A SELECTION OF PROJECTS & CALLS FOR ENTRIES IN THE MAIL ART SCENE WORLDWIDE



I - ONGOING CALLS / NO DEADLINE

II - MAIL ART ASSEMBLY ZINES




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I - ONGOING CALLS / NO DEADLINE

ART MATCHBOX PROJECT // Hans Hess - Neuanbau 5 - D-08340 Schwarzenberg // no deadline // periodical info

"NO MEAT TODAY" // Frips - Halvemaanstraat 113 - B-9040 Gent - Belgium

"NO MEAT TODAY" // Frips - Halvemaanstraat 113 - B-9040 Gent - Belgium

ARTIST'S BOOK EXCHANGE // Patricia Collins - 128 Kingston Rd - Teddington, Middlesex, UK //

LET'S TRY "PAUL" ART // Kumiko Horiuchi - 202 Howaie-koshien - 2-13-7- Koshienguchi - Nisinomiya Hiyogo - Japan 663 // write her/him? to get her trade mark "Paul"

FROM A BOOK, ONE PAGE LEFT, TORN & FLY AWAY // Diane Bertrand - 9109 Deschambault - Saint-Léonard, Québec, Canada H1R 2C6 // documentation

SEND TRAVEL POSTCARDS // Keiichi Nakamura - 1-18-7-402 Kamiochiai - Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 161 // monthly documentation

LA GRIFFE // Baudhuin Simon - 71,rue d'Hoffsmidt - B-6720 Habay - Belgium / documentation

THREAD=NETWORKING // Reika Yamamoto // 4-7-7 Eirakuso Toyonaka - Osaka 560 Japan // send her a thread // documentation

EROTIC CARDS // Associazione Culturale Peter Pan - Via Tirso, 27 - I-64100 Teramo, Italy //

$1 DOLLARBILL REDESIGN // Indigest Press - P.O.Box 480 - Denville NJ 07834-0480 USA // gallery on www

MONA LISA // Harumi Sado, 1 1-10 Koshienguchinishinomiya 663, Japan // documentation.

BODY PROJECT // "leave your message on her body" // Saho Tanaka, 107 10-26 Mondoso Nishinomiya Hiyogo 662 Japan // documentation

TODOS SOMOS MARCOS // Steve Akers, 3117 A Hemphill Park, Austin TX 78705 USA // send work related to the Zapatistas & Subcommandante Marcos // max size 8.5"x11" or .jpeg & .gif images to sakers@mail.utexas.edu // online gallery

THE GODDESS IS ALIVE, AND MAGIC IS AFOOT // Dragonfly Dream, 223 North Guadalupe # 286, Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA // ongoing // Gallery on internet

SOUL - ALL ABOUT LOVE - WOMAN - MY NATIONAL CULTURE // 4 ongoing projects // Aleksandr Zhmailo, Ikramowa 26-18, Samarkand, Uzbekistan // periodical exhibitions in Samarkand

SEND ME YOUR TRASH ART // Fabulous disaster, v.le Diaz 19, I-21052 Busto Arsizio VA //

MARI (japanese ball made with threads) // send threads to Reika Yamamoto, 3-5-60 Uenohigashi - Toyonaka Osaka Japan // ongoing // documentation to all

RAY IS STILL LIVING // endless mail art project promoted by Raimondo Del Prete, Bruno Pollacci and Franco Santini // use stamp on your mail art

HAMBURGER ART // collect discarded hamburger packaging & make work & details of the place of find with comments - A-4 maximum size // Alan Turner - Rathcoole Gardens - London N8 9NB - UK // ongoing // documentation to all

ALL ABOUT THE FOX // ongoing // Michael Fox, Rostockerstr 3, D-31141 Hildesheim, Germany // documentation every January

SOLITARY TREES // Postcard size 10x15 or envelopes // Drs. C A G - Weenderstr 23 - 9551 TJ Sellingen, Netherlands // documentation to all

BICYCLE ARTBOOK // Nonlocal Variable - 2528 SW 18th Avenue - Portland OR 97201-1704 USA // documentation to all

