Oberdada Jr.'s Blog (6)

From Richard C. All fake!

What kind of a forgery is this supposed to be? Reminds me of that study by Bruner & Postman (sic) in 1949 where they briefly flashed incongruous playing cards, such as black hearts or red spades. That really messed up the test subjects' colour perception.

Thanks Richard! A letter is on its…

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Added by Oberdada Jr. on October 11, 2025 at 7:00pm — 2 Comments

Bump - outgoing prints

Still a few days till the deadline for sending prints to Balikesir University in Turkey.

One of those rare opportunities to get rid of some prints ... such as this etching.…

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Added by Oberdada Jr. on September 30, 2025 at 6:06pm — No Comments

From Stephan J. Mitterwieser

This one came last week. If you're out of glue just stitch it together with thread!

Added by Oberdada Jr. on September 22, 2025 at 6:00pm — No Comments

From Richard C.

These two postcards arrived yesterday. Thanks Richard, if you're here!

An invitation to an exhibition that opened fifty years ago ... well, I suppose it's closed by now. Below is the whole family.

Added by Oberdada Jr. on September 13, 2025 at 11:31am — No Comments

From Lutz Anders

These stamps of linocuts came with a letter earlier this summer. I suppose the idea is to put the stamps on letters and pass them on.

I myself have printed original linocuts directly on a bunch of envelopes, or as much of them as fits on the…

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Added by Oberdada Jr. on August 13, 2025 at 9:03pm — 1 Comment

From Antonio Sassu, almost two decades ago

This was the first mail art I received, maybe in 2006 or 2007. Can't remember how it happened, someone just contacted me with a request to exchange something. Then I had nothing to do with mail art until last year.

Post card.…

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Added by Oberdada Jr. on July 29, 2025 at 8:38pm — No Comments

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