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Received from Amy Candiotti
Posted by Maxima Strange on August 15, 2022 at 9:15pm 0 Comments 2 Favorites
Paper doll kitty with mouse necklace! …
Por qué me divorcie del arte?
Posted by Somajono on August 15, 2022 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 1 Favorite
Por qué te divorcias del arte.
Porque creíste que llegarías a ganar mucho dinero con tus obras,
Porque creíste que tal vez terminarías en un museo trabajando,
Porque creíste que viajarías mucho,
Porque creíste que podrías mantenerte con el arte.
Te sentiste tan mal de ver la cruda realidad,
que poco a poco dejaste de los colores, los rollos, el performance.
Hasta que un día, estabas sentada en un escritorio mirando la pared.
Creíste que sería lo mejor,
Que…
Received from Heide Monster
Posted by Maxima Strange on August 15, 2022 at 7:14pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
A variety of goodies from Heide Monster, including a fabulous letter zine.
Received from Michel
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Excited to receive this witchy mail art from Michel!
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Received from Monster A GoGo
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Submissions to Miss Maxima’s Goth Emporium and a Twilight Postcard! …
Received from Picasso Gaglione
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Miss Maxima’s Goth Emporium Submissions, 6, 7, 8
Posted by Maxima Strange on August 15, 2022 at 5:30pm 0 Comments 0 Favorites
Monster A GoGo (top)
Carien Van Hest (L)
Paulo Alexandre Teles (R)
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The latest from Pam Chatfield!
Posted by Coco Muchmore on August 15, 2022 at 5:30pm 1 Comment 0 Favorites
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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.
Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........
Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.
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LOVE FREEDOM SOLIDARITY ED. 2022
October 11, 2021 to October 8, 2022 – CARRARA, ITALY
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L'art au Lavoir 2022
July 1, 2022 to August 31, 2022 – Dun-le-Palestel. FRANCE
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MISS MAXIMA’S GOTH EMPORIUM
August 3, 2022 at 6pm to August 3, 2023 at 7pm – Miss MAXIMA’S domain
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A Island Far Far Away Tristan Da Cunha Project
January 28, 2024 at 6pm to January 26, 2025 at 7pm – Tristan da Chuna South Atlantic Ocean
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"E" est mort, vive "E"!
July 3, 2066 at 6pm to February 17, 2067 at 7pm – GUIVRY (France)
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"This delightful paper doll arrived today from Amy Candiotti. She even has a mouse necklace! Thank you, Amy!"
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Mail Artists Addresses?
Started by Litsa Spathi / NOBODY in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Thomai Kontou 2 hours ago. 552 Replies 57 Favorites
I think, it would be very imteresting to have a mailing list of all of us.
Mail art blogs and twitter accounts
Started by andytgeezer in Mail-Art Information. Last reply by Pam Chatfield 18 hours ago. 50 Replies 5 Favorites
Many of us keep blogs and have twitter accounts, and I know that many of us post up our best work there. Personally I love seeing people's work on their blogs, and I follow the latest work of many mailartists on Twitter too, where the banter is…Continue
Tags: mailartists, twitter, blogs
Looking for mail friends
Started by Melissa Hanlon in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Josh Porter Aug 5. 3 Replies 3 Favorites
Hi! I’m wanting to get back into more fun mail. Looking to exchange mail art and letters and goodies! Let’s be friends and exchange! Let me know if interested Continue
The old envelopes
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Aug 5. 62 Replies 11 Favorites
Dear friends, I bought at the auction a pack of old envelopes, with a picture, size 114x161 millimeters (4.5 x 6.3 inches), and I don't know how to use them in Mail Art. Maybe someone wants to receive such an envelope as a gift. In the future, you…Continue
Literature about mail, post, postman, etc.
Started by Szabó Zelmira in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Ilya Semenenko-Basin Jul 24. 4 Replies 2 Favorites
This book came to me, with the content written on stamps (Shaun Tan: Takes from Outer Suburbia).Do you know (illustrated) (children) books about: mailpostpostmanstampsetc.?No matter the language is.Thank you!…Continue
Sandro Bongiani Contemporary Art, RAY JOHNSON / SUSTAINABLE MARGINAL RELATIONS TWO
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Jul 22. 0 Replies 1 Favorite
Comunicato stampa Sandro Bongiani Arte ContemporaneaRAY JOHNSON / RELAZIONI MARGINALI SOSTENIBILI DUEOGGI HO SPEDITO UNA BANANA A RAY JOHNSON PER 59. BIENNALE INTERNAZIONALE DI VENEZIA 2022.Una Mostra Collettiva Internazionale condivisa in due…Continue
Tags: Arte, Contemporanea, Bongiani, Sandro, Johnson
Score
Started by La Koki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by La Koki Jul 14. 4 Replies 0 Favorites
Artist Image x change
Started by ArtbyJac in Mail-Art Projects May 19. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
#2 headed out Monday! Thanks everyone! Continue
Minimalism show in France
Started by Daniel C. Boyer in Mail-Art Projects May 16. 0 Replies 0 Favorites
Does anyone know exactly where and when the "Minimalism" show for which there was a 2018 call in France took place?Continue
Ray Johnson Project, Relazioni marginali sostenibili”
Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects May 10. 0 Replies 2 Favorites
Shozo Shimamoto, Japan"Ray Johnson Project, Sustainable Marginal Relations"The Bongiani Art Museum Collection is pleased to…Continue
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