TRANSPORT - SEND ART CELEBRATING PUBLIC TRANSPORT // Nonlocal Variable - 2528 SW 18th Avenue - Portland OR 97201-1704 USA // documentation to all

THE COSMIC CROSS // ongoing // Wilfried Nold - Eppsteinerstrasse 22 - D-60323 Frankfurt/M // periodical documentation

Send Me Your Jokers! // From a real or imaginary deck of cards, decorated or not. The Jokers will be put into a book. No, really. // No deadline. // Occasional documentation. // Send to: JOKERS!, PO Box 31848, Seattle, WA, 98103.

ACE OF SPADES MAILART CALL // Design your own deck of playing cards..any theme, size and colour. Full printed sets in digital (JPG) form. Make your designs weird and wonderful. // No deadline. // Documentation to all. // SEND TO Ace of Spades Mailart, 13 Warn`s Terrace, Abertysswg, Rhymney, Gwent - NP2 5AG, South Wales, UK.

1st DAY MAIL ART PHILATELY - send your art on 1st day covers // ongoing // doc. to all // Ioan Bunus, 33 rue principale, Ingenheim - F-67270 Hochfelden, France

ENERGYBALANCE - send your empty polaroid-boxes - get some fresh-energy-mail-art back! // Gerhard Ostfalk - Blumenthalstr 56 - D-50668 Köln

MY POSTMAN // send a STAMP with image and name of your postman // ongoing // Jorge Daffunchio - Paysandu 2307 - c.p. 1744 - Moreno Bs As - Argentina // Catalogue & exhibition //

ANTHOLOGY OF PERFORMANCE // Igor Stevanovic - B.Jerkovic 215/17-11000 Beograd - Yugoslavia // no deadline // send photos or videotapes of your performances, body art, happenings (with short description of time, place, idea...) // documentation

THE MOON // ongoing // Yaara Chotzen - 7 Hayatad st. - Herzelia B 46583 - Israel

CIRCLES // ongoing // Yaara Chotzen - 7 Hayatad st. - Herzelia B 46583 - Israel

HENRI MATISSE // ongoing // Yaara Chotzen - 7 Hayatad st. - Herzelia B 46583 - Israel

PANCHEN LAMA (the world`s youngest political prisoner, held by the Chinese and last seen three years ago) - FREE TIBET // ongoing // Planet Dada - 11 Menin Road - Allestree, Derby DE22 2NL - England // e-mail art aswell Dragonheart@compuserve.com

OLD USED NAILS - Please send me old used nails. I need then also the informations, where and when did you find there. // ongoing // Gábor Flórián - Attila út 91. - 1012 Budapest - Hungary

SAXOPHONES // ongoing // anything about saxophones, short melodies, original music doc. // Barry Edgar Pilcher - Ravens cottage - Inishfree Upper, Burton Port - Nr Letterkenny - Co. Donegal, Ireland

ANIMALS IN MAIL ART // ongoing // Zoologisches Institut - Matin-Luther-King-Pl. 3 - Att. Klaus Rupp - D-20146 Hamburg, Germany // periodical documentation

POLAROID PHOTOS - any theme, any size // Igor Stevanovic - B. Jerkovic 215/17 - 11000 Beograd, Yugoslavia // documentation.

PAINT AN ENVELOPE with watercolor - Address it on the painted side and send to: // The Watercolor Envelope - C/0 Dr Surearts - 20 17th Ave South - St Cloud, MN 56301 USA // I will send one back to you and keep yours for a show in May 1999 at St Cloud State University's Kiehle Case Gallery. Doc to all.

