Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog – January 2025 Archive (13)

A book of poems by the American poet Barrett Watten (born October 3, 1948) in Russian translation has been published in Moscow. He is the editor of “This” magazine, one of the main publications of the language movement, and co-editor of the “Poetry Journal”. In Russia, his book was published by the independent publishing house "Polyphemus", and compiled by Vladimir Feshchenko. I hope to get to the presentation of this book on Friday.

Mail from the USA. Please note that Mail Art without an envelope looks very impressive; in this case, a small, rigid cardboard rectangle with a collage, professionally varnished. The Thing came as a postcard.

So, in Santa Barbara County, CA, the artist Matt Ferranto lives, an art teacher who participates in Mail Art under the pseudonym…

Merci à Martine Latrille pour le magnifique mail art.

Mail from France. Note that Martin does not hide Mail Art in envelopes like I do, on the contrary, her Mail Art is always on the outside, on envelopes that remain empty on the inside.…

Stephanie Lentz Morrison (Madison Heights MI, USA), Marcia Rosenberger (Santo André-SP, Brasil), Martine Latrille (Soorts-Hossegor, France), Les Taylor (Martock, England, UK). …

Dadanautik (Bremen, Germany), Willemien Visser (Zwolle, The Netherlands), Martine Latrille (Soorts-Hossegor, France). 

awyn (Trois-Rivières QC, Canada). Via France, Deborah Trentin (Borgo Valsugana TN, Italia), Artgallery MCL (Torino, Italia), Kiki (Osaka, Japan), Filip Goubert (Hamme, Belgique), Dr. Zack (Cotignac, France).…

Jean-Charles Boilevin (Montbazon, France), Kiki (Osaka, Japan), Michelangelo Mayo (San Jose CA, USA). Via Thailand.

Maria E. Quiroga (Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina), John M. Bennett (Columbus OH, USA), Pam Chatfield (Lowell MA, USA), Ana Kawajiri (São Paulo SP, Brasil), Francis Van Rossem (Halle, Belgique), MT Stolte (Madison WI, USA). …

Debra Mulnick (Boise ID, USA), Silvia Dubois (Paal, Belgique), Dr. Zack (Cotignac, France), Monster A GoGo (Coupeville WA, USA). Via The Netherlands, Valentina Cozzi (Preganziol TV, Italia).…