Xx Jones's Blog – March 2013 Archive (32)
Eat and Pass
It has taken me quite a while to catch up with blogging and there are still a few more Erni related items to post. A few months ago Erni sent out an Eat and Pass package to Kate, which was then passed on to Marina, and then to me. I received it quite a while ago, but I did want to find the right time to document the opening and to day was the day!
As you can see…
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Mail Received - Grigori Antonin
Being a member of the Erni Bär Fan Club Grigori Antonin has included my in his recent mailing regarding his "fan action" - on the back he writes; "Feb. 20. 2013, This was an important day for me: When I performed this score for ERNI. Grigori Antonin". How cool is that! Thank you very much, Grigori or Antonin (not sure which one is your first…
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Mail Received - Carina Granlund
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Mail Received - Cheryl Penn
A wonderful thick envelope arrived from South Africa. Cheryl Penn sent me a copy of the Zine "Mail Art…
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Mail Received - Clare Dinsmore
A charming card arrived from Clare Dinsmore, a digital collage with "Eggs, Artichokes and Iron". Clare works hard to achieve a vintage feel on the front and back, but of course this assemblage is smart and…
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108 pieces of mail
This is my mailing from today. That makes it about 108 pieces of mail sent since last October, when I joined IUOMA. 108 is considered an auspicious number in Hinduism and Buddhism - apparently the individual numbers 1, 0, and 8 represent one thing, nothing, and everything (infinity) - so I thought I celebrate with a blog…
Added by xx Jones on March 18, 2013 at 8:00pm — 2 Comments
Mail Received - Cindy Moser
A thick and padded envelope contained a sweet surprise: an handmake notebook by Cindy Moser, made of brown paper bags for me "to play with" as she says in her note. A small key attached to a string echoing the message "Art is the Key"…
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Mail Received - Torma Cauli
Among all mail artists I have exchanged mail with, Torma is the mail artist closest to me physically. Budapest is only a few hours away from Vienna, by car, train or boat down the Danube, although as our countries have been separated by the Iron Curtain for a long time it also still seems a world apart.
There is something very endearing about Torma's…
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Mail Received - Mr. Colori
Museum of Instant Images
Out of the blue, or rather out of the clear blue sky I received an envelope including a digital collage from Mr. Colori, who - perhaps unexpectedly lives not in Italy but in the Netherlands. On the left the card I recognize a…
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Mail Received - Janine Weiss
A surreal and humorous card came from Janine Weiss, crazy girly stuff, dresses, long eye lashes, hair, flowers and bling. I love how the card seems to be thrown together on a whim, in a burst of energy, also because some elements are not glued but stapled on. This adds to the three dimensional feel of the card, if you bend it slightly pieces seem to move. Ah,…
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Mail Received - Taidgh Lynch
Taidgh sent me a wonderfully rich and colourful envelope with silly creatures, spilling over to an extra card. Taidgh also included some of his poems and a lovely handwritten note - which deserves a more personal response than a blog…
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Mail Received - Arac
This card from Arac is hilarious, definitely "unlike anything on television", an bold encouragement to "resist conformity" and to chart one's own weird path. Ah, is this an old hippie at heart speaking here? More wisdom and damn…
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Mail Received - Fleur Helsingor
A sweet collage on thick paper, with a tree and an African Daisy. I think these may be photos taken by Fleur herself. Very often her collages show images against a bright blue sky, almost like a signature style. Lovely. Thank you, Fleur!
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Mail Received - Mail Art Martha
We did have a little snow again yesterday, so winter is not over yet, and there is time to post this card from Mail Art Martha. Martha knows that I used to live in London, and I know she has been to Vienna, so we have exchanged references. The red Royal Mail boxes are classic British design and part of the London cityscape just like the red telephone boxes…
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Mail Received - Servat C.
Another mystery mail - this time from Argentina. I have to admit, I pinched the image from Servat's photos. It is about A3 in size and too large to scan on my scanner. First I thought it was the invitation to some art show, but it seems the poster is part of a series of images or visual poems forming a longer narrative. I love the double guys with umbrellas,…
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Mail Received - Val Mark Herman
Val's sent me a print, that goes well with E's card posted previously, in terms of colour and, possibly theme. Which half of the Chinese symbol is it, the Ying or the Yang? Why only half, anyway? Am I reading too much meaning into this? I think I remember Val mentioning somewhere that is it a print of a doorstopper. An altogether mundane object may still lead…
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