ADD & PASS - The X Files

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In the Mail Art activity, there are interesting ideas that are explored, like Mail Art Calls, Collaborative Books, Visual Poetry etc, and we also have the  ADD & PASS, which are created somewhere in the world by a Mail Artist who send by mail one "object", proposing that it be changed or simply Added an Artistic Intervention by another Mail Artist, appealing that the "object" being referred back to an following artist, chosen randomly or not.The original creator Add its Address on the "object" in hopes that later return him, filled with interventions of Mail Artists from different places and countries, giving him a great satisfaction to see the "object" with a new "life".

This group aims to be the dissemination place to the Add and Pass, and a ARCHIVE of it, however, giving preference to " Booklets",becouse it is here that the individuals have their own space to give wings to is imagination and technique.

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  • Jan Hodgman

    Here's a question for Add and Pass.....If we send out one to someone who doesn't post or do anything with it for a long time, is it OK to redo  it and send to someone else? Disappointing for it just to go "dead" though I spoze it might just be incubating for a loooooooong time.

    Jan 5, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    Hi Jan...yes...keep it going...allot of folks make copies and send out in different directions...have fun!!!

    Jan 6, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    my adds...and on the way tomorrow...

    Jan 6, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    Jan, I can't remember if I have one of your Add and Passes here but I do have several and they are long overdue! I am hoping to work on them in the next few weeks and get caught up. I am really sorry for holding them up. I'll let you know if I have yours.

    Jan 7, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    originator A.Sleep...will post with my adds...

    this is a "tucker head" original!!!

    Jan 9, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

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    Jan, is this the piece you are referring to in your Jan. 5 post? If so, it is going out in tomorrow's mail. I am really sorry for being so late in adding and passing. Actually, all the Add and Passes in my possession are going out tomorrow. I will post all of them soon. Again, I'm sorry. 

    Jan 14, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    reccent add n passes that I have added to and passed on...

    Jan 21, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    oops...on A.Sleep.. I posted the wrong photo...this is with my adds..

    and another one started by Vic Jonez...

    Jan 21, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    Jan 22, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    FluXus Bucks from ex posto facto...JACKPOT!!!

    Jan 24, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    originator unknown; rcvd via ex posto Facto with add by A. Sleep, Lord Fugue, CZ Lovecraft and others...

    Jan 24, 2015

  • Tomoe N

    Helder has sent me before but I wasn't on IUOMA page much before so I just realized the group. 

    I liked the idea. : ) 

    Jan 24, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    all started by Borderline Grafix with my adds...heading to NM

    Jan 24, 2015

  • Susan McAllister

    Hi person in NM. I'm still hoping to get to work on BG's Eternal Network spaceman. Please.

    Jan 25, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    FluXus Bucks-originator expostfacto.USA

    Jan 25, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    originated by Brandon Haney with my adds....

    orignated by Dennis Gergel with adds by Brandon Haney and myself...

    Jan 25, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    Susan McCallister I will A.Sleep know on FB....*!*

    Jan 25, 2015

  • Susan McAllister

    Thanks, Amy.

    Jan 25, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    two pieces added to...originator is DADANAUTIK.Germany with adds by Lord Fugue.NC and Amy Irwen.MN...heading out today...copies to DAADANAUTIK, as requested...

    Jan 31, 2015

  • Susan McAllister

    A. Sleep - Borderline Grafix graciously sent a copy of his Eternal Network spaceman for me to work on, so you can send your copy to someone else. Thanks.

    Jan 31, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    originator Borderline Grafix with adds by Terry Owenby and Lord Fugue.

    will post again with my adds...

    Feb 4, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    orignal collage art by Music Master with conversion and 1st alteration by Lord Fugue...

    will post again with my adds....

    Feb 4, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    originator Johken Alex Nujetson??? with adds from John M Bennett, Matthew Stolte, los Haddock, CZ Lovecraft and possibly others...

    will post again with my adds...

    Feb 4, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    some "Eternal Nework" Bucks via Vizma.Aurstralia...tendered by Cascadia Artpost, Olympia, WA, USA...

    will add to and repost...

    Feb 6, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    Collage by Dadanautik and first alterations by Lord Fugue.

    Feb 7, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    With my adds:

    Feb 7, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    With my adds.

    Feb 7, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    From Music Master with first alteration by Lord Fugue. 

