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Meetup with a fellow IUOMA member, Tomoe-san

Posted by Kiki on April 28, 2024 at 7:30pm 0 Comments

Yesterday I had a meetup with Tomoe-san and had a wonderful time with her!  We went to the Ancient Mexico Exhibition and also went to see the paintings of Claude Monet. Oh, and we had lunch together - a grilled sandwich with French Flies. So tasty! We meet sometimes in Osaka, where we both live. It is always so nice to meet Tomoe-san :-)…

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amazing mail yesterday!

Posted by M. Stephens on April 28, 2024 at 5:15pm 0 Comments

Thank you, COCO M. for framing our art collaboration and mailing it to me!  You rock!  And thank you for your message of encouragement as well.  Your kindness is so appreciated.

all about orange

Posted by M. Stephens on April 28, 2024 at 5:00pm 0 Comments

Going out soon to someone!

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Posted by Mikel Untzilla on April 28, 2024 at 3:10pm 0 Comments

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Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.

In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.

Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. The Main address of the Union is at the TAM-address, P.O.Box 1055, 4801 BB - Breda - Netherlands. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........

Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.

 

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Alla 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto

 Lettera aperta  di Sandro Bongiani al Direttore della 60. Biennale Internazionale di Venezia Adriano Pedrosa “A Venezia un emporio equosolidale a cielo aperto”Un bazar coloniale del sud del mondo destinato a passare come una precaria biennale…Continue

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Mail art envelope orientation query 2 Replies

Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue

Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Predrag Petrovic 2 hours ago.

Little notion/s on sending. Before sending... 1 Reply

Hello to all who would like to exchange with me.Please read first my IUOMA page, there's clearly stated what I like and what I don't. Don't put me, or you, in unpleasant situation for any given reason, since it is rude and inappropriate. Once again,…Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 21.

received from Czechia !

Interesting collage-card, in amazing envelope, which itself is an piece of art, and all of that, by Simona Mihalcova, from Praha (Prague), Czech Republic (Czechia) THANK YOU, SIMONA ! Not often I receive such amazing and uplifting work!…Continue

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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Projects Apr 18.

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I received amazing envelope from Ireland, from Deborah McMenamy. Inside were 4 of her original works (and when i say ''original'' I mean really ORIGINAL !) Rarely i receive such amazing artwork, interesting, funny, and mysterious, all in one) that…Continue

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Started by Predrag Petrovic in Mail-Art Discussions Apr 18.

''SNAIL SONGS'' Postal Art project 1 Reply

It is about the snails and the songs that various nations are using to call the snail to get out from its housing! Please send the lyrics of the song (text) and possible translation into English. All will be translated from your language or from…Continue

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Pavilion Locust Valley Active Marginal Generation Everywhere

Press releasePavilion Locust ValleyActive Marginal Generation EverywhereFor this collective event, 28 selected artists of different nationalities are presented in 28 individual rooms, each with a solo show of selected works. …Continue

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Started by Giovanni Bonanno in Mail-Art Projects Apr 17.

Pavilion Lautania Valley, Foreigners Here And Elsewhere Ray Johnson Retrospective “NOTHING / NOIHTNG”

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