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Akiko Shinmura

It's about Mail Art again. This time it's about using someone else's work in a return message. Some Mail Art artists allow themselves to take the work they receive in the mail, cover it with paint, glue something on, and return it to the author in this form. There is another way of working together, a pure exchange of gestures, a subtle dance of meanings. Akiko Shinmura, a Japanese Mail Art artist who lives in Aioi, Hyogo prefecture, gives an example.

Last year, I sent Akiko a…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 24, 2022 at 8:10pm — 4 Comments

EcoFuturo festival

Since 2014, Rome has hosted the annual EcoFuturo festival dedicated to eco-technology. At the same time, EcoFuturo is an Italian network of companies, professionals and researchers working on new technological solutions to energy and environmental problems.

On the occasion of the edition of EcoFuturo in May this year, a special…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on June 16, 2022 at 11:11pm — No Comments

I received mail from Ed Giecek

In the summer we reminisce about the past winter.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on May 30, 2022 at 9:48pm — 1 Comment

I am correcting a text posted yesterday with errors

According to philosophers, one does not simply perceive works of art, we always open up the possibility of a kind of co-creation and leave room for the viewer. Our viewer "recreates" the artwork in a certain way at the moment of perception.

Consequently, we always open up the possibility of a kind of co-creation and leave room for the viewer.

As the Borderline Grafix aptly put it in the comments, "The spectator completes the creation”.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on May 2, 2022 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Ana Kawajiri

Thanks to Ana Kawajiri who sent me an envelope decorated with collage from Brazil. Inside I found an exquisitely crafted A4 sheet and the artist's postage stamps. I photographed the whole A4 sheet and also took pictures of fragments of it. You can also see a photo of Ana's stamps, varying the famous Marcel Duchamp theme. I really like this art.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 20, 2022 at 5:44pm — 2 Comments

Thanks to Ana Kawajiri

A magnificent collage by Ana Kawajiri received in the mail.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 20, 2022 at 5:08pm — 1 Comment

Thanks to Josh Ronsen

The internet is working, I can go to the IUOMA website. I remember when Mail Art from Josh Ronsen of Austin TX came to me last winter. Thanks Josh!!!…



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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 10, 2022 at 7:05pm — No Comments

I received a Mail Art from Jeff Bagato

I am writing this post on days when the media brings bad information. Nevertheless, we are not silent. In the winter I received a Mail Art from Jeff Bagato (Texas, USA). Thank you Jeff!!!…



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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 4, 2022 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Anja Mattila-Tolvanen !

I received this piece in the winter mail from Anja Mattila-Tolvanen in Finland. Thank you!!!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on April 2, 2022 at 9:18pm — No Comments

Raphael Nadolny !

Last winter I received a nifty piece from Raphael Nadolny in Poland. THANK YOU! By the way, I'm now reading Mickiewicz's poems in Russian translation.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 30, 2022 at 10:25pm — No Comments

Ryosuke Cohen !

Ryosuke Cohen! I received the mail from Japan. …

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 28, 2022 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Ed Giecek !

An envelope from Ed Giecek arrived in the mail to me, lots of interesting stuff. Thank you!!!…



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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 26, 2022 at 8:50pm — 1 Comment

Ifé Niklaus !

I received a Mail Art from Ifé Niklaus from Switzerland. Thank you!!!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 26, 2022 at 7:11pm — No Comments

Jean-Charles Boilevin !

I received a painted plate in the mail from Jean-Charles Boilevin, who lives in Montbazon, France.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 24, 2022 at 8:10pm — No Comments

Flying Adventures Weesp

Today is the 22nd of March. I can connect to the Internet from my room and read the IUOMA website. That in itself is a good thing! I received two pieces from Flying Adventures Weesp (Jurriën Wouterse). Jurriën lives in Weesp in The Nederlands. Thank you!!!…





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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 22, 2022 at 6:04pm — No Comments

I received a post from Heide Monster in Houston, Texas

I received a post from Heide Monster in Houston, Texas. Thanks!…







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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 20, 2022 at 4:00pm — No Comments

In January I received a post from Ray Haley

In January I received a post from Ray Haley. Thanks!!!…







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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 20, 2022 at 3:30pm — No Comments

faster-to-make collage postcards

I've decided to diversify my genre presence in mail art, and in addition to collage-meditations, I'm also making less time-consuming, faster-to-make collage postcards. They can be sent out without envelopes.

Meditation collages are made slowly, in a certain concentrated state, with part of the white background left blank. The collage postcards will be distinguished firstly by having the entire surface of the A6 sheet completely filled in, and secondly by having the surface…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 6, 2022 at 8:24pm — 2 Comments

from Sil

Beautiful work from Silvia Dubois in the outgoing year.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on December 25, 2021 at 6:44pm — No Comments

Mail Art, Mail Art!

I am grateful to Mail Art Martha, who sent me Mail Art last autumn. In the mail in an envelope came little books, highly informative editions of Martha's.…







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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on December 20, 2021 at 5:56pm — No Comments

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