THE INTIMATE BOOKMARK SHOW - Send a bookmark to: // Dr. Surearts _ 20 17th Ave South _ St Cloud, MN 56301 USA // Documentation to all May 1999 // Show at SCSU Kiehle Case Gallery // On going

THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS // technique & size free // ongoing // Arte Studio - R. Emilio Ribas 1465 - 13025-142 Campinas SP Brazil

SALVADOR DALI the centenary 1904-2004 // no deadline // Send your works to: International Union Of Mail Artists Agency Poland - Krzysztu of Knas - ul.Katowicka 53/3 - 41-500 Chorzów Poland

LOST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES // ongoing project, periodical documentation // maximun size 8.5" by 11" or A4 // Francesca Maniaci - 4315 Drolet - Montreal, Quebec H2W 2L7 Camada

ROSE - EROS // size A5 15x21 cm // on going // Pascal Lenoir - 11 ruelle de Champagne - F-60680 Grandfresnoy, France // documentation to all participants

FOLD IT - make a creative world // material & size free // Kunst Keller - Wilischstr. 11 - D-09456 Annaberg, Germany // periodical exhibition & doc.

WATERCOLORS // postcard // Claudio Jaccarino - Via dei Tulipani 7 - 20146 Milano, Italy // Answer to all participants

GRANADA - your impression of Granada, Spain // drawing (B/W) and text on white paper, signed + date + mention your city // 15x21 // Manuel Ruiz Ruiz - C/ Palencia 19, 2 , D CP - 18007 Granada, Spain // preparation of an artist's book on Granada

SEND ME YOU PREFERED C H O C O L A T E // Poplite half-staff _ P.O. Box 205 - I-50052 Certaldo FI // virtual gallery

KINGS, QUEENS, SKULLS AND FAIRIES // ongoing // Marie Meier -12 rue des forgerons - F-67490 Dettwiller-France

WITCHES, POSSESSIONS, DARKNESS // ongoing // Marie Meier - 12 rue des forgerons - F-67490 Dettwiller-France.

ARTISTAMPS // Send your artistamps/postmarks to: ZenaZero - Dilgtweg 26 - NL-9751 NH Haren - The Netherlands // Answer to all // ongoing

ALL ABOUT ANGELS/GINGER HAIR SELF- PORTRAITS/ALBATOR(CAPTAIN HARLOCK)/LUDWIG II OFBAVARIA/ PHARAOS/ CRUCIFIXIONS/ SYMBOLISM:send anything you want about one or some of my calls -No deadline-ongoing- Answer to all - MARIE MEIER-12 rue des forgerons-67490 DETTWILLER-FRANCE- Documentation.

ANTI APARTHEID PROJECT // all media // Ceccotto Alessandro, Via Scarpari, 1/L - 45011 Adria (Ro) Italy // periodical documentation & exhibition

Infinite Regression - repeating images, echoes, reflections, barbershop mirrors, twins, etc. // All Media accepted. Multiple submissions encouraged, especially from people with multiple personalities. // Documentation to all. // Mail entries to: Catch 23 - 1407 Lewis Street - Charleston, WV 25301

Art is Fraud! - Critics have accused - Picasso and others (Motherwell, Rauschenburg, Pollack, Johns, etc.) of committing fraud in the name of art. Well, isn't ALL art fraud in one meaning of the word or another? Send me your fraudulence! // All media accepted. // Documentation to all. // Mail entries to: Catch 23 - 1407 Lewis Street - Charleston, WV 25301

IN THE BOX // send to: The Reine Shad Compagny - 15, 5ue Lacaille d'Esse - F-71100 Chalon/Saône - France

SEND ME ANYTHING ABOUT CHAOS // Ella Joosten, Pastoor van Arsplein 14D/F, 5622 CH Eindhoven, Netherlands // ejo@IAEhv.nl // ongoing // I send you an "attractor image" postcard in return.

SEND MAIL ART COLLAGE // All contributors will receive a clor photo of the collage and a list of participants // Scientist Sam - 11514 N. Rockaway Dr. - Spokane WA 99218 USA

Tarot Cards // Jane Horton, The Post Office, 62 Combe Road, Bath.BA2 5HZ, England // OnGoing Project // Size A4 Max.

