MAIL ART NEWS

Carl Chew Finally I was able to connect with prolific artist Carl Chew about his early usage of artificial intelligence in mail art. See his comments and AI generated artistamps below, as well as his use of ChatGPT to learn more about himself, which is sort of like an interview. Plus some bonus content provided by Adam Roussopoulos . Links to Carl's websites are included at the very end of this post. Really, take a look. So much to see there.  -T. Brown - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Hello Mail Art News, Yes, I have been using AI as a tool in my mailart pursuits since August of 2022. It was then that I read how Jason Allen in Colorado had won a prize in a local art show and was roundly criticized publicly.  I remembered how I was criticized  in 1983 for beginning to use the computer in my own work. So, I decided to give AI a try myself and went to the platform Night Cafe. At first I s...

I am really enjoying these interviews. I get to learn a little bit about the artist and a little bit more about mail art in general. This afternoon, I talked with Mick Boyle via IG chat, while listening to the theme song from The Never Ending Story  on my headphones. And forgive me as I figure out the formatting and placement of images on Blogger. Not so easy to get the images exactly where I want them. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TB: How did you get started in mail art? MB: I started in 1977. I sent 18 postcards to Ray Johnson ( Correspondence between Mick Boyle and RayJohnson ). TB: Y ou sent 18 postcards to Ray Johnson? MB: Yes and he wrote back and welcomed me to the  New York Correspondence School. TB: How did you get the idea to send to RJ? MB: I met an art professor who was teaching printmaking. He told me about mail art and RJ, so I thought I'd send him something. The prof's name was Ian Short. His mail art name was Toby A. Nounced, I think. ...

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.  ...