E's Fan Club A&P by Mim Golub Scalin & Others

[De Villo Sloan]

E’s Fan Club add & pass launched by Karen Eliot in 2017. This permutation includes work by Cecilia Bossi (Italy), Maurizio Follin (Italy), Martine Latrille (France), Walter Pennacchi (Italy), Mim Golub Scalin (USA), Mikel Untzilla (Euskadi)

 

March 11. 2019 - IUOMA friends might recall that I was designated by Karen Eliot – without consultation – global President of E’s Fan Club. To be honest, I did not need to manage another fan club. However, E – Ambassador of Utopia is/was a dear mail art friend and vigorous supporter of MinXus especially. Many times did his extraordinary work arrive in the MinXus mail bag and appear on the blog for your edification and amusement, oh faithful Tenderfoots. E is and always will be much beloved in the Eternal Network.

THEN E – Ambassador of Utopia seemed to disappear from the face of the earth (which he was known to do at times). THEN sad rumors of his demise began to circulate among us accompanied by other rumors that he is alive and well and his disappearance is just another morbid mail art prank. E’s Fan Club has become a bizarre vigil over which I am sorry to preside, indeed a little creeped out. The re-appearance of Karen Eliot in all this made me a little nervous. As you can see, E had a pronounced gothic-noir side. Red and black were his faves.

At MinXus-Lynxus the sad E affair began about the time we finished an exhausting investigation into stories that mail art legend David Zack is still alive. And remember even Ray Johnson's death was questioned as people continued to receive mail from him after his suicide. Many networkers tried to solve the E mystery. As far as I know, there is not yet a resolution.

I have printed a number of eulogies to E and others are doing that as well. I do wish he would re-appear, but E – Ambassador of Utopia has been missing for two years now. I fear the worst but wish him well wherever he is. We are, after all, the Eternal Network.

So I will continue to publish E’s Fan Club material as I can. This piece Mim sent is, I think, especially nice.

 

 

 

 

Some mail art by E – Ambassador of Utopia: