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      In the last years TAM PUBLICATIONS sent lots of texts into the mail art network. On this page you'll find the overview of what is available online. Postal address: P.O. Box 1055, 4801 BB - BREDA, Netherlands.

      updated: 1-12-2013.

      LIST:

    • Publications about MAIL-ART (by Ruud Janssen):

      1. Article about the Evolution in/by Mail-Art. (1993)
      2. Report of my trip to San Francisco / USA. (end 1996).
      3. Acticle to explain the connections between Networking, Internet & Mail Art.
      4. The Communication-forms in Networking (May 1995).
      5. Overview of WORDS used in mail art and networking A till K.

      6. Overview of WORDS used in mail art and networking L till Z.
      7. The history of the TAM-BULLETIN. (1997)
      8. An example of the digital TAM-BULLETIN as published November 1990.
      9. Text about Eraser-carving (written in 1993).
      10. Text about Chain-letters (written in 1994).

      11. Article about the Strategies in the making of HTML-pages (November 1997).
      12. A really Important thing to know for mail artists.
      13. All you ever wanted to know: How SEX and MAIL-ART mix! (joke?).
      14. The Statistical Charts TAM & IUOMA (started 1998).
      15. The MAIL-ART work of the WEEK (started end 1998).

      16. Text for Peter W. Kaufman - DNC 1992-2002 review.
      17. Overview of the Mail-Art CD's in the TAM-Archive Collection - April 2003 (a Text-file)
      18. Overview of the Mail-Art CD's in the TAM-Archive Collection - November 2003 (a .PDF file)
      19. The Extreme Mailings to TAM / IUOMA - Started May 2003
      20. Some images of Tensetendoned with TAM and Janssen! (USA)
      21. TIN with Chicken Ragout from Qpidoremix - Amsterdam, July 2003.

      22. Click on this image to read the .PDF file with statementsJust before the year 2000 started, I experimented with the programm PowePoint presentations which resulted in these set of Visuale Statements which are still very up-to-date today!
      23. The text Mail-Art at the Mirror written for Ruggero Maggi - Italy (feb 2004)
      24. I started my own BLOG with the latest thoughts at http://iuoma.blogspot.com.
      25. Look at latest changes of this site at: OVERVIEW UPDATES
      26. The TAM-PUBLICATIONS where you can find (mostly visual) information on the publications I made, covers an d most recent details.
      27. TAM and RUUD findings is where I document my latest online project in which you can participate.
      28. I started 2004 with my first BLOG. Over the years it has grown quite a bit and contains in 2007 almost 1000 entries. To archive all these postings I made special .PDF - files each month and have placed them here: http://www.iuoma.org/iuomablogarchive.html on this IUOMA-site.
      29. From June 2007 al entries in the Mail-Art Projects Blog are archived: I placed them here: http://www.iuoma.org/mailartprojectsarchive.html on this IUOMA-site.
      30. For the exhibition at the Stendhal Gallery in New York (April- May 2010) I wrote an essay on the subject Fluxus, Mail-Art and Rubberstamps which is also available here: essay_stendhal-gallery_ruud_janssen_v_1_10.pdf

    • Info FOLDERS by Ruud Janssen:

      1. Folder about Mail-Art Historification
      2. Folder about The Postal System.
      3. Folder about the New Generations in Mail-Art.
      4. Folder about Mail-Art websites.
      5. Folder about TAM Rubberstamp Archive.
      6. Folder about Mail-Art and Fluxus.
      7. Folder with details of the Mail-Interview Project and Published Books.
      8. Folder about Mail-Art Changed my Life.
      9. The LuLu StoreFront with books by Ruud Janssen. All Mail-Interviews are available in a set of 5 books there. Proffesionally printed and bound for you. Online ordering only. The newest book is an overview of all mail-art statements written in the past 15 years by Ruud Janssen.

    • Information about the IUOMA:

      1. The IUOMA MAIN PAGE.
      2. Information about the IUOMA.
      3. The IUOMA-logos overview (started 1998).
      4. The IUOMA-brochure (first published 1991).
      5. How to promote the IUOMA (started 1998).

