Mail Art News #19: What's Out There?

Guido Bondioli, 4-15-2023

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Something about Guido Bondioli's work calls to me. This one in particular (above), with it's clean white zigzag lines and fluorescent yellow circles against a blue-green backdrop, is quite captivating. Particle motion? Psychedelic experiences? or just a very challenging tennis match? The meaning is up to the viewer. Maybe it's the full moon over the Alps. 

This one by David Stanley Aponte, as documented by Sabela Baña, is also quite nice. It too appears to have some stencil work with sprayed paint. 

And what is this from Laura Pintus? I like it. The lady in red-orange and white has made it through some mild depressions and has crossed the sea. No big deal for her. She does it all the time. Seen in the Mail Art Sardinia Facebook group.

Ryosuke Cohen's Brain Cell #1177 is ready. Always exciting! Thank you Katerina Nikoltsou for letting us know. Also documented by the Mikel Untzilla Archive on Facebook. 

documentation by Katerina

documentation by Mikel

William Mellott's Rubber Postcard #26 as documented by William M. and Carien van Hest.  

documentation by William M. 

documentation by Carien van Hest

The Portrait Project rolls on! Thank you Mikel Untzilla for documenting. 

I really like this method for documenting received mail, as seen on Sil's blog posts on IUOMA. Wooden blocks with a groove cut into the middle for displaying cards and other paper objects, then assembled on a table for photographing. Very smart. 

And no, the Kadampa Buddhist Meditation Center of Maryland is not interested in sending or receiving mail art. Their loss, but there must be some other Buddhist temple or some other religious group interested in an ongoing mail art call. I'm also thinking about sending mail to isolated places either in the Pacific Ocean or above the Arctic Circle.