Tag Archives: USA

New York, Bihar, Vienna

Publications across three Continents Our literature department, namely Gerald Jatzek, has been busy publishing over the past few months. Here are three examples: Lush and poisonous Green Green is more than a color; it is a symbol, a feeling, a language spoken across cultures, disciplines, and personal experiences. It evokes the vitality of spring, theContinue reading “New York, Bihar, Vienna”

Your Vision of a bright Future

The Northern Kentucky University has launched an open call for mail art with the theme My Own Utopia: If you could create a perfect Utopia, what would it look like? All work must be original and no larger than 10′ × 10″ × 10″ (25,4 cm × 25,4 cm × 25,4 cm). This can includeContinue reading “Your Vision of a bright Future”

Get Rhythm

An Anthology with an enhanced Reader’s Connection Update 11/24: The anthology “Cadence-Life’s Poetic Rhythms” has been nominated as a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Congratulations to all who have contributed to this anthology! In various places on the web, the Raleigh-based Prolific Pulse Press is characterized as a micro-press. In terms of output, however,Continue reading “Get Rhythm”

Music to make Mail Art by

“I hope you have fun going through the list and listening to something that you may not have otherwise known about or something you my have forgotten about.” In January, Adam Roussopoulos, a well-known and very active mail artist, started his project The Ultimate Mail Art Playlist. He asked the community two questions: Adam collectedContinue reading “Music to make Mail Art by”

A Goodie Bag from Hanna

We recently received mail from the USA: a thick envelope containing a plethora of objects. There were drawings [enlarge] as well as photos from magazines. We found a sketch explaining the function of a dredging boat and some of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous anatomical studies. (Unfortunately, not the originals.) The sender was Hanna Marie DeanContinue reading “A Goodie Bag from Hanna”

Adam’s Stamps

US-based mail artist Adam Roussopoulos has “passion for making artistamps”. Two sheets of his stamps reached Vienna two days ago and were well received by Gabriele and Gerald. The black-and-white stamps are accompanied by three text fragments: Now here comes the creative part for our readers. We’d like you to develop your personal interpretations andContinue reading “Adam’s Stamps”

Beautiful Mandolins

Mandolins are not only fun to play; many are real beauties as you can see here. They form an extensive family of instruments with members in places like Italy, Brazil, India, Greece, the Balkans, the British Isles, the USA and others. They exist in a vast number of shapes, sizes and tunings from the piccolo mandolin’s c’Continue reading “Beautiful Mandolins”

The Rabbitfish

This strange animal recently entered the house via the mailbox. The story goes that is has been bred by Melissa Wand from the FLUXfish group within the International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA). The other side of the postcard is designed as a spade nine, formed by a school of spade fish. Thank you, Sil, weContinue reading “The Rabbitfish”

New Poems in Canada and the USA

Nature is not good or bad, not ugly or beautiful, not weak or strong. Nature is, and nature is sometimes hard to understand. This is where poetry comes in. “What can be explained is not poetry”, wrote the great Irish poet William Butler Yeats in a note to his son. However, poetry can explain theContinue reading “New Poems in Canada and the USA”

Un aniversario muy triste

Exposiciones de mail art en diferentes Universidades de la ciudad de Antofagasta El 11 de septiembre mucha gente en Europa recuerda los atentados que ocurrieron el mismo día en el año 2001. Pero para la América Latina democrática esta fecha es relacionada dolorosamente con el 11 de septiembre de 1973. Maya López Muro y RogelioContinue reading “Un aniversario muy triste”

Exchange of Trees

The International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA) hosts nearly 400 special interest groups on its server. One of our favorites is devoted to the art of trees. The description reads: “Without trees the world would be dead and a place of disaster. With trees the world can tackle global warming. Hug a tree and you hugContinue reading “Exchange of Trees”

Possibilities of the Body

How do we use our bodies to work, to perform, to create, to play, to compete, to unwind, to care for others, to build, to communicate, to hike, or to accomplish any of the tasks we confront in everyday life? How do we use our elbows, our feet, our hands, our torso, our ankles, ourContinue reading “Possibilities of the Body”

By Chance

Melanie Reed from Seattle loves to produce hand-crafted media that reveals the three-dimensional process of its creation. Her excellent paper collages Meeting of Minds and Ship of State II reached me, while I was reading a book about Max Ernst who developed the three-dimensonal techniques grattage (scraping the surface layers of paint) and frottage (incorporating the structuresContinue reading “By Chance”

Bilingual

Recently, two of Gerald’s texts were published nearly simultaneously in Austria and the US. The literature magazine Book of Matches has included the poem Farewell Song in its spring issue (no. 5). It features prominently as the last text of the publication. The first issue was published in January 2021. The journal is edited byContinue reading “Bilingual”

Colorfull Collages

Two wonderful collages from Seattle reached Vienna on the last day of March. They are works of Melanie Reed, titled New Year’s Eve and Object Lesson. Both images – Melanie calls them “unlikely art visions” – show a strong tension between a static central object and a background filled with colorful objects moving in a variety of directions.

Inspired by Leonard Cohen

When it comes to David L. O’Nan, a lot of people know what he is doing, while it is difficult to imagine, how he finds the time and the energy for all these activities. He is a poet and a writer of stories whose works have been published in books and literary magazines. Together withContinue reading “Inspired by Leonard Cohen”