Feeding the network – October 14th 2018
Three envelopes are leaving Breda today. I call it ‘feeding the network’ since you have to send things in order to receive things. Also I enjoy working on special envelopes of which you here see a few. Click on the single work to get an enlarged view.
Mail to Ryosuke Cohen – Japan – October 2018
Letter written and sent to Ryosuke Cohen. He has been making this many Brain Cells that in return I always send him some handmade works so he knows I appreciate his work. This time a larger envelope went to him. Below you can see the cover on which the address was hand painted:
In a few week I will see what he did use or did not use. Just wanted him to get a nice surprise too. The content has also some handpainted fluxus words in it, so he can read them when he gets the piece
Outgoing envelopes April 2018
Outgoing Envelopes March 2018
Outgoing envelopes – February 2018
Again an envelope to Ryosuke Cohen in Japan to insure that in return I will get a Brain Cell for the TAM Archive. Last version I received was #1009, so the collection grows and grows
Also two envelopes to Heleen de Vaan with a minimalistic address notation. Will see if they get there. The zipcode should reveil the city (Amstelveen), and the sipcode also reveils that the street is a P.O. Box, and therefore the number 581 should be enough. Will the PostNL be
Brain Cell #1000 from Ryosuke Cohen – Japan
Today a large enveloppe from Ryosuke Cohen (Japan) arrived. In it was the collection of BrainCells #980 till #1000 and with it all namelists of those series. I received before from Ryosuke Cohen such sets. They are very interesting for archives and reearchers, so I am very happy with this wonderful gift from Ryosuke Cohen. He did a wonderful work with this project he started in 1985, and in 2017 the series is alreacy 1000 sheets with messages from the globe.
On the cover is a part of the #1000 Brain Cell. I recognize the stamp prints I sent him, and it feels good to be part of this collection. But the whole project itself is more interesting then the individual cells. So many connections and communications were needed to get this done. Also interesting details on how this started in 1985. Some mail-artists are still alive and kicking. Some are dead and some countries even vanished from the postal systems…….
And the formal 1000th issue arrived a few days later in a seperate enveloppe:
Outgoing to Ryosuke Cohen – Japan on 11-11-2017
Outgoing to Ryosuke Cohen – Japan (2017)
Another envelope travels to Ryosuke Cohem to be part of the Braincell project. Soon the 1000th issue will come. It is expected end of this year 2017. Ryosuke has told he will continue the braincells as long as he can. So the collection grows and spreads over the network.
Outgoing to Ryosuke Cohen – Japan