HOMETAPERS. The Alchemical Wedding zine is looking for sound collages, spoken word, noise, homemade music, etc. for the CD included in each issue. Strange and experimental is good. Send tapes and CDs to: David Aronson, 3330 Dogwood Drive, Willow Grove, PA 19090 USA or MP3s to JAron98449@aol.com
All contributors will get a copy of the zine. Sound collage CDs also available for trade. Thanks.

"send me an angel"
free media - postal size - ongoing project
all the material will be exhibit al the Museo de Arte de Acarigua Araure in Venezuela next year.
send it to: victor asuaje - calle 9 con av. 25 Nº 24-131. Araure, - edo. Portuguesa, Venezuela.
or to the e-mail: victor_asuaje@hotmail.com

NAVEL (belly-button, napa)
tell me about your relationship with your navel or stories on navels, send mail ART on or about navels or navel cast!
Markku Peltola, Poste Restante, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
(marolapel@hotmail.com )
ongoing.
documentation



II - MAIL ART ASSEMBLY ZINES

BRAINCELL // Ryosuke Cohen - 3-16-1-A-613 Yagumokitacho - Moriguchi City, Osaka 570 - Japan // send your rubberstamps or150 artistamps or stickers // periodical documentation

1 FROM 20 - send 20 originals + short biography // 21x29 cm // Jörg Seifert, Wilischstrasse 11 - D-09456 Annaberg, Germany

ONGOING MAILART ASSEMBLAGE ZINE // send 24 pages, 10x15 cm, leaving 1 cm on longest side, pages may all be the same or different // Planet Dada, 11 Menin Road, Allestree, Derby DE22 2NL, UK // bound volume to all contributors

BRIC A BRAC // send an edition of 20 A6 (10 x 15 cm) cards, any medium or theme to be bound into a mail art collection that shall be returned with contributors documentation
no deadline
send to .....
BRIC A BRAC @ JCSYNTHETICS - 92 Back Hamlet ,Ipswich ,Suffolk , IP3 8AJ , England, UK

MANI ART - An international magazine assembling Mail Art works since 10 years // send 60 originals size 21x15 cm or postcards // In return, receive assembled collection of all submitted works. // Medium & theme free // no deadline // Pascal Lenoir - 11 ruelle de Champagne - F-60680 Grandfresnoy, France.

RÉPARATION DE POÉSIE ARTIST'S BOOK // send 100 original pages max 14x21.5 cm - theme free // Jean-Claude Gagnon - 358 rue Lavigueur 1 - Québec (QC) Canada G1R 1B3 // a copy of the book to each participant

WIPE // send 40 sheets of printed toilet tissue - open theme & technique // edition sent every 20 participants // Field Study - PO Box 1838 - Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia

The Secret Life of a Mermaid // ZenaZero Press, Diltgweg 26, 9751 NH Haren, The Netherlands // 2D, size: A-4 - send a picture, poem, song, drawing, painting, collage, story etc. // answer to all

PANDORA'S BOX // send 50 // 4" x 6.5" // june 99 // 3809 Melwood Ave Pgh, PA 15213 USA // Boxes to all

NOTHING IS TRUE; EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED // David Aronson - 3330 Dogwood Dr. - Willow Grove, PA 19090 // compilation into a zine - no medium or size restrictions // copies & documentation plus my art to all respondants

"22" // The assembling magazine of Planet Susannia // Please send 22+2 signed, numbered pages. // Theme free. // Size A5 (148x210 millimeters) No b/w-copies!!! // Please leave 1 cm (10 millimeters) on logest side // Bound collection /compilation to every artist back. // send to: Planet Susannia / Susanna Lakner - Gräfin von-Linden-Weg 24 - D-70569 Stuttgart

New Mail Art Zine // Lizzard; PO BOX 83; Freeland, MI 48623 // On going // Send mail art to get a new art zine started, also accepting any written poetry, stories etc. Also contest to name the zine.The person whos zine name I pick will get their art printed in first issue of zine in color. Which ends July 6 2002. But continue sending art. All subbmitters will recieve copy of zine that their art is printed in. A zine will be printed every four months.

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