Sunday, December 16, 2012
Mail to John Evans - USA
As part of the onging project for John Evans I sent in some Fake sheets to join the collection.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
IUOMA Logo going out
The new IUOMA logo's are printed on coloured paper and sets are being sent out into the network. Besides the digital distribution of the logo this hard copy version goes arround the world as well. In 2013 more special things will heppen because the IUOMA will be 25 years old.
Networking
The central thing in networking is keeping the "US" in mind. What is the role of others in the things I do. In my name the "US" come twice. Funny how you can read USA and USE too. Two parts that network a lot together too....
Made this diagram on December 15th 2012.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Stormy weather
Travelling from Breda to Tilburg by train, and srorm outside. Ideal to capture some images of how it feels and looks like when it is a real sotmr outside. Theis the result.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Mail to J.F. Chapelle - France
Sometimes I send out these larger painted envelopes, size A4. This one goes out to J.F. Chapelle who Always sends me such wonderful gifts and uses a wide creative set of rubberstamps. So included in the envelope are some new sheets for him to use. On the envelope also the formal IUOMA postage stamps. I used the worldsinde stams so he has a set of those to see too.....
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Busy Saturday
A busy Saturday results is a big pile of outgoing mail-art. Notice how the IUOMA postage goes worldwide and will soon be everywhere......
IUOMA postage
The cards with logo's designed by Litsa Spathi are being sent out now. Off course using the special IUOMA postage designed for the occasion. Otange is worldwide. Blue is Europe. The Dutch versions (white) are shown before.
TAM-Archive
There is now a new rubberstamp for the TAM-Archive. Paperwork will be dated so we know when things arrived, were archived or passed out. Since The TAM-Archive is a large collection this rubberstamp was overdue. The first use......
Outgoing Mail Lothat Trott - Switserland
Two outgoing envelopes with IUOMA postage on it. One goes to Lothar.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
IUOMA 4 years at NING
On November 13th the IUOMA celebrated the 4th year on NING. Next year, on August 16th 2013 the IUOMA idea will be 25 years old. That is also why so many PR materials are prepared for that year. Have a look at NING on:
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Mail to Niklas Heed - Sweden
Mail to Niklas Heed (Sweden). Acrylic Painted envelope and real Fluxus Heidelber Postage on the envelope.
Outgoing Mail 11-11-2012
And on top the card designed by Litsa Spathi with her logo for 25 years IUOMA
Saturday, November 10, 2012
Historic IUOMA photos
With the year 2013 coming closer I have been digging into the historic archives of the IUOMA to document some details of the past. The logo above is quite known in the mail-art network. In 1990 it was designed by Piermario Ciani (Italy) for the IUOMA and has been used ever since.
Lon Spiegelman (USA) designes also some logos for the IUOMA. His favorite round logos are also wellknow. He made them for several mail-artists and organisations. I even made a rubberstamp of one of the logos (leaving out the year) which is still used.
In the ART-STRIKE years the IUOMA also took its position and declared against it. The formal statement from the archives now located in Breda, Netherlands.
The list of people with special functions inside the IUOMA as published in the first IUOMA magazine in 1991.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
IUOMA Postage Stamps
Envelopes go out now with the formal IUOMA postage stamps. There are 4 variations. Worldwide (orange) and Europe (blue). Two white ones for inside the Netherlands.
Maie Edwards - France - USA
Mail to Jesse Edward (jesarchives), currently at a residency in France. On it also the formal IUOMA postage stamps....
Mail to Ryosuke Cohen - Japan
Mail to Ryosuke Cohen. On the envelope an original IUOMA postage Stamp, the worldwide variation in Orange.
Mail to Guido Vermeulen - Belgium
Mail to Guido Vermeulen in Belgium. On the envelope an original IUOMA postage stamp.
Fluxus Heidelberg Postage Stamps
The first Fluxus Heidelberg Center Postage Stamps are going out now. Here is an example of an envelope that goes to "E" in France that is active with his fluxus stamps worldwide. The logo on the postage stamp is designed by Litsa Spathi back in 2003 for the Fluxus Heidelberg Center.
The postage stamps are printed on sheets of 10 stamps als you can see here below:
Sunday, October 21, 2012
IUOMA Postage - Inside Netherlands
This is the complete sheet of IUOMA postage to be used inside the Netherlands. Litsa Spathi got the first sheet, which will be framed and hung on the wall. I have started using the postage on the outgoing mail-art, so you will be seeing quite a few of them in the future.....
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Outgoing mail-art with IUOMA-postage
The first envelopes with official IUOMA-postage have started their journey. The orange version for worldwide isn't available yet. Will be published coming wednesday. Got the previews today from the www.postnl.nl firm, so expecting them soon......