MAIL ART NEWS

Let's look further into the history of artificial intelligence as relates to mail art.  July 28, 2022 :  My own contribution, a series of sci-fi / fantasy intergalactic postal service   images generated using Midjourney, posted on Instagram. The set of images features some stamps of planets and other objects, which are, at this time, considered artistamps, as there is currently no known intergalactic mail system. And there's also a package with a planet sticker on it. The intention was that this intergalactic service would be used for regular mail and mail art. The post was also tagged with #mailart.                              Then on  August 5, 2022,  Michael Leigh  started a group on IUOMA called   DALL.E 2 (Formerly Craiyon and Dall.E Mini ) . And there you can see some of the earliest AI mail art creations. I will post a few here, all from August 2022.  1.  ...

This may be the first post or one of the very first posts on the internet about artificial intelligence and mail art. Please, please, please send me information about any other examples where AI has been employed in the field of mail art. The first example comes from Adam R.'s Instagram (Dec 04, 2022). And this is to my knowledge the first instance where AI generated images were used to create rubber stamps. I then included the ELSTLAN FONNTY rubber stamp on several outgoing pieces. Included is one example below with color pencil linework.  The second example by Nonlocal Variable was found on Pam's Mail Art Blog  in April 2023 with a note that the underlying images were made by Dall-E 2 AI.  ********************************************************************************** Update from Adam R. after publishing (4/5/2023): " Thanks for sharing! I am not 100% certain I was the first, I know Carl Chew was using AI to make Artistamps right around the same time. I know he has...