Room-Creation / Traum-Gebilde Catalog from Germany.

The backside of the catalog I mentioned in the previous entry. Most mail-artists I know participated in one of the parts in this project. A beautiful documentation indeed.

cover of the catalog I received from Tomas Westermann. A thick book that documents the three projects he did in the last decades. A historic publication that involved a lot of work. Title: Inspection of the hallway. Published in Germany.

Jean-Luc Cavellec - France

mail from Jean-Luc Cavellec, France. He has his own blog at: http://mailartetcarnetsbavards.blogspot.com/ and http://mailart-fromtosend.blogspot.com

John M. Bennett - USA

mail from John M. Bennett (he has a new name???). He sent some more paperwork for my collection and off course another stampsheet....

Mete Sarabi - USA.

two cards that I found in the envelope by Mete....

mail from Mete Sarabi - USA

Kazunori Murakami - Japan

Mail from Kazunori Murakami. He returned one of the new stampsheets that are cicullating the mail-art network.

Lancillotto Bellini - Italy.

Don't cry my dear - mail-art is still Alive. Work by Lancillotto - Italy.

Fabio Di Ojuara - Brasil

mail from Fabio Di Ojuara, Brasil. He started a project with the theme: "Now every Shit is Art.

Lancillotto Bellini - ITALY.

mail from Lancillotto Bellini, Italy

John Puig - Barcelona - Spain.

John Puig made this digital collage of several portraits of mail-artists he founs in other publications. Funny to see the result. "Freaks of the Netmail #1" he calls this piece. I guess I was lucky and he didn't use any of my facial parts..... Looking foreward to cersion #2.

letter from John Puig, Barcelona, Spain.

envelope from John Puig (John Mountain), Barcelona, Spain, in which he sent the above published prints.

C.Z. Lovecraft - USA.

Mail from C.Z. Lovecraft, San Jose, USA.

Hotel DaDa - Argentina.

Envelope fro Hotel DaDa in which they sent me several copies of the catalogue of the Artistamps Exhibition.

cover of the catalogue from Hotel Dada. The exhibition they held had as topic: Artistamps and they showed a very interesting selection.

inside view of the catalogue sent by Hotel Dada - Argentina.

Jim Leftwich - USA

Mail from Jim Leftwich, USA. He sent a text about a the poems that Rea Nikonova has made. A very interesting text that will joing the archive. The envelope also contained some stampsheets that he received and completed. The esults you can fins on that other blog of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive.

Geof Huth - USA

Geof Huth wondered if he has used the right P.O. Box address. Yes, he did. The card arrived without problems.

front side card by Geof Huth - USA

The history of the DNC's

Finaly, after 20 years of fake postagestamps, Peter Kustermann can send an original postagestamp from Hungary.....

Peter Kustermann - Germany

Font cover of the card on which Peter Kustermann announces his new project.

A new project by Peter Kustermann - Germany. He sent the card from Tunesia, so he must be travelling again.

How long are you active in Mail-Art?

On the IUOMA-group I plavce a poll some weeks ago. The question that is asked there is:

This poll stays interesting. How many years are you active in mail-art?
less than 1 year

1-3 years
4-5 years
5-10 years
10-15 years
15-20 years
20-25 years
25-30 years
more than 30 years
I started this week

The results so far are quite interesting. 15 Mail-artists reacted so far. You can still enter your votes since the poll will close on December 20th 2006.

Ruud