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At 2:11pm on July 27, 2010, EFTICHIA PETALA said…: hello dear RUUD DID reach threre my PRINT MAIL ART fluxus ilike your video your art too petala eytihia

At 12:54am on July 27, 2010, CrackerJack Kid said…: The "friend" passage thang is kind of amusing, no? My 19 year old daughter tells me she has a Facebook friend who will be attending Rhode Island School of Design with her this Fall....and who brags about having over 2,000 friends. My GAWD! I remember in the 70s when mainstream artists/critics etc. doubted there could be an underground international movement of 5,000 Mail Artists. I recall Carlo Pittore saying there were probably over 10,000 Mail Artists and even I had some doubt about that.....But hey, 2,000 friends on Facebook! I wonder how many Mail Artists have archives with over 2,000 addresses?

Cheers,

Cracker

At 12:44am on July 27, 2010, CrackerJack Kid said…: HI Ruud,

Seems like I had a page on IUOMA a year or two ago, but I lost the password and
here I am again.....starting over. I wanted to ask you about your books which were
published using Lulu. How did that work out for you....costwise and otherwise?

I've been active with music these past few years. But I've also checked in with mail art
at some events like Joel Cohen's big gathering at MOMA (2005) for the Dada Exhibition.
That was a great time and good to meet old friends....some for the first time. I do miss the
connections and now that my four kids are getting near college age...I may be more active.

Where is Charles Francois? And have you talked with Guy Bleus in recent years. They are/were
both dear friends. I do miss them a lot.

Read a thread on IOUMA about Eternal Network and was a bit amused by some of the comments
.....like the artist who liked the graphic cover design. Interestingly, the book is considered rare and I've seen copies going for $380.00 each. Then again, awhile back I saw five issues available through
Amazon that were going for $50.00 each. Thought I should buy them, but you know.....I've already read the book. ;-)

I read parts of an MIT Press edition about Net Art (At A Distance) and was a bit puzzled by the lack of information about how important Mail Art was to the development of Networking and the internet. Held wrote a chapter, but he falls far short of even giving a word to the NC92 year. That was a HUGE event in the expansion of networking ideals among mail artists. Hell, MIT Press wouldn't even look at Mail Art when I sent them a book proposal back in 1993. They still don't seem to get it.
It all amazes me after so many years of history under the bridge.

Say, I've always been amazed at your stamina, man! You have certainly stayed on course without
the burnout. How do you do it and what has kept you truckin on?

Cheers,

Cracker

At 11:03am on July 1, 2010, Ficus strangulensis said…: Thanks, Ruud. I'm back after an email address change.

At 6:47pm on June 26, 2010, Sharon Silverman said…: Hi Ruud... Just wanted to thank you for all of your hard work within the mailart community. I am hosting The Face of Jesus - An International MailArt Gallery Exhibition to be held in March of 2011. I am getting wonderful images in the mail and plan on posting a separate web page soon for this event. Can you help get the word out to other artists for me? I will create a MailArt website for this Show as soon as I receive 50 pieces of work, then I will continue to add other artists as they come in. Thank you and Best Wishes to You!

At 10:53pm on June 24, 2010, Mirjam Blekkenhorst said…: Thank you Ruud!

At 8:06am on June 24, 2010, swinx said…: …postman was here…
THANKS a lot for your artwork. nice to be here.
best wishes.
swinx

At 4:12pm on June 19, 2010, gmitides said…: thanks nice to see you too

At 10:02am on June 18, 2010, Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) said…: Nice items at the IUOMA shop, Ruud...I'll have to look in to how to order a few. And many thanks for the envelope full of goodies! It arrive today, and I like all the stickers, pics. You are lookin' good with John Held in NYC!
I'll try to get that FLUXUS rubber stamp paper back to you soon. All my stamps and tools are in Thess, and not here at the seaside. Maybe next week I'll get some sent to you.

Thanks again for all!

At 3:21pm on June 10, 2010, LuAnn Palazzo said…: Am I number 1001? Thanks for the warm welcome!

At 8:42pm on June 1, 2010, ivana rezek said…: Memorable Movie Moments
What is your favorite quote from a movie? Share it with the rest of us
and illustrate it :)
If you can't decide on an actual quote, you can also share a particular
scene or even make an 'alternative' poster for your favorite movie.
You can also add a short explanation about why this particular
quote/scene/movie is important to you.

Deadline: JUNE 30
Size and technique free, no fee, no jury, no returns.
Works will be documented on the blog and exhibited in a venue in
Sarajevo in July, during the Sarajevo Film Festival when the entire town
lives for the movies.
If you provide your e-mail address, we will e-mail you the photos from
the exhibition.
Mail-art is hardly known in Bosnia, so please contributel and help us
make a big mail-art show :)

Mail your works to:

Nataša Stanišić
Asima Ferhatovića 1
71000 Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina

At 8:47am on May 31, 2010, Thomai Kontou said…: hi Ruud
Thank you very much for your attendance, your work and your presence in the committee. Is a big help for me and exhibition.
all the best, Thomai

At 9:11pm on May 27, 2010, C O S T I S said…: Thank you Ruud.
Costis

At 8:51am on May 18, 2010, Lyudmila Dakhova said…: 10,000 March for Peace in NY 5/2/10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA4gVarNNOE

I thought of the 1982 Peace March and found these
1,000,000 March for Peace in NY 6/12/82
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBQjYLQHhVY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqUFwuf0K2w&feature=related

At 1:27am on May 9, 2010, CARLOS ZÜRCK CRUZ said…: The Place where there is no specific theme. A real social group for you......

At 4:55pm on May 5, 2010, Ptrzia (TICTAC) said…: Wonderful, I like that envelope! Thank you Ruud!!
cheers

At 4:26pm on May 3, 2010, liketelevisionsnow said…: Hi Ruud-
Thanks for your comment. It depends on the drawing. This one was about 20-30 minutes. I sped it up to match up with the sound track that I created.

At 10:38am on April 13, 2010, Rod Summers / VEC said…: Ruud, I am in Iceland for most of June and most of the time I should be near a network, should I do a blog from the land of Ice and Fire?

At 4:32am on April 7, 2010, Paulo Jorge Gonçalves said…: DIVULGAÇÃO
http://paulojorgegc.blogspot.com/

At 2:55pm on April 2, 2010, Sean Woodward said…: Hi Ruud - lots of archive updates now on planetdada.co.uk including this wonderful envelope, not sure who its from ;-)

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