TAM-Bulletin - 1985

In the 80-ies I issued the TAM-Bulletin. A Mail-Art magazine that was sent out with lots of Mail-Art information about the network. Some copies now pop up on the Internet. Here is a sample from 1985, sent to Mr. Zan in the USA. :


He scanned it with the little note I added to it and published in on facebook. All originals of the TAM-Bulletin are still in the TAM-Archive. These pages were all typed on a typewriter. The pre-computer days were so much fun but also labour intensive....

Article in Broken Pencil - USA

The Undying Art of Mail

We used to send mail, and there used to be an underground movement of artists who made mail art. Laura Trethewey tracks down the artists who made the postal system an integral part of their work to find out how mail art is faring in the age of the Internet.

see: http://www.brokenpencil.com

Some help for Beginners in Networking

Drawing made by Ruud Janssen to explain some of the terms used in Networking. Not complete, but the essence of names used when explaining Networking.

Variation IUOMA-Logo

IUOMA Webshop

A sample of one of the intems form the shop : http://shops.cafepress.com/IUOMA the IUOMA shop with PR materials has opened. The small profit goes into the funds to keep the IUOMA platform online for free for all mail-artists.

IUOMA TV-Channel

Yes, it is there. IUOMA's own TV-Channel, available at:

http://iuoma.blip.tv/

For you to see some of the videos that were made.

Free Download

Only a selected set of books is free for download. Mostly because the other want the information just to be out there for free. Some new publications by TAM are in the beginning also available for free download but that option is removed after a few months to stimulate the sale of the real books which I hope will end up in collections, archives, libraries and museums. Sometimes printed versions of the books are donated to specific libraries (like MoMa Library New York, Schwering Museum Library Germany) to make the information available for the next generation too.

New book : Thesis Michael Lumb

MICHAEL LUMB. MAILART 1955 TO 1995: DEMOCRATIC ART AS SOCIAL SCULPTURE. ABSTRACT. This thesis, written by Michael Lumb in 1997, evaluates the importance of mailart in the late 1990s, traces its development and examines the reasons for the changes that have taken place in the nature of mailart practice. Includes also an interview by Ruud Janssen (NL) with Michael Lumb (UK).

You can download the complete file for free this time. A hardcopy version is available at costprice for you.

For ordering: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/thesis-michael-lumb/10895521

Two new books

On the Webshop from TAM-Publications (see besides this text) you will notice that two new books