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Mail-Artist since:: Appreciator for about 15 years

My Website (without http://):: http://www.qualiatica.com, www.moscow-chicago.com

Why I am involved in Mail-Art:: Not as an artist, but as an appreciator of the unique and special small worlds of Artistamps/Mail-Art. Look for our upcoming documentary World Artistamps early Summer 2009.

My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail): Jim Swanson
PO Box 47050
Chicago, IL 60647-0050
jim@qualiatica.com

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At 8:37am on November 13, 2011, Terry Reid said…: Jim, have you sent a SECREt to the Tell Me Tell Me exhibition at MoCA in Korea?
http://iuoma-network.ning.com/events/send-to-the-secret-exchange
Duchamp's not Klein Blue blue suit

At 8:34pm on September 5, 2010, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Meeting of Mail Artist in Chicago:
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
at 12 noon at the
Art Institute, Michigan Avenue entrance by the
south Lion :-) See you there?
I am flying in from Greece to be there, too!

At 8:55am on February 18, 2009, Shivablack said…: woof woof...

At 8:16pm on February 17, 2009, Shivablack said…: hey jim..

At 9:55pm on February 15, 2009, Samuel Montalvetti said…

At 12:18pm on February 14, 2009, Keyla Holmquist said…: Hi Jim, 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/ Delete Comment

At 8:45am on February 14, 2009, Claudio Romeo said…

At 12:06pm on February 13, 2009, Maurizio Follin said…: Hello
is a pleasure to do your knowledge

(http://itsonlymailart.blogspot.com/)
Maurizio

At 6:53am on February 13, 2009, E.F. Higgins III Doo Da Postage Works said…: Dear Jim, Greetings, Wow ! you are fast. Neat Idea eh?

More input for the Movie.

Sincerely, Doo Da

At 5:05pm on February 12, 2009, Ruud Janssen said…: Welcome Jim!

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