Interview in Spring / Summer 2005 issue of Lavraison

http://www.fluxusheidelberg.org/livraison_interview_online_fhc.html is the link to find the interview we (Litsa Spathi & Ruud janssen) gave for this Swedish magazine. More details of the magazine on www.livraison.se . Have a read...

Sign spotted by Keith Bates somewhere in the UK. Some DoDo's sighted on the road lately? 

The concept of confusion in communication

Yes, some wonder where to reach me. That is the problem of our time. When you would know my mobile phone-number, my P.O. Box number, my workingplace, my home-address, my new address, my old P.O. Box address, you might wonder where you can reach me? Actually there is only one me. So which communication-form you use, you will be contacting the same person. how long it takes to reach me depends on the form and address you choose. Same goes for e-mail addresses. Actually I have about 25 of them. Especially because of the several domains I have (each 5 e-mail addresses) and the work I do (writing educational programs for IT-related education). But it doesn't matter which e-mail address you choose. If it is vallid and you are NO spammer (those e-mails are automatically filtered out) you will reach only me, and that is a relief.

Ruud

new address for TAM-Publications! 

The first mail-art starts to come in at the new P.O. Box in Breda. Since a lot of images with the old address are online it will be interesting to publish this new image. Slowly the new P.O. Box will be appearing everywhere I hope. The P.O. Box in Tilburg will be closed soon, and after a short forewardingprocess all mail sent to that box will be returned. Please change your addressbook! 

new blogs and developements

The number of mail-art related BLOG's keeps growing. You can also see that clearly by the list besides this blog. But what also happens is that the amount of visitors is decreasing. The attention is being spread among the bloghs, and mail-art as an online product isn't what most are looking for. So the exchange of cards and mail-art continues. Some seem to send me mail-art to see if it gets published on my blo9. I have to disappoint them. I am currently preparing my move to Breda. The P.O. Box there is operational, but I haven't had the time yet to check my mail there.

In a few months things will be realized. Also a moment I will focus on how and if I continue with my mail-art activities.

Ruud

new card to go out - 211 

Moving is difficult

When the connection to the Mail-Art network is done by a P.O. Box moving somehow seems easy, but actually it is not. The P.O. Box 10388 has been in use for over 25 years, and since I will be moving to a new town, the new P.O. Box was easy to get. I myself will be moving in a couple of months, and after that the old P.O. Box will be closed. The new one won't function that well in these transition months too. Because I only will be emptying it once every couple of week or so. But you are now warned that my address will be changing soon. If you read the small letters on my blog you will find out the new address. Because of the moving my entries here for the coming months will be less too. So be patient for a while........ If you make documentations where you are printing my address, better use the new one: Ruud Janssen - TAM, P.O. Box 1055, 4801 BB - BREDA , NETHERLANDS.

Ruud

A beautiful card from R.F. Cote that I received a few days ago. Painted and Collaged in Canada. I like this one a lot! 

Roy Arenella - 6 may 2005 - cardside. 

Roy Arenella - 6 may 2005 

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Overview of the three cards (backside) I received today from Ericarlson (2345 Main St. / Apt. 1 Forest Grove, OR 97116, USA). Above you see the other sides. 

Another card from Geof Huth. I received a few more in my P.O. box which I opened only today after a whole week in Germany. 

Letter from Chuck State filled with information about his ATC events. Also included some original ATC which I actually don't collect. Will have to pass on to someone.... 

Card from Mick Boyle - backside. The postal workers added their favorite sticker to ensure computerized delivory. 

Card from Mick Boyle - front side 

My card from Grenada arrived in the USA.... 

Mainzer Minipressen Messe Performance

Yes, Fluxus Heidelberg was at the MMPM and some photos we took are part of a performkance you can access at: www.fluxusheidelberg.org/mmpm.html

Going to the MMPM in Mainz - Germany.

For those of you who are in Germany, We might meet again at the MMPM ) Mainzer MiniPresse Messe). This event only happens every few years in the city where Gutenberg is so well known. All kind of new publications will be shown here. I am speaking of books, magazines, artbooks, object books, etc.

Ruud

In Heidelberg again

The fun of these blogs is that you can also enter texts when you are abroad. I have for a few days no access to the mail in my P.O. Box, but I do have access to my e-mail and the BLOG during my short stay in Heidelberg. I use the Internetcafe 'Netlounge' in the Ploeck (center of Heidelberg) for this. And even managed just now to answer some of the e-mails waiting for me.

Ruud