      6. MEMBERS-page of the IUOMA (started 1998).
      7. MAIN SITE of the IUOMA (under construction and never finished ; started 2001).

    • Information about Ruud Janssen & TAM:

      1. Biography Ruud Janssen.
      2. Recent photos of Ruud Janssen.
      3. Ruud Janssen's Artwork.
      4. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - RECENT
      5. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 1

      6. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 2
      7. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 3
      8. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 4
      9. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 5
      10. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 6

      11. Mail Art from Ruud Janssen - PART 7
      12. Visual Poetry - (Animated Gif by Ruud Janssen) - PART 1
      13. Visual Poetry - (Drawing by Ruud Janssen) - PART 2
      14. Visual Poetry - PART 3
      15. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

      16. Backgrounds from one of Ruud Janssen's acryl-paintings

    • Publications about MAIL ART / MAIL ARTISTS (by others):

      1. Network Atlas by Geza Perneczky - Germany - PART 1
      2. Network Atlas by Geza Perneczky - Germany - PART 2
      3. Thesis on MAIL ART (by Michael Lumb , UK)
      4. Article about Edgardo Antonio Vigo (by Clemente Padin).
      5. Mail Art in Chile (by Clemente Padin)

      6. Censorship and Attack on Mail Art in Chile
      7. Article WEB art / Internet Art (by Andrej Tisma , Yugoslavia).
      8. The New project for RAY JOHNSON (1999)
      9. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 1b. (FIRST ONE version b)
      10. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 2. (FEBRUARY 1998)

      11. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 3. (MARCH 1998)
      12. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 4. (MAY 1998)
      13. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 5. (JULY 1998)
      14. Vittore Baroni's IM98 project - update 7.

    • Links to other SITES that publish text from TAM:

      1. The list of dead mail-artists (thanks to Pere Sousa)
      2. Overview Communication-forms in Networking in spanish (thanks to Gerardo Yepiz)
      3. The Fluxus Heidelberg Center
      4. The New IUOMA-Platform

    • INTERVIEWS by/with Ruud Janssen - online versions:

      1. Interviews BY Ruud Janssen with :hardcopy version of 4 interviews that are published

        Al (Blaster) Ackerman, USA , Roy Arenella , USA , Anna Banana, Canada , Vittore Baroni, Italy , John M. Bennett, USA , Guy Bleus , Belgium , Julie Hagan Bloch, USA , Mark Bloch, USA , Anna Boschi , Italy , Jose van den Broucke , Belgium , Patricia Collins, England , the color-version of the hardcopy issue of Mark Bloch's interview Michael B. Corbett, USA , Robin Crozier, England , Mike Dyar , USA , Jenny de Groot, Netherlands , Mark Greenfield, England , Ken Friedman, Norway , Klaus Groh, Germany , John Held Jr., USA - Dallas Part-1 , John Held Jr., USA - San Francisco Part-2 , Dick Higgins, USA , Edward F. Higgins III, USA , Ibirico , Spain , Ray Johnson, USA , Dobrica Kamperelic Yugoslavia , Michael Leigh, England , Michael Lumb, England , Tim Mancusi , USA , Svjetlana Mimica, Croatia , Henning Mittendorf, Germany , Ashley Parker Owens, USA , Julie Paquette, USA , Ayah Okwabi, Ghana , Jurgen O. Olbrich , Germany , Clemente Padin, Uruguay , Clive Phillpot , England , Carlo Pittore, USA , Arto Posto, USA , Robert Rocola , USA , Rudi Rubberoid, USA , Gunther Ruch, Switzerland ,the color-version of the hardcopy issue of Rudi Rubberoid's interview Mr. Postcard - Norman Solomon , (USA) , Jenny Soup, USA , Litsa Spathi (Part-1 , text) , Germany , Litsa Spathi (Part-2 , visual) , Germany , Jonathan Stangroom , USA , Carol Stetser, USA , Rod Summers, Netherlands , Andrej Tisma, Yugoslavia , Edgardo Antonio Vigo , Argentina , Chuck Welch, USA .

