"The fact that mail arrives more slowly is not, in itself, a real big handicap for us, fans of slow mail motion, but it is one of the warning signs of a gradual abandonment paving the way for the definitive closure of a public service for delivering…"
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Alert! For the first time, since January 1, 2026, a country's public service, PostNord in Denmark, is discontinuing mail delivery. If other nations follow suit, it will spell the end of mail art sent…Continue
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"As a relocated Canadian, I have noticed (not a difficult feat) that the postal system in Canada has been in crisis for some time. How much is the result of digital communication, mismanagement and/or other reasons, I don't know. In Finland, the…"
"Indeed, why keep up postal services when electronic communication is faster, cheaper, arguably more environmentally friendly, and easier to surveil?
Here in Norway there are very few real post offices any more, they have merged with food…"
"in Denmark, the end of the public service opened a market to private and profit societies. I's already running.
"In Denmark, letter deliveries won't actually come to an end. Instead, private delivery firm DAO will step into the…"
"We already have changes that started before Christmas. The collected mail only leaves the post office in the morning when the contract driver brings the mail from the processing plant (sounds like an animal operation!)"
"There has been a huge decrease in mail delivery here in Greece, and some 40 post offices have closed in November, so soon we shall have no postal services, I imagine. I am upset and yet I ponder:
With all our bills for utilities and bank statements…"
"In the US it is the super conservative market driven players who are behind these sorts of pushes "
"Oh no! Hopefully, it opens up again quickly. "
"today at the post office of Serbia, they did not want to accept mail for America and Canada. They say that there is a suspension again and that their mail is being returned. So they manage to "cut" our contacts without "cutting"…"
"I wonder how other carriers would treat it? Like DHS or UPS?"
"That is so typical for neoliberal market driven solutions, which disrespects real needs of society. In some way, no wonder EU Unions is mockingly called ``EUSSR`` - although it seems to be even worse in many aspects. Enough said"
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- At 2:25pm on June 24, 2025,
Julian Foster said…
Hi Nicolas,
Merci pour votre article pour L'art au Lavoir, très intéressant comme d'habitude.
Julian
- At 9:31pm on March 24, 2025,
Georg Sudurgard said…
Hej - jeg har ingen definition - alt er super og OK. Jeg kan godt lide din. Mange tak. Georg Sudurgard
Danmark / Færøerne
- At 6:03pm on January 12, 2025,
brunocassaglia said…
Grazie Nicolas! Felice anno creativo! un fraterno abbraccio! W LA PACE SEMPRE!!!!
- At 10:03pm on July 14, 2024,
Aurèle Oggier said…
Thank you, Nicolas. I just joined IUOMA and have to find out, how it works...
- At 1:27pm on June 30, 2024,
Willemien Visser said…
j'ai regarde un instant ta page IUOMA, et j'ai beauoup aime, par ex, sent to Utsanga Milano
- At 3:58pm on May 31, 2024,
En effet, c'est drôle que vous disiez cela, ce routier n'était pas loin ! Et votre pièce était emballée dans du plastique, gracieuseté de la poste. L'adresse m'a fait un peu rire. Merci mec
- At 3:59pm on May 24, 2024,
Hi Nicholas,
La Creuse est un très bel endroit à visiter en été. Ce serait formidable de voir une pièce de votre art postal au lavoir. Nous avons aussi une galerie en haut de la rue, donc vous pouvez la visiter aussi.
J'espère vous voir cet été
Julian
- At 9:10am on March 8, 2024,
Mikel Untzilla said…
- At 10:33am on November 20, 2023,
Grazie Nicola! W la pace!!!! Sempre! Un fraterno abbraccio. Bruno
- At 5:07pm on November 8, 2023,
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