for example, advises against the unauthorised reproduction or sale of their work? Unless they get permission perhaps? 

Regarding mailart being meta and keeping it that way: I totally agree.

Merry merry...

Holiday Tea Time with Afroditi...gift from London:

tea tins with English Ahmad tea,

"mail art" for this Royal Post tea tin?

little girl sends some:

cup-a-tea on a winter day:

Collaged diary with doodles and coffee packaging - France 1973,

check this out, artists stamps?

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/micronation-stamps?utm_source...

Happy SPRING, to those of us in the "northern half" of the world,

All are closed in Greece, at least the IUOMA cafe is open :-)

Carl, I love the artistamps from imaginary countries!

BULLETIN******

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/post-office-coronavirus/

Happy Spring Happy Easter ...Kalo Pasxa

(Greece celebrates next Sunday, April 19)

Celebrating the longest day of the year:

Summer Solstice...by Theo Nelson :-)

my work is here, browse the catalog........

https://www.noirzvisualpoetry.com/

Celebrating the First Day of Autumn,

from Theo Nelson

Time for the Coffee Clutch in the Cafe,

from Cascadia Art Post

Mail Call  dedicata alla DIFFERENZA DI GENERE
La galleria VISIONI ALTRE in collaborazione con il collettivo AE di Roma, invita gli artisti a riflettere sul tema contestualizzandolo nel proprio quadro socio-geografico.
I temi della ricerca e della riflessione sono: I DIRITTI DELLA DONNA E DELLA COMUNITÀ LGBTQ+

La chiamata è realizzata in collaborazione con la studentessa Guenda Mai, laureanda presso Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, tutto il materiale ricevuto dagli artisti rappresenterà una parte importante per l’elaborazione della sua tesi di laurea.

GLI ARTISTI POTRANNO INVIARE PIÙ DI UN'OPERA A:

galleria VISIONI ALTRE
Campo del Ghetto Novo, Cannaregio 2918, 30121, Venezia (VE)
DEADLINE: 15 dicembre 2020
Puoi inviare firmate e complete di titolo e tecnica utilizzata:
Collages, Fotografie, Cartoline, Oggetti e Libri d'arte e altro senza limitazioni sulla tecnica e il supporto da utilizzare MA DI PICCOLE- MEDIE DIMENSIONI

Tutto il materiale sarà esposto presso la galleria Visioni Altre di Venezia dal 15 al 30 gennaio 2021, successivamente sarà conservato nell’archivio Visioni Altre per eventi futuri.

Fotografie e notizie delle opere e dell'evento saranno pubblicate sulla pagina internet della galleria: www.visionialtre.com e sulla pagina facebook di VISIONI ALTRE.
Documentazione a tutti. No giuria, No quote, No ritorni.

Per maggiori informazioni:
adolfinadestefani@gmail.com guenda.mai95@gmail.com  

+ 39 3347275646, Guenda

SI RICHIEDE DI COMPILARE E SPEDIRE CON L’OPERA IL MODULO SCARICABILE TRAMITE LINK https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LHbdWyZvlgrJNQSAMKP8mBukl3dxHba_/v...

ENGLISH 

Open Call for Artist dedicated to GENDER DIFFERENCE

The gallery VISIONI ALTRE  in collaboration with the collettive AE in Rome, invites artists to reflect on the theme contestualizing it in their socio-geographical framework.
The topics of research and reflection are: WOMAN’S RIGHTS AND THE LGBTQ+ COMUNUITY

The call is made in collaboration also with Guenda Mai a grad student at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. All the works recived by the artist will rapresent an important sourse for her  thesis paper.
ARTISTS CAN SEND MORE THAN ONE ARTWORK TO:

galleria VISIONI ALTRE
Campo del Ghetto Novo, Cannaregio 2918, 30121, Venezia (VE)

DEADLINE: 15 december 2020

It’s possible to send, signed and completed with technique and title:
Collages, Photografs, Postcards, Objects and Art’s book and so on without any limitation on the use of techniques and medium, but all the works must be in small or medium size.
All the material will be exhibited at the Visioni Altre gallery in Venice from 15 to 30 January 2021, and then will be kept in the archive of Visioni Altre for future events.

Photographs and news of the works and the event will be published on the internet page of the gallery: www.visionialtre.com and on the facebook page of VISIONI ALTRE 

Documentation to all. No jury, No fees, No return.

By the Cafe at Plato's Academy, Athens,

Sunday, 25 October,2020...

"window" art exhibit, no crowds allowed indoors because of the virus...

so view it from outside by the park :-)

Water drips from the sky and I just got myself a cup of coffee. Good afternoon to all.

Raining here in Cheshire UK also Eduardo.  Tea for me and a slice of cake.  Mother -in law made them. Hazel added some chocolate icing. I was able to lick the bowl out - something I havent done for a while - not since childhood !  I'm 74 !  Hope the weather impoves!  #staysafe

Rain always makes me remember the London days. here in Portugal doesn't rain so often.

I would have some cake as well now. It's been a while since I had a slice. :D

i get the message in my e-mailbox but then it is not displayed here, communication breakdown, ning again?

and today, Halloween:

to all at the cafe:

Call for artists-project art-mail art
virtual exhibition 2021

POSTER, stop shopping!

Nice poster, Carl. :D