Ruud Janssen - IUOMA & TAM: October 2009

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....

Labels: Cafe, Dede van der Roove, IUOMA, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Poland

Mail from Virginia Milici - Italy

see: www.virginiamilia.org

Labels: Italy, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Virginia Milici

Mail from Jim Hayes - USA

Labels: Jim Hayes, Mail to Ruud Janssen, 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.

Labels: Dobrica Kamperelic, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Mail-Art Magazine, Open World, Serbia

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......

Labels: Mail-Art Magazine, Nodo Pajomo, USA

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.

Labels: Digital Fluxus, Fluxus Heidelberg Center, Fluxus Video, Mail from Ruud Janssen, Nico van Hoorn, Performance

Mail to Dotswood - USA

Labels: Dotswood, Mail from Ruud Janssen, 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.

Labels: 1000 Years, Germany, Mail-Art Project

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/

Labels: Mail from Ruud Janssen, Netherlands, Nico van Hoorn

Mail from Dotswood - USA

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

Labels: Dotswood, First Day Cover, Mail to Ruud Janssen, USA

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.

Labels: 1000 Years, Germany, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Mail-Art Project, UK

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.

Labels: Mail to Ruud Janssen, Terra Candella, USA

Mail from Jack Latteman - USA

Labels: Artistamps, Cascadia ArtPost, Jack Latteman, Mail to Ruud Janssen, USA

Mail from Jean-Noël Laszlo - France

Labels: France, Jean-Noel Laszlo, Mail to Ruud Janssen

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.....

Labels: Blogging, Changes, Ruud Janssen

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.

Labels: Bruno Capatti, New scans, Phograph, Reason, Ruud Janssen, Scanning

Mail from Bruno Capatti - Italy

Labels: Bruno Capatti, Italy, Mail to Ruud Janssen

Mail from USA

Labels: Mail to Ruud Janssen, USA

Mail from Dotswood - USA

Labels: Dotswood, Mail to Ruud Janssen, USA

Mail from Okadascat - UK

Labels: Mail to Ruud Janssen, 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!

Labels: Mail to Ruud Janssen, Mim Golub, Scalin, Tam Rubberstamp Archive, USA

Mail from Katerina Nikoltsou - Greece

Labels: Greece, Katerina Nikoltsou, Mail to Ruud Janssen

Mail from Ryosuke Cohen - Japan

Brain Cell - 745 arrived.....

Labels: Braincell, Japan, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Ryosuke Cohen

Mail from Samuel Montalvetti - Argentina

Labels: Argentina, Mail to Ruud Janssen, Samuel Montalvetti

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...

Labels: Cascadia ArtPost, Jack Latteman, Mail to Ruud Janssen, USA