Here comes mail art …
About a month ago, I went to my home mailbox to retrieve, well, my mail and lamented that all I ever receive via snail mail is bills, solicitations for donations, wedding invitations and junk mail. More interesting or personal mail never comes through snail mail anymore — courier, sometimes, email, often, but never the US Postal Service. But seeing that is 2011, I didn’t keep this observation to myself and broadcast it via tweet in an effort to find a camaraderie with others whose life was just as junk mail filled as mine but instead of finding people to commiserate with about the state of mail I found something else.
My twitter buddy @lunapark suggested it’s a case of getting back as much as you give out to the universe — oy, she’s probably right, I don’t really send much in the way of interesting mail anymore.
But then, to my surprise, a number of artists on Twitter offered to mail me things. And then it occurred to me, I had forgotten about the pleasures of @hragv yeah, but you got good mail art right? — Jonny Gray (@Bungy32) March 20, 2011 Yes, I got awesome mail art. Thanks, Jonny! Send any and all mail art to: Hyperallergic HQ Click the above to enlarge
181 N 11th Street, #302
Brooklyn, NY 11211
You should subsrcibe to Abe’s Penny! Not personalized, but still better than junk mail.
http://abespenny.com/about.html
PS. I don’t know if you’re allowed to complain about not receiving mail as long as those certain messages with addresses are stacked in our ask box…
I already am but I like the personalized touch!
Look what I make out of junk mail:
http://www.schimmelart.com
ok, hrag, will do!
What about the legendary and satisfying MailArt exchange?
According to which, you mail out some art (thematic, usually) and get some back!!!!
Let’s do that!
GM