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welcome to the International Union of Mail-Artists. This Blog gives you information and links to all activities undertaken by Ruud Janssen, who started with Mail-Art in 1980 and is still active.

Lix Pen returned to Brussels

in 3D Pen, Breda, Netherlands, Objects, Ruud Janssen

The sad story of the LIX pen. It never worked, and they asked me to send it back to their office in Brussels. I sent it with track and trace, so I know they signed for delivery on June 7th. Three days later no e-mail or message from them. They are not that communicative.  Not sure if I will ever get a working LIX pen in my hands.

Memories for Robin Crozier – UK

in Add and Pass on, Breda, Exhibitions, facebook, Incoming Mail-Art, Links, Netherlands, Outgoing Mail-Art, Ruud Janssen

Robin C rozier did a project where he asked people from the network to share a memory of a specific day and return it to him. In return you would get the memory of someone else. I have tried to collect soms of the memories back, and have saved them in digital form (see above). Also I collect the originals, and have documented my collection on: https://www.facebook.com/memorandommemory/ Some originals are.. Read More

Exhibition at the Bickelmuseum

in Artistamps, Breda, Netherlands, Video

Exhibition at the Bickelmuseum August – September 2010. Videofragments of the room and works by Karl Bickel and Hans-Ruedi Fricker. Documented by Ruud Janssen and Litsa Spathi. The room at the Bickelmuseum was constructed with 9 square rooms in which each selections of works. The works couldn’t be seen outside the boxes. The exhibition was a beautiful surprise. Outside the boxes there were some selections of Hans-Ruedi’s famous shields. Also.. Read More