Ilya Semenenko-Basin's Blog (435)

New mail is waiting to be published

I am very grateful to everyone who sent me Mail Art in the 2023 and into the new year. Dear friends, let me limit myself to publishing photos of the new mail. Now it is not possible to make a full description of each artifact, to name the authors. I really hope the artists will forgive me for my laconism. …

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on March 19, 2024 at 10:32pm — 1 Comment

Thanks!!!!

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So, I finally got Mail Art from Dadanautik (Bremen), Filip Goubert (Hamme), "Morningmoss Embassy" (Martock), Dr. Zach (Cotignac) and Willemien Visser (Zwolle). The holidays are over and the postal service has woken up. Here I am ready to show the postal envelopes of the received letters, and soon I will tell You about the…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 6, 2024 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments

I have something in my mailbox

It's nice to know that the mail is working and human connections are not interrupted. I finally have the big mail envelope from Willemien Visser! 

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 6, 2024 at 9:00pm — No Comments

today

Georges Simenon has a novel “Il y a encore des noisetiers” (There Are Still Some Hazel Trees), I remember my father reading it when I was little. So looking at this portal in the evenings, I am happy to say: There Are Still Some Hazel Trees, Mail Art is alive!

 

Actually, that's all I wanted to say today.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on February 3, 2024 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Mail Art from Belgium. Thank You, Sil!!!

November 23, 2023 I posted a picture of the Mail Art from Silvia Dubois, or rather just the beautiful mailing envelope alone. It's time to post the rest of the photos as well.…









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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on January 7, 2024 at 6:38pm — No Comments

Yay, I came home with new Mail Art today

I would like to list the names of the dear friends whose art-messages were handed to me at the post office today by a blonde woman in a white jumper.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on December 18, 2023 at 5:23pm — 3 Comments

I already have the envelope from Valentina Cozzi!

I already have the envelope from Valentina Cozzi! Thank You, Valentina.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on November 25, 2023 at 10:12pm — 1 Comment

Mail Art by Silvia Dubois

Mail Art by Silvia Dubois. The post office delivered an envelope to me from Paal in Belgium. Thank you, Sil!!!…







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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on November 23, 2023 at 10:19pm — No Comments

I received a Mail Art from Francis Lammé

An envelope came in the mail from Francis Lammé, who lives in Culemborg in the Netherlands.



Inside is an exquisite message on several sheets of paper, only some of which fit in these photos. Also discovered inside are miniature pictures in the same black and white style. Thank You, Francis!!!…



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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on November 8, 2023 at 8:20pm — No Comments

Mail Art from Carien van Hest

I received some lovely mail art from Carien van Hest from the Nederlands, and discovered that I hadn't yet posted a photo of a previous message from Carien! I apologise. So, in August, I received this hand-painted envelope in the mail:



In the envelope is a piece: the base is made with brush and colours, and over the base there are stitches of thread in… Continue

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on November 2, 2023 at 12:57pm — 2 Comments

Photos and postcards for collaging?

Sometimes mail-art artists send each other materials for further use. Dear friends, if You use old photos and postcards in Your collages, I can send You something - old photos of Soviet film actors and stuff like that. Of course, my offer is open to those participants who make collages using "everyday rubbish" in the spirit of Kurt Schwitters and Robert Rauschenberg.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on October 25, 2023 at 3:38pm — 5 Comments

Mail Art from Kiki, Jimmy Connors

Thank You! Some great Mail Art from Kiki (Osaka, Japan) and Jimmy Connors (Berlin, Germany) came in the mail. I'm glad. 

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on October 18, 2023 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Mail Art from Laurent Wilmet, Michelangelo Mayo

I've received great Mail Art from Laurent Wilmet (Namur, Belgium) and Michelangelo Mayo (San Jose, CA, USA). Michelangelo was in the UK at the time and managed to send the envelope to Moscow (mail reaches us from the UK). Thank You!!! …

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on October 18, 2023 at 7:58pm — No Comments

Dear friends, thank You for Your congratulations

On my birthday, I received many wonderful congratulations, for which I am very grateful. On this day, my parents gathered and the three of us went to an organic restaurant. The owner of the restaurant has a large farm in the countryside, where he has cows, orchards, a bakery and a cheese factory, and so on. Own products grown in good conditions are used for…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on October 6, 2023 at 9:20pm — No Comments

Mail Art came from Mail_Art_Martha

Mail Art came from Mail_Art_Martha. Thank You!!!

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 30, 2023 at 9:44pm — 2 Comments

I received Mail Art from Reisegern (Germany)

The postcard with perforations came in the post from Germany. There is text written along the edge of the postcard and the back is blank. A fine art-piece!

 

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 26, 2023 at 11:19pm — No Comments

I received Mail Art from Dr. Zack

So, 1 000 000 days late, I'm posting photos of Mail Art that came to me a long time ago. Please forgive me for the delay. Zack, I am grateful to You. 

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 24, 2023 at 11:03pm — 1 Comment

I'll tell you about one exhibition

Took the subway downtown on Monday and attended the opening of Moscow artist Alexander Savelyev`s exhibition.



Alexander Savelyev once saw in an abandoned 17th century church of the frescoes that had fallen of had fallen from a height and were lying in a heap on the floor. Large pieces of fresco painting on which fragments of…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 19, 2023 at 2:00pm — 1 Comment

I received the Mail Art from Hélène LAGACHE

I received the Mail Art from Hélène LAGACHE. Thank You! I'm glad.

Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on September 10, 2023 at 8:45pm — 2 Comments

"History of Russian Mail Art"

The exhibition "History of Russian Mail Art" opened in Moscow in August (Gallery Davydkovo, Moscow, Kremenchugskaya str., 22).

Exhibition curators: Yuri Gik (Gikjuri Rus), Alyona Borschagovska (Olga Seregina).

I visited the exhibition on the 17th of August, I am posting my photos. There are many objects of mail-art in the halls, the accompanying texts by Yuri Gik tell in detail about this phenomenon.…

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Added by Ilya Semenenko-Basin on August 31, 2023 at 6:45pm — 3 Comments

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