Monochrome Semitone Kodachrome exhibition!

room ready for mail art workshop

Pimlott reception (notice amazing painting on walls!)

I spent two days at Pimlott over the weekend. The first was a private view of art and mail art. Tthere were about 60 people and drinks and food were served at the table where I had my mail art workshop the following day.  Everyone had a chance to look at the mail art up close.  We: me, Patrick (husband) and Helen (friend) hung the pieces in my usual way, and used the window seats for some.  There is also a box covered with fabric that has some other stuff, that you can see in the mail art workshop pic.

I hung the school postcards off a chandelier which I wrote a little bit about. I hung some work that was sent for Bad Romance, Bad Burlesque and some general mail art, that I felt needed to be seen.  People wanted to know if they could buy pieces.  I explained that it is part of my private collection and NFS.

Everyone there went into the barn and we listened to musicians who had flown in from Europe play music related to colour and  black and white. Daniela, a soprano, sang about colour, mostly green.
It was a stunning evening.

Yesterday was a beatiful day and not as many people came to the mail art workshop as had last year.  In fact, not as many people came to view the art and mail art during the day, but the concert was full and people were able to look at the work after the concert.

I loved the way all the work co-existed.  It all felt very connected and relevant and I was proud to share the space with all my international mail art friends!  Thank you!

I have a list of people who participated but I received a few pieces that I haven't yet scanned, so I will do that in a later blog, along with an updated list!

Vivid musical !colour from Torreveuja Espana

I was fooled into thinking Antoia's mail art was for maritime mail art as it had a boat on the envelope!  This is clearly musical colours! Many thanks.

Arriving recently for Monosemikodachrome alphabetically

Great textures and materials - don't miss the cerealism!  Thank you Amy.

Dazzling Digital collages from Alexander Limarev - Russia

When I  show these pieces I think I might ask the musicians to 'sing' some of the images.  I would very much like to HEAR these images!  Thank you Alexander!

Folded Framed Film - from Petropetal

 This very cool piece arrived in the shape of an envelope.  It was stapled and I wasn't sure if I was meant to open it.  I could tell it was for MSK.  Isn't film great? I waited.  I scanned the front and back  then I tugged.

Hiding in the fold is a swimmer pulling his or her way through the waves. Here it upside down. 

I thought of the inside as an altar, a folded picture frame, something that a lover would look at to conjure up the missing partner.  Two postives (a man and woman) are sandwiched together over a mandala.  The effect is beautiful, ornate. It gives me ideas of things to do with kids in schools too.  And I thought, 'that's great, what a fun and effective piece for MSK.'  But there was this staple and I couldn't help wondering… so I tugged and what was revealed was the word, 'AXIOPISTY: the quality that makes something believable.' What a perfect word.  Say it out loud. Petropetal had made me believe in her mail art three times,in three incarnations.  This piece definitely has AXIOPISTY!

and this is what the postives look like on their own.  

I am sticking a piece of velcro on the folding picture frame because I love the piece in that form but at the MSK show I will encourage visitors to prise it apart and investigate other guises.

De Bussy 1862-1918 - From REALNEO

Trashpop from FakeFine Art

It looks as if this piece has been in transit for quite some time ( see a mid March postmark).  Nevermind.  I am as delighted to have my own TRASHPOP now as I would have been if it had arrived with alacrity.  Although I feel as if this aludes to the crushed and spent aspect of pop art, I think Fake Fine Art has pulled off something glorious, and lasting here.  That banana makes me uncomfortable, don't ya think?

Eni Ilis is playing with colour!

 Eni sent me this wrapped blue cellophane postcard.  You will see below that I also received an egg bookmark.  Love that repetition of form! The surprises of fishing for an egg and an egg made of painted grass are delightful. The fisherwoman certainly looks intent.

 The way Eni has created green with the yellow and blue and a darker blue with folds and has left the word 'yellow' in the tiles must be intentional.  

 The envelope is made from a brochure page.  Great stuff!  Thanks you for all the colour!

A Sextet of Monochrome Vispo from Christian Burgaud (France)

Delighted with these striking images from a new contributor! First four are A4 prints and the 5th is a postcard.  Thank you Christian for these musically mathematical pieces.

Greenfield and A1 Waste Paper Kodachrome collab

Checkout all the great stamps and stickers on this envelope from Michael Leigh (and it's recycled)! 

Inside I found a short stack of editions of a collab between Mark Greenfield (mostly, apparently) and Michael Leigh.  I am tempted to ask my audience to create a caption, so much going on it's hard to know where to begin.  The image has a vintage poster feel that is great!  Keep your eyes peeled.  I will be distributing them in the near future.

 In addition to the A4 image, I have a few fluxus bucks ready to share too! 

 You may also recognise some of these characters too! 

 Many thanks A1.  I will weigh my letters with care (to avoid higher postal fees)and sneak a few of these into envelopes of deserving networkers!