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the drawing nothing machine project - new functions - 2026
Posted by Juan Petry on January 4, 2026 at 12:50pm 1 Comment 1 Like
hello iuoma community, this is the updated version of the drawing nothing machine in 2026 and we give it another round. we are looking for creatives playing around with the idea of drawing "nothing" or drawing the "something around the nothing" instead.
check it out. enjoy.…
ContinueThank you Predrag Petrović
Posted by Zorica Obradović on January 4, 2026 at 10:52am 3 Comments 4 Likes
Thank you Ryosuke!
Posted by Zorica Obradović on January 4, 2026 at 10:24am 0 Comments 6 Likes
From our dadaist colleagues
Posted by Oberdada Jr. on January 3, 2026 at 7:28pm 0 Comments 6 Likes
This is what jumped out of my mail box yesterday from StradaDa:
Not familiar, but I'll look out for her. Is there a bounty?
Thank you Giovanni and…
ContinueFireShot%20Pro%20Webpage%20Capture%20045%209%20by%20Meta%20AI.pdf a PDF captured by Fireshot Pro of a session with MetaAI 'imagining' nine images based on my textual prompts.
Posted by Ficus strangulensis on January 3, 2026 at 7:27pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
FireShot%20Pro%20Webpage%20Capture%20045%209%20by%20Meta%20AI.pdf
a PDF captured by Fireshot Pro of a session with MetaAI 'imagining' nine images based on my textual prompts.
2026 INTERNATIONAL MAIL ART SHOW CALL FOR ENTRIES
Posted by dadaStation21 on January 3, 2026 at 7:23pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Incoming: NonLocal Variable and Hanna Wright
Posted by William M on January 3, 2026 at 5:50pm 0 Comments 6 Likes
Interesting stuff from Non as usual. Especially like the year end musical round-up. I still need to take a proper dive into it all though.
Lots of great work from…
I received New-years-wishes from Stefanie Maschek - Kästner is a really good choice. Thank you!
Posted by Maxie Eulig on January 3, 2026 at 3:31pm 1 Comment 7 Likes
From Juan Petry
Posted by Tomoe N on January 3, 2026 at 2:37pm 0 Comments 3 Likes
I received a mail art from Spain. 🇪🇸 from CASA del DRAGON
info IUOMA
Somehow people always think that if a group of artists work together that then there must automatically be some kind of organisation that coordinates it all. Well, in mail art there are many groups working together. These groups themselves also work together, but there is NO organisation that arranges all the things that go on in the mail art network. The I.U.O.M.A. is the Union that mail artists can become a member of. The Union has no rules. Everybody who is active in mail art and hears about the Union can become a member just by saying so.
In 1988 the idea of the IUOMA was born. I invented this name and made forms for people to become a member of this (fictive) union. About 300 mail artists reacted in a year, and official membership cards were made, even a official Union Magazine was published. Anybody who was a member of the Union could also claim a special function within the Union.
Even today, people still join the Union. And somehow it gives power, to say that YOU are a member of the International Union too. It is just the center for archiving all the things that are going on. But I am not in control of the Union. I just invented it. And to make it official, I made myself General-President of this Union. Sure was impressive when I travelled to the USSR in 1991 and went to visit some friends there who were also members of this Union........
Today online on Ning there are thousands of members. On December 2nd 2018 the 5000th member joined in.
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MURMURATION Mail-Art Project
January 24, 2025 at 6pm to January 24, 2026 at 7pm – France
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Convocatoria e invitación de Mail art A(rt)viso una Poesía (arte aviso una poesía)
May 26, 2025 to March 26, 2026 – Lo barnechea. Región Metropolitana. Código postal. 7690000.Chile
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CALL FOR MAIL ART: "SHE SPEAKS: Women’s Voices and Visions"
May 26, 2025 to February 2, 2026 – Lake Worth Beach, FLorida USA
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FANTASTIC HERBARIUM (VOL.2)
June 30, 2025 at 6pm to June 30, 2026 at 7pm – Firenze, Italy
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The Market Gallery - UK Exhibition Opportunity
July 20, 2025 to July 7, 2026 – The Market Gallery, 15 Market Place, South Shields, UK
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"Anche questo serve alla discussione che Gina, Ermete ed io vogliamo fare qui. Ho smesso... un po' come hanno fatto anche alcuni cantanti come Mina (celeberrima) ... perché non amavo più dover programmare le mostre o le…"
no i have no idea
I started this ink piece on rice paper about ten days ago, but then life happened and I had to take a break for some guests. Now that I’m back at it, I’ve completely lost the thread—it’s like the original idea and the feeling I was going for have…
"tu brunocassaglia, come mai dopo tante mostre e performances hai scelto di fare solo web e mail art? "
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"Serbia is officially following 'global trends'—postage prices just went up! Still affordable, but hey, at least we’re staying trendy! 😁😁😁🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣❗"Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Discussions. Last reply by Zorica Obradović yesterday.
My Offer : Lots of My Mail Art for You - REQUEST : Donation to IUOMA ! 5 Replies
Hello dear fellow IUOMA members,In short, I would like to monetarily support IUOMA but currently I cannot. So, I thought of this idea that I send you lots of my mail art, mostly made with my hand-carved stamps prints, and in return, you just donate…Continue
Started by Kiki in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Kiki Dec 25, 2025.
Tell me, who sent me two torn dollars?
Dear friends, please tell me, who exactly sent me two torn dollars in the mail? Someone used these two postcards to send me a very unusual art message with ruined dollars. Two $1 bills, torn in half, placed between postcards. The message arrived in…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects Dec 23, 2025.
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!? 3 Replies
The Twilight Zone, The X-Files, or My Ignorance and Ignorance?!?I drew a drawing on cardboard with this pencil. When I laminated, the drawing disappeared. An empty cardboard remained. On the second postcard, I just wrote the address with this pen,…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Oberdada Jr. Dec 15, 2025.
News from Moscow: Mail Art to The Garage Museum 1 Reply
In 2019, I wrote on the IUOMA portal:“If you want to get rid of excess postal art, you can donate your collection of postal art to the Museum of Moscow. With my participation in the Museum of Moscow, an archive of postal art for art historians and…Continue
Started by Ilya Semenenko-Basin in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Leslie Levenson Dec 9, 2025.
ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED 30 Replies
are there any volunteers for the research?a few days ago they didn't want to receive my envelope at the post office.The reason was the ADDRESS WRITTEN IN RED.They say that any color can be used except red.Red is supposedly for controllers.If anyone…Continue
Started by Zorica Obradović in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Zorica Obradović Dec 1, 2025.
ANyone Interested 3 Replies
Started by Amber Scribble in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by Juan Petry Nov 19, 2025.
Mail art envelope orientation query 5 Replies
Hey mail art friends, is it correct that if I want to send a mail art envelope with the envelope design and its address info oriented to portrait style vs landscape style, it costs extra postage?Continue
Started by Melanie Reed in Mail-Art Projects. Last reply by holly johnson Nov 6, 2025.
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