found this today in used book shop, documents mail-art post-card project.some of it is crappy, some is very good.

The book WEST MONGOOLSE GEZANGEN with poems by Mail-artist and poet KEES FRANCKE (1953-2002) was published in May 2016 by Trichis Rotterdam. The book is now among 80 other books that are being considered for PZC Publieksprijs 2016.

1.We kindly ask you to vote for Francke’s book at this site: www.pzc.nl/publieksprijs .

2.Click on NEEM DEEL (on blue; it means: PARTICIPATE)

3.Scroll down to find the cover of Kees’ book ( see image), and mark your choice

4. scroll down to the bottom of the page and fill your name and email-adress

You can also vote by sending a regular mail to PZC Publieksprijs, Postbus 5046, 4380 KA Vlissingen, Holland and mentioning : West Mongoolse Gezangen.

Please forward this message.

Thank you in advance: Paul van Soest and Johan Everaers ( Ever Arts) 

cover of Kees’ Book

The Art of A. Banana Unpeeled celebrates the retrospectives, 45 Years of Fooling Around with A. Banana, held at Open Space and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia. The publication features an interview with Anna Banana as well as essays written from the organization's employees. The book is $20 (including taxes). Please email office [@]openspace.ca if interested!

from SIGNAL, issue of whole earth review,1987.

contains articles on xerox and mail art,"brain cell" is featured.

Good stuff, Carl.

2017, May 14th AMBASCIATA di VENEZIA        DIVINO CELESTE

from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

exhibition

http://weserburg.de/index.php?id=933&L=1

Season's Greetings with CHECKPOINT!

Do you want to participate in CHECKPOINT
Send to my address 3 equal original works in A4, standard paper of 80g /m2. Theme: your poetics.
1st Deadline: 2018, January, 8th

1st exhibition: The Birthday of Art 2018, January 17th.
Leave 2 cm free on the left side for binding.
Technique: handmade.
TIZIANA BARACCHI
via Cavallotti 83B
I-30171 VENEZIA MESTRE
ITALIA

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018

new book is coming out soon.

Details: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/iuoma

ISBN

9781794825529

Copyright

John Held, Jr. (Standard Copyright License)

Edition

First Edition

Publisher

TAM-Publications

Published

December 24, 2019

Language

English

Pages

142

Binding

Perfect-bound Paperback

Interior Ink

Black & white

Weight

1.03 lbs.

Dimensions (inches)

8.5 wide x 11 tall

Product ID

24370809

NEW catalog from cecil touchon FLUXUS,

http://ontologicalmuseum.org/2019/2019-catalog-of-works-catalog-now...

buy a book and you also sponser the IUOMA:

https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/iuoma

There is an option: show more book.

A direct link: https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/ruud-janssen/25-years-in-mail-art/p...

new upcoming book!

ISBN: 9781716047695

Authentik & Historikal: A Mail Art Memoir

Correspondence, Community, Connection

By John Held, Jr.

New book by John Held Jr. is out now.

You can order it at:

https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/john-held-jr/authentik-historikal-a...

i got a message about mail-art books in tasmania with link to this page but theres nothing here about it, where is it? can u find it? bad connection.

FLUKE.........

https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/59621

Hello, new member !!!

Found this multilingual (Spanish, English, Japanese) book abou the Brain Cell project, with also some information and photos about Ryosuke Cohen's printing process, and some of the BRain Cell forms:

The link to the complete publication is this: https://revistasonda.upv.es/Brain_Cell_Ryosuke_Guillermo_Cano_v1.pdf

i can find only 1 or 2 books on how to actually make mail art it is not really on you tube either it is almost all learned by word of mouth ....including books that are more so mail art catalogues there are about 6 compared to probably thousands written on how to make a cake or whatever . the content is totally an untapped niche on you tube and I'm thinking of beginning a channel after i find the funds for necessary equipment....my son already agreed to do my intro and editing since i am a tech idiot...when you search for things about mail art on amazon, yuo tube, and google it has so little content they all auto correct to nail art for finger nails....

I found that if you google 'mail art' often, then the nail art auto correct stops appearing. As to mail art, there aren't any precise guidelines on how to make it. Technically, it can involve virtually any medium and applies to anything that can be mailed. Practical limitations, though, may apply. People have tested the postal system by attempting to mail all kinds of things. Maybe these links will help you. They offer brief overviews of what has been done: How Did Mail Art Develop into a Global Art Movement and Mail Art and Fluxus: An Antic Exhibition from 1982.

Fact is that there is no single way of creating mail art. John mentioned already two good references, and also the wikipedia page on mail art provides a good overview.

There are some books about creating postal art (like Jennie Hinchcliff's book 'Good mail day'), I think that is what you are looking for?

To my opinion, one can distinguish several forms of mail art, of which I think there are two main kinds to differentiate: autonomous art (rooted in fluxus but also in Van Gogh's illustrated letters) on one hand, and craft-art on the other hand.

The 'autonomous' art can be made in all kinds of ways (drawing/painting, collages, weird objects sent through the mail, etcetera). It can be beautiful, it can be ugly, or something inbetween. For the artist, creating art is a way of life, a part of their identity, and he/she creates art in his/her own way. Some have an art school background, many haven't, but they need no tutorial because the urge to create and send art comes from deep inside.

Mail art made in a craftmanship way also can be created in all kinds of ways. There might be some links to the way scrapbook and bujo pages are made, and there are several tutorials on instagram and possibly also on youtube (al least many diy's and tutorials on scrapbooks, which can be useful for mail art, too). The people I know who work this way consider creating mail art as a nice hobby, not necessarily as part of their identity.

Of course you are free to start your own channel, and I think it can be helpful for the secondly mentioned. On the other hand, the autonomous mail artists will find their inspiration anywhere. 

There are many interesting parts within mail art. The ATC's, the cinderellas/artistamps, the rubberstamps (there are a lot of books and tutorials on rubber stamp carving), the asemic writing, visual poetry and many things more.

Testing the postal system, as John mentioned, has been tried already 120 years ago by W. Reginald Bray (see the IUOMA group and the website), and also nowadays there are several interesting attempts, like the great and fun project by Harriet Russell. Her book 'Envelopes' I think inspiring, too (here and here some examples).
And of course the Post companies add something to the mail, which can be annoying, or which we can consider as part of the art.

Ran into this book in a thrift store today. Very interesting and well designed. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=Gpc1LXl90Rs

this magazine>>>>>>

https://zmagmailartistgroup.com/magazine/