Don't expect a definition from me here. I only know that too often mail-artists after years of practice start to form their own definition and try to claim that they are right. That is a real problem. There are of course also the older ones among us who claim to know it all. That only provokes new reactions and new ideas. So actually, not bad at all. Mail-Art is evoluation. Once one has formed the own definition the danger is that one doesn't change the views because that is very difficult to do. Mail-Art is much more then just the projects, the producing of rubberstamps, use of rubberstamps, artistamps, ATC's (new for the old generation and embraced by some or many). Internet, Groups, BLOG's, CD-documentations, catalogues published on the Internet, Mail-Art for sale at Ebay, A whole generation of dead mail-artists who can't react to the views of the new generation.
Yes, the times are changing, but surely these are exciting times.
Ruud
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