Mail from Dede van der Roove - Poland

Mail-Art postcard from Dede van der Roove (Poland). The artist use the icon of the IUOMA Café (see: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/cafe ) as an attachment to the card. For more work, see: www.dedevanderroove.com . Love the photo and the shadow....

Mail from Virginia Milici - Italy

see: www.virginiamilia.org

Mail from Jim Hayes - USA

Open World - Issue 76

Dobrica Kamperelic (Serbia) issued a new edition of Open World (76). This magazine survided the many years and is still alive and well.

Nodo Pajomo - USA

The Summer 2009 issue of "Nodo Pajomo" ,, An analog beacon in the digital fog" , arrived in this envelope last month. A magazine worth ansorbing......

Video for Nico van Hoorn - Netherlands

The card that Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands) sent to me has inspired me to send him the results of a Digital Fluxus performance that I did for him. The digital recording is published before the mail actually is sent.

Mail to Dotswood - USA

In 1000 Years - Project

On www.in1000years.com they are documenting a mail-art project for which they have sent out these cards to work on and to return. I received the card from an unknown person in the UK (he/she didn't mention name in the envelope). But I added to the other side and returned the card today.

Outgoing Fluxus Word to USA

Mail to R.F. Côté - Canada

Mail to Nico van Hoorn - Netherlands

Mail to Nico van Hoorn : Untitled - 2

Nico van Hoorn sent out a series of "Untitled" cards. He has been getting some of them back in an altered way. Here is my alteration as I have returned it to him. See more details on his blog at: http://nicovanhoorn-mail-art.blogspot.com/

Mail from Dotswood - USA

A first Day cover, sealed in plastic. Quite a service from the postal workers.....

Mail from UK

with in it a project to be sent to Germany. It in on the route...... See www.in1000years.com for the results of this project.

Mail from Terra Candella - USA

Harley (USA - Minden) sent me this lovely envelope from Minden where he was visiting the yearly event that Peter Küstermann is organising every year.

Mail from Jack Latteman - USA

Mail from Jean-Noël Laszlo - France

5 years of Blogging

Yes, I have been blogging quite some time now. This blog started in June 2004. I have even been published on wikipedia as a Dutch Blogger both on the English and Dutch versions (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dutch_bloggers and http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorie:Nederlands_blogger ). I have been working with computers for a long time (since I was 15 years old) and have witnessed a lot of changes in the field. For me the creative use of the computer technique was always a challenge. Also these days I am learning new ways to use the computer and see upcoming changes. The Mail-Art network is now quite alive on the Internet. But what counts is still the pieces of mail-art that we sent through the postal system. The Internet just makes the time-factor interesting. We can discuss and see what the other mail-artist is getting and sending. Also the basis of this blog. You can witness the last 5 years of my mail-art activities.....

Why Photo's and no Scans?

Bruno Capatti (Italy) wondered why I am now taking photo's instead of Scan's of the mail-art I receive. Well, there are 2 reasons. The first one is a time-problem. There was a pile of unpublished mail-art that still had to be digitized, and the photocamera is the fastest way to do that. The second reason is that the concept of mail-art can best be seen of a photo. One gets the idea of the piece being mailed and also can discover the content when that is placed on the photo. Just let me know what you think of this.

Mail from Bruno Capatti - Italy

Mail from USA

Mail from Dotswood - USA

Mail from Okadascat - UK

Mail from Mim Golub (Scalin) - USA

The envelope (see below) with all these old rubberstamps arrived some time ago. A donation to the TAM Rubberstamp Archive by Mim Golub (Scalin) in USA. Some of the rubberstamps I will surely use on outgoing mail-art before they are archived. Thanks for this wonderfull donation!

Mail from Katerina Nikoltsou - Greece

Mail from Ryosuke Cohen - Japan

Brain Cell - 745 arrived.....

Mail from Samuel Montalvetti - Argentina

Mail from Jack Latteman - USA

Jack Latteman sent me a card that was returned again in this envelope. Seems like the postal system plays games still when they receive something they don't get through their system...

Mail from Bruno Chiarlone - Italy

Mail from Jeff Berner - France

Mail from Jim Hayes - USA

Mail from Bruno Zé - Brasil

Mail from Carol Stetser - USA

Carol Stetser IUSA) sent me her latest publication. Thank You! (Published by Reed Altemus - USA)