1st Dodo/Dada Notebook, ITALY

SOLO PER I TUOI
OCCHI Selezione d’immagini e di pensieri
dagli archivi privati d’Arte postale
I QUADERNI DI DODODADA 1

Dodo/Dada Notebook, "FOR YOUR EYES" from Claudio Romeo

of Dodo/Dada ARTE POSTALE.

Click http://dododada.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=691247%3ATopic%3A8324

then open "Attachment PDF quaderno 01.pdf".

O U T G O I N G, France & Uruguay

For jnp, FRANCE and Dr. Arnoldo Marti, URUGUAY.

Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont USA

Michael Goetz, USA

Emilio & Franca Morandi, ITALY

Emilio & Franca

O u t g o i n g, FRANCE

Already Dated Mail Art Call, to jnp, FRANCE.

A.A. Berry, USA

Dr. Arnoldo Marti, URUGUAY

Shmuel, USA

A Plea To Forsake contribution.

magentaraves/wordpress.com, USA

A Plea To Forsake contribution.

ELLEN MAKES ME SMILE Mail Art/ist Book Contributors

Zlatko Krstevski, MACEDONIA

Vittore Baroni, ITALY

Sztuka Fabryka, BELGIUM

Schoko Casana Rosso, GERMANY

Piet Franzen/Sidac, HOLLAND

Paul Tiilila, FINLAND

Mailarta, CANADA

Julia Tant, UK

Bruno Capatti, ITALY

Jim Leftwich, USA

Jesse Edwards/Jes Archives, USA

Jaromir Svozilik, NORWAY

J. Boyd, USA

Guido Vermeulen, BELGIUM

Giovanni & Renata Strada Da Ravenna, ITALY

Generalissimo J. Dalio, USA

Freek Lomme, NETHERLAND

Denis Charmot, FRANCE

Dawson, USA

Clemente Padin, URUGUAY

Christine Tarantino, USA

Antoni Miro, SPAIN

Al-Sayed Al-Sayed Yaseen, EGYPT

Theo Nelson, CANADA

From The Cartoon Landscape Times...

“All the reality that can be imagined - just like the Bush Administration.”
Volume 5 / Number 8 July 2007
“Mail Art and Art Books”
Into which I hesitantly stumble...
copyright © 2007 Theo Nelson / www.whimsyandcolour.com / tnelson@bexx.com
July 14, 2007,
Happy Bastille Day, France!
I added a bunch of Mail Art practitioners to my “Seasonal Greetings” mailing list this last time and I’ve had a few
responses. I also had an invitation to a Mail Art call for Art Books. So in responding to Mail Art letters I thought I’d
practice a bit with the book concept. For those of you not familiar with the above terms “Mail Art” is just that - art
sent through the mails. It is an original creation, be it drawing, painting, print, sculpture, fabric, collage, whatever.
Pretty simple concept with, I gather, two rules: no money is involved and a recipient should always respond. If I am
incorrect in that definition, let me know.
Mail art has been around for a very long time. I remember reading about about it in the early 70s and a Canadian
artist going by the handle of “Anna Banana” was the subject of the review. She’s still going strong. It is an
international movement with participants covering the whole planet. “Art Books” can be complete original
constructions or they can be “Altereds”. Altereds are existing books that the creator takes and adds to with different
captions, photos, pop-ups, original art, etc. to enhance or change the thematic content of the book. Original
constructions are from the ground up builds of a book done to a theme or idea the artist wants to play with. There is
some amazing stuff being done. From Google for “Art Books” and “Altereds” searches the starting point is referred to
as: “You take an old book with solid binding, but defunct information, and remake the book into something”. Yeah,
that’ll do it! Check out some of the work on the web. “http://www.jennysartspace.com/alteredbooks/” “http://www.
logolalia.com/alteredbooks/’
For my initial efforts I've made a 5 x 7 inch pamphlet and inserted two ATCs in a window format. The ATCs are a
thematic series called “Corduroy Hills” and I’ve made four books in total. Below are ten cards in the series, the final
two are in the booklet example on page 2.
Inside Front - Windows closed and open
Corduroy Hills # 2 Corduroy Hills # 3
Corduroy Hills # 2 Corduroy Hills # 3

copyright © 2007 Theo Nelson / www.whimsyandcolour.com / tnelson@bexx.com
Inside Back - Windows closed and open
Outside Back Outside Front
That’s All Folks! ’Til Later...

Theo Nelson, CANADA

Receiving a Mail Art/ist Book is always a thrill, I appreciate the time it takes to create one.

Richard Canard, USA

"Tarantino" poem written in Ice Blue Blueberry & Lemonade Kool-Aid Mix (artificial flavor) & dots of ink..." Sweet smelling mail art!!

Summer Garden in Wendell

C.A.T. at home in Wendell.

Maurizio Follin, ITALY

JNP, FRANCE

Carroll Brooks USA

Theo Nelson, CANADA

ATCs from "Sun Peeking..." Suite, from June 2007 issue, "The Cartoon Landscape Times".

Anna Christina, BELGIUM

Chevalier Dan C. Boyer, USA