    Feb 7, 2015

  • Ruud Janssen

    Feb 8, 2015

  • Ruud Janssen

    Feb 8, 2015

  • Ruud Janssen

    Feb 8, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    with my adds...heading to NC...

    Feb 11, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    two items with my adds and heading on...

    Feb 13, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    I like what you did to this, Amy. :-)

    Feb 14, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    Feb 18, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    I've sent a message to Misa Rosenstock asking for a new address. In the meantime, don't use the address on her page. Your mail will just be returned.

    Feb 18, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    Thank you Terry!

    Feb 18, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    Sergio Monteiro de Almeida

    Mar 13, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    A Sleep

    Mar 13, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    I have a question about how people mail A&P's they receive. Do you send it back to the person who it originated from or do you send it to another person to work on, and they in turn send it to another person to work on? I'm asking because I sent out my first A&P about 2 months ago. It went to 3 people (so far) and each time it was returned to me. At first, I thought I had worded my instructions wrong so I changed them to read "Please add and pass, and when full, return to ...". It still came back to me. If this is what is supposed to happen, I've been doing it wrong by sending the A&P's I receive to others to work on, not the originator. Thanks for any feedback. 

    Mar 15, 2015

  • Richard Canard

    15.03.15 Dare Ms. Terry O.,  ... You know, I've been troubled by this as well.  Every time I receive an "Add & Pass" I get confused all over again. Sometimes, I just add something to it & pass it on as instructed. ...& sometimes, I will subtract some tidbit (which can be considered a form of "adding")from the "Add & Pass" & send it on to a specific individual. Other times, I compare & calculate the existing total of images by the available remaining spaces & gave it much more thought than it ever deserved...not to mention,  I've been know to make xerox copies & send them out to a multitude of people (as well as, add to the copies individually & send them out to a multitude of people). I'm sure there are other variables that I've just forgotten & or can't remember. Plus, no doubt there are other possibilities here. ... & too, there have been occasions in which I received an "Add & Pass  & merely placed it back in the envelope in order to think further  on the piece,  completely forgot it & it just ended up in one of  the multitude of cardboard boxes here....but this is a serious problem  & needs to be addressed. Mail art is a rational & increasingly expensive  demanding activity & we can no longer afford or tolerate a  lax libertarian attitude of "there are no rules in mail art". I would certainly like to know what is the correct way to deal with an "Add & Pass". Signed & sighed Richard Canard  ... Post Scriptum: I hope you will send me one of your "Add & Pass" mailings. I'll try to get it back to you somehow.

    Mar 15, 2015

  • Mim Golub Scalin

    I enjoyed reading your thoughts, Richard, and Angie & Snooky, and others. I have a number of A & P to work on - yes, put them back in envelopes to contemplate and now must de-envelope them and get to play on them. Sometimes, they make me groan - aaagh - too much going on. I'm a minimalist, you see. But then I get over it and Add & Pass.

    It helps me to not be precious, not be critical, not be hesitant, not be timid. That's the deal!

    Mar 15, 2015

  • Jan Hodgman

    I think I'd be delighted at getting one back, since I add then never see them again, mostly. Guess it's good to send them to the people I know actually enjoy these and add and pass! Boo hoo.

    Mar 15, 2015

  • Amy Irwen

    heading to Lynn Radford...

    Mar 16, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    Such thoughtful, helpful answers from all of you! Thanks so much, Angie, Jan, Mim, and Richard. Richard, I couldn't agree more that it would be nice to have some guidelines. Jan, you have a valid point that caused me to wonder if getting my A&P back home each time should be considered an issue. At least I'm getting it back and able to send it to someone I know will keep it moving. So many interesting thoughts here. I appreciate all of them. What I'm hearing in response to my question is, then, that anything goes. I worry too much. I overthink. :-) 

    Mar 16, 2015

  • Terry Owenby

    Richard, I forgot to mention in my previous comment. I am going to send my A&P to you. I would be love for you to work on it.

    Mar 16, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    Lord Fugue

    Apr 3, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    Add and Pass booklet by E Cardoso, appropriated by DKULT

    Apr 7, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    Amy Irwen, A. Sleep, ex posto facto, Anne L. Braunschweig

    Apr 24, 2015

  • borderlinegrafix

    From Reid Wood/State of Being

    Front:

    Back:

    May 5, 2015