        Latest news:

        A few years ago the mail-interview project came to an end. There are a lot of unfinished interviews as well, and here below you can find a list and a link to those unfinished texts:

        Ruggero Maggi (Italy), H.R. Fricker (Switserland), Ko de Jonge (Netherlands), Raphael Nadolny (Poland), Rea Nikonova (Russia), Birger Jesch (Germany), Daniel Plunkett (USA), Patricia Tavenner (USA), Keith Bates (England), Judith A. Hoffberg (USA), Bern Porter (USA), Peter Kustermann (Germany), Steve Perkins (USA), John Evans (USA), Marie Stilkind (USA), Julia Tant (England) , The Unexpected , Netherlands ,. Remember that these are just the rough draughts. They might contain some errors and type-mismatches. I just wanted you to have a look in the kitchen of these mail-interviews as well. I only put those online with some content.

      2. INTERVIEWS with Ruud Janssen - online versions:

        Someone who interviews so many artists can expect that the ball is returned. So it did, and some mail-artists wanted to interview me for a change. Here are some interviews I gave for you to read:

        A mail-interview with Ruud Janssen by Dobrica Kamperelic (YU) , A mail-interview with Ruud Janssen by Carol Stetser (USA) , A mail-interview with Ruud Janssen by Mark Greenfield (UK) , A mail-interview with Ruud Janssen by H.R. Fricker (Switserland).More details you find in the INTERVIEW - section!!!

      3. Newsletter about the MAIL-INTERVIEW project.

      4. The LuLu StoreFront with books by Ruud Janssen. All Mail-Interviews are available in a set of 5 books here. Proffesionally printed and bound for you. Online ordering only.

    • Information from the TAM-ARCHIVE:

      1. Overview TAM-Archive (books 1995 and earlier).
      2. Overview TAM-Archive (books 1996 and 1997).
      3. Overview printed TAM-Publications (1993 , 1994 and 1995).
      4. Overview printed TAM-Publications (1996 upto June 1997).
      5. Newsletter about the TAM-Rubber Stamp Archive.

      6. Access to the Digital GUESTBOOK
      7. The Address-list of participants in the TAM Rubber Stamp Archive.

    • THOUGHTS on mail art:

      • Some thoughts about mail art 1993 (The first set of thoughts).
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-2 (Why write about mail-art?)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-3 (A personal experience)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-4 (The Internet - views in 1995)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-5 (Answering all mail)

      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-6 (text about assembling zines)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-7 (about Eastern-Europe for Museum in Schwerin)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-8 (TAM-PUBLICATIONS, what it is all about)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-9 (Future Communication)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-10 (older statements from 1985-1993)

      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-11 (History : generations in mail-art)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-12 (the Bike Correspondence Club)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-13 (about Ray Johnson)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-14 (How I experience mail art nowadays)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-15 (about Changes)

      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-16 (Answering all the mail you get)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-17 (Future-communication II - online version only)
      • Some thoughts about mail art Part-18 (comes out soon).
      • Overview of all thoughts that are written.
      • New Secrets about Mail-Art - Part 1 (2003).

      • New Secrets about Mail-Art - Part 2 (2003).
      • New Secrets about Mail-Art - Part 3 (2004).
      • New Secrets about Mail-Art - Part 4 (2004 - online soon).

    • SECRET THOUGHTS on mail art:

      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 1 (September 1997)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 2 (October 1997)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 3 (November 1997)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 4 (December 1997)

      go to the newest SECRETS...

      Since I got some nice reactions to my online stories about mail art here is the ongoing list of SECRET THOUGHTS. Remember that they are build up while time passes by......:

      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 5 (January 1998)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 6 (February 1998)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 7 (March 1998)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 8 (April 1998)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art Part 9 (May 1998)
      • Secret thoughts about mail art - CONTINUED

    • SITES-LISTINGS connected to mail art:

      1. List about MAIL-ART at YAHOO search-engine
      2. List of MAIL-ART SITES sorted by Country (by TAM).
      3. Overview of new html-files by TAM.

    • Sending Christmas Cards:

      1. Sending Mail and Gifts at Christmas Time
      2. Cards for Christmas Time
      3. Custom Christmas Cards
      4. Christmas Cards Creativity

      tam honors Ray Johnson on the Internet

      Send e-mail to r.janssen@iuoma.org

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