Francis Van Maele

Male

Dugort, Achill, County Mayo

Ireland

Profile Information:

Mail-Artist since:
1994
My Website (without http://):
http://www.redfoxpress.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
I started being involved in mail art when organised a mail art exhibition in Luxembourg when the city was European Capital of Culture. Since then mail art has fascinated me by the creavity and by the network spirit.

Comment Wall:

  • Ruud Janssen

    Welcome FRancis! Hope things are well in Ireland !
  • Maurizio Follin

    Hi
    I have pleasure to be your friend and you participate to my new mail-art project

    INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART PROJECT

    CONCEPTUAL CONTINUITY

    Quel sottile filo che, al di fuori ed al di sopra dei singoli progetti e delle esperienze personali, unisce l'opera di Ray Johnson all'attuale Mail Art
    That tenuous thread that, outside and above individual projects and personal experiences, connects the work of Ray Johnson to the current Mail Art

    Formato: libero / Format: free
    Tecnica: libera / Technique: free (2 & 3 dim., music, video, performance, poetry and small stories)
    Catalogo on-line su sito: / On line catalogue on the website: http://itsonlymailartconcept.blogspot.com/

    Scadenza / dead line: 10-12-2008

    I lavori vanno spediti al seguente indirizzo: / Works should be sent at the following address:
    Maurizio Follin, Via M.te Cervino, 27
    30173 Favaro V.to - Venezia - Italy

    Indicando nome, cognome, nazionalità ed indirizzo dell'artista + indirizzo e-mail ed eventuale sito web / please insert name, surname, country, address + e-mail address and web site if exist.
    Tutti i lavori devono essere spediti per posta con francobollo postale. All works must be send by post with postage stamps.
    Le opere ricevute non saranno restituite / Works of art we receive won't be given back.

    Per ulteriori informazioni : http://itsonlymailartprog.blogspot.com/
    For more information : http://itsonlymailartprog.blogspot.com/

    IT’S ONLY MAIL ART
    http://itsonlymailart.blogspot.com/

    Grazie
    Maurizio
  • Maurizio Follin

    Thank for your friendship

    Maurizio
  • Jennie Hinchcliff

    Hello Francis! just wanted to let you know that I recently purchased a copy of "Chop His Suey" and love it. Beautifully printed and bound...
  • antic-ham

    hi Francis
    good to see you ~
    Let's be happy

    Ham
  • The Museum of Temporary Art

    Hi Francis, I hope you are well. Just yesterday I stumbled upon a picture taken on your day in Tübingen, very dark and blurry. Maybe you'll find the time to send sth. for the last MoTA-catalogue...
    Best for now
    Benjamin
  • El Taller de Zenon

    Hello Francis, thank for the invitation.
    Greetings from Sevilla
  • Jennie Hinchcliff

    Francis -- I did, in fact, get my copy from John Held, Jr. Your other titles look interesting also -- hope to pick some up in the near future!
    PS: great stamp sheet above from Mike D.!
  • Litsa Spathi / NOBODY


    "Merry X-mas & a happy new (y) ear!"- Fluxus and visual poem by Litsa Spathi created for her Fluxus Friends.
    ...ThanXs for your friendsheep!"
  • Denis Charmot

    And it was not a rigged photo.
    Denis Charmot
    http://denis.charmot.free.fr
  • Carla Cryptic

    Can I send some fish also? It's an ongoing theme of mine - I've carved many fish into stamps over the years and some of my favorite stamp art has fish in it. :) I'm assuming you're still at the same address (County Mayo)...?
  • Carla Cryptic

    Good! then fish will come your way soon from me too. :)
  • Celestino Neto

    Dear friend I am leaving here is convocatória.

    II BIENAL INTERNACIONAL DEL PEQUEÑO FORMATO - VENEZUELA.

    Mail artists Annijames Rivero and Luis Valera Escarre invite all interested artists around the world to participate in their international mail-art project:

    The Second Biennale International of Small Art - Venezuela
    Exhibition to all.
    No jury.
    Catalogue to all.
    No return.
    Size: Maximum Postcard size (10 x 15 cm.)
    Technique: Free.
    Deadline:

    December 31, 2009.

    Send your Work to:

    II Bienal Internacional del Pequeño Formato,
    Apartado 54,
    Zona P. 2101A.
    Maracay
    VENEZUELA.

    www.bienalvenezuelados.blogspot.com Delete Comment
  • Alex Jones

    Hi francis ide love a nice bag of fresh irish air , check out my profile to see what i mean
  • Alex Jones

    yes this is my first project , I initially didnt think what i was doing was mal art but then discoverd it during my research. I really like the idea of peoples art and expression being able to travel around the world.
  • Heute

    Hi Francis!
    Thank you for your attention.

