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Signed in New York, USA April 2010, by Ruud Janssen and Larry Miller. Was done at the Stendhal gallery in New York at the exhibition there on Fluxus and Rubberstamps. Bewaren
mail-interview with Ruud Janssen – Netherlands (CS)
mail interview with Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) by Carol Stetser (USA) TAM-PUBLICATIONS TAM-970169 THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH RUUD JANSSEN. BY CAROL STETSER Started on: 4-2-1996 CS : Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 10-2-1996 RJ : When someone asks for a date of starting, I mostly answer 1980. But I was sending out mail as.. Read More
mail-interview with Julie Hagan Bloch – USA
THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH JULIE HAGAN BLOCH TAM-PUBLICATIONS TAM-970159 THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH JULIE HAGAN BLOCH 31 Started on: 7-3-95 RJ : Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on: 20-6-1995 JHB: Well, It was probably around the early ’80’s…. 1983 maybe. It sort of pounced…. I’d been carving eraser-stamps for a few years & heard of.. Read More
mail-interview with Norman Solomon – USA
THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH NORMAN SOLOMON (Mr. Postcards). 76 (With the sending of the retyped answers I sometimes made typing-errors to which Norman Solomon reacted. Some of the reactions are worth mentioning, and I have done so with the footnotes) Started on 21-3-1997 Ruud: Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 8-4-1997 (Together with the.. Read More
mail-interview with Ray Johnson – USA
The Mail-Interview with Ray Johnson – USA (unfinished) The Mail-Interview with Ray Johnson went in a special way. He reacted to the first formal invitation like this above. He also wrote on the backside, which added the dimension: He sent it in one of his typical enveloppes: I published the textual version of the interview too, which I will include here as well.This time also inserted the many visuals that.. Read More
mail-interview with Roy Arenella – USA
Ruud Janssen with Roy Arenella – USA Started on 28-7-1997 RJ: Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 28-8-1997 (In the beginning I received some letters from Roy. He was surprised that I invited him, since he has used the rubberstamp: “Photographer” & not “Mail Artist”. He doesn’t consider himself a mail artist and.. Read More
mail-interview with Judith A. Hoffberg – USA
THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH JUDITH A. HOFFBERG- USA 52 – unfinished Started on: 29-8-1995 RJ : Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 4-10-1995 JH : It is hard to remember exactly when I did get involved in the mail-art network. I remember visiting with Ulises Carrion & Aart in Amsterdam, working with them on.. Read More
mail-interview with Jonathan Stangroom – USA
THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN STANGROOM. 63 Started on: 4-2-1996 RJ : Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 2-3-1996 JS : Thank you for the invitation to your interview. I’ve been aware of mail art since my art school days, in the early seventies. I liked the ideas of collaboration and networking (although I.. Read More
mail-interview with John M. Bennett – USA
THE MAIL-INTERVIEW WITH JOHN M. BENNETT Started on: 4-7-1995 RJ : Welcome to this mail-interview. First let me ask you the traditional question. When did you get involved in the mail-art network? Reply on 27-7-1995 JMB: I got involved in mail art about the age of 8, in 1951, crossing the pacific on a ship from Japan to Oregon. I wrapped up little messages and drawings in many layers of.. Read More
