Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog (484)

The Mail Art came from England.

Les Taylor, who lives in the village of Martock in the county of South Somerset, came up with the imaginary country of Morningmoss. He drew a geographical map,…

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).…

Participants of our portal may remember that earlier I offered to donate my Mail Art collections in favour of one of Moscow museums. I wanted to create a replenishable Mail Art collection in my city. It was not possible to do this right away, I kept the little that was sent to me in a cardboard box at home. Finally, in October 2024, the “Garage Museum of Contemporary Art”, became interested in the subject. I put the information about the Garage Museum in the first comment under the…

I hasten today to thank my dear friends who have sent in their Art. Sorry, this is just a short review, no details yet.

In the last year I have significantly decreased my activity on the Internet. While continuing to make collages, keeping my interest in the works of my Mail Art friends, I don't have time to take photos of the mail I receive, nor to post photos in social networks on the Internet. You may get the impression that I'm disappearing from Mail Art, but I'm not. Rather, I am…

Michelangelo Mayo from California (USA) sent me his little thing in a decorated envelope. The mail came to me in a roundabout way, through a third party. The first photo shows an envelope, the second one shows a collage inside the envelope. Thank You, Michelangelo.…