    Don't you remember me?
    I'm Little girl. :-)
    I was a member of Sujak a few years ago.
    I exhibited artists books in Insadong Insa-artcenter ;'Book which is dreaming, Book which is dancing ' (2006) and made 2007 calendar together.My part was July and August.

    I'm very happy to meet you.
  • Carla Cryptic

    Both you and anticham should expect something from me in your mailboxes soon. I couldn't just send fish to either one of you so I sent them to both of you! :)
  • Carla Cryptic

    Very cool! There's some overlap in the stuff I sent each of you but other things are different. :)
  • Alex Jones

    hi , antic - ham said that you were up for my project , thats great news , i can tick ireland off my list now

    Thanks

    Alex
  • antic-ham

    yes..I need air from you too ^^
    wake me up ..!
    see you..

    ham
  • Keyla Holmquist

    Hi Francis, greetings from Venezuela.

    The 6th World's Poetry Festival 2009 will take place on june and july as a tribute to a venezuelan Poet named Juan Calzadilla (National Prize of Plastic Arts 1996).
    This event will be sponsored by Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura and Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello, so my art archive willheld:

    THE 5th INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF VISUAL POETRY
    OPEN NOTIFICATION – NO SELECTION – NO JURY
    Everything received will be exhibited – Documentation [to all of you].
    NO RETURNS.
    Everything sent will be part of the MAIL ART ARCHIVE KEYLA HOLMQUIST.

    All the material has to be mailed to:


    Keyla Holmquist
    ARCHIVO DE ARTE CORREO
    Apartado Postal 326
    Maracay 2101
    Estado Aragua VENEZUELA

    DEADLINE MAY 31,st 2009

    All the material should be sent perfectly packed in order to prevent damage and with a copy of a data card, stuck on the back of the package.

    CATEGORIES:

    DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTIST SEALS, COPY-ART, EXPERIMENTAL ART.

    OBJECTS/ARTIST'S BOOKS:

    Measures UP TO A4 MAXIMUM. The base or pedestal needed should be provided by the artist.

    POETRY, FREE VERSE OR RHYME, PROSE, NARRATIVE, ESSAY, STORIES.

    VISUAL POETRY:

    Collage, visual poems, process poetry, illustrated poetry, labyrinth poems, phonetic poems, audible poems, semiotic, palindrome, holopoems, concrete poetry, video action, photo action, object poem, pseudovisual poetry, braille poetry.

    VIDEO, SHORTFILM, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION:

    All videos will be admitted, shortfilms, photography, documentaries, animations that do not exceed 8 minutes of length and they must be delivered on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation.

    MULTIMEDIA EXPRESSION:

    They will be admitted on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation including the credits, the photography, the list of the soundtrack that was used and the name of the author.

    AUDIO FORMAT:

    the audio format admitted has to be:
    Wave 44,100 Hz 16 bit stereo
    Mp3 from 96 'til 320 KPSS
    If the expression is audible, high fidelity required.
    http://holmquistartecorreo.blogspot.com/
  • yves maraux

    i've sent Postitmailit the 23/
  • antic-ham

    thanks yves .. received it well .. nice pieces.. cheers
  • CARLOS ZÜRCK CRUZ

    Wacky's submission to the:

    CALL ART POSTAL (MAIL ART)

    THEME: “BETWEEN TAPIÈS AND KISSES”

    REGULATION:

    TECHNIQUE: FREE (collage, photography, drawing, printing,
    stamps, photocopy).

    DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 31 OCTOBER 2009

    TYPE OF WORK: postcard (15 X 10,5 centimeters)


    SEND WORK FOR:


    CARLOS ZÜRCK CRUZ

    Rua Santo Amaro, 184 / 213

    Glória - Rio de Janeiro / RJ

    CEP: 22211-230 BRASIL


    The work will not be returned.

    .

    .

    CONVOCATION D'ART POSTAL


    SUJET : « ENTRE TAPIÈS ET BAISERS »


    RÈGLEMENT :


    Technique: libre (collage, photographie, dessin, sérigrafie, timbres, photocopie )

    limite d'envoi : 31er octobre 2009

    FORMAT DU TRAVAIL : carte postale (15 X 10.5 centimètres)


    ENVOYER DES TRAVAUX POUR :


    CARLOS ZÜRCK CRUZ

    Rua Santo Amaro, 184 / 213

    Glória - Rio de Janeiro / RJ

    CEP: 22211-230 BRASIL


    Les travaux ne seront pas retournés.

    .

    .

    CONVOCATORIA DEL ARTE POSTAL (ARTE CORREO)


    TEMA: “ENTRE TAPIÈS Y BESOS”


    REGLAMENTO:


    TÉCNICA: libre (encolado, fotografía, dibujo, sérigrafie, estampillas, fotocopia)


    LÍMITE DE ENVÍO: 31 de octubre de 2009


    FORMATO DEL TRABAJO: tarjeta postal (15 X 10.5 centímetros)


    ENVIAR LOS TRABAJOS PARA:


    CARLOS ZÜRCK CRUZ

    Rua Santo Amaro, 184 / 213

    Glória - Rio de Janeiro / RJ

    CEP: 22211-230 BRASIL


    El trabajo no será vuelto.
  • yves maraux

    Travels through Sweden, Finland and Lappland to the North Cape, in the years 1798-1799 Giuseppe Acerbi
  • Carlos I. Botana

    Subject: Octopus...


    Collective book of mail art.


    Send 18 works of size 14.8 X 21 cm (A5 vertical), numbered and signed,
    for making up a series of volumes with different artists in each. Each
    volume will contain a minimum of 14 artworks, one per artist. Modify
    each copy in order to make them unique originals. All techniques:
    printings, drawings, paintings, photographs, collages...

    Each participant will receive a volume.

    Deadline: october, 2010.

    Send your art works to:

    Carlos Botana
    General Sanjurjo, 62 - 2º
    15006 A Coruña
    Galicia - España/Spain

    Greetings.

    Carlos Botana
  • Henning Mittendorf

    A kind vernal hallo from here to there, dear friend!
  • Henning Mittendorf

    Life becomes slower, but I'll try my best. Thanks for the invitation, dear Francis!
    Kind greetings!
  • Rod Summers / VEC

    Ah, it that yerself now? Thanks for the invite to be friends Francis, great group portrait of you with the Japanese crew.
    You have contact with Henning and Ben, how cool is that?

    best greets
  • ivana rezek

    Memorable Movie Moments
    http://memorablemovie.blogspot.com/

    What is your favorite quote from a movie? Share it with the rest of us and illustrate it :)
    If you can't decide on an actual quote, you can also share a particular scene or even make an 'alternative' poster for your favorite movie.
    You can also add a short explanation about why this particular quote/scene/movie is important to you.

    Deadline: JUNE 30th (postmark)
    Size and technique free, no fee, no jury, no returns.
    Works will be documented on the blog and exhibited in a venue in Sarajevo in July, during the Sarajevo Film Festival when the entire town lives for the movies.
    If you provide your e-mail address, we will e-mail you the photos from the exhibition.
    Mail-art is hardly known in Bosnia, so please contributel and help us make a big mail-art show :)

    Mail your works to:

    Nataša Stanišić
    Asima Ferhatovića 1
    71000 Sarajevo
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Jen Staggs

    Would you, could you, pretty please be my friend? I love your face and I think I have made art for you without even knowing it. Jen
  • Carla Cryptic

    Love Mike's artistamps anyway but this one is a special favorite! :D
  • Sean Woodward

    Merry Mithras and a Mailart New Year !

     

  • cheryl penn

    Address please Francis.
  • Bruno Cassaglia -networker

    web art
  • Bruno Cassaglia -networker

    land web art
  • suzlee

    http://www.worksonpaper.paint.at

     

    Call for exhibition:

    ‘Works on Paper’


    We invite artists from all over the world to contribute their work in this exhibition called Works on Paper.

      

    Mail me your  ‘Works on Paper’  on a A4 SIZE PAPER

    (21 cm X 29.5 cm).

     

    FOR MORE INFO PLEASE LOG ON TO: 

    http://www.worksonpaper.paint.at

     

    Deadline: 31 December 2011

    Each artwork will be exhibited.

  • Terry Reid

    Francis,
     please pass this on to friends:    here is the Korean show update for the SECREt eXCHANGE at the Tell Me Tell Me exhibition at MoCA, hope you are pARTicipating, and please let your friends know:  http://iuoma-network.ning.com/events/send-to-the-secret-exchange 

                                                                        Duchamp's not Klein Blue suit
  • Cristian Sima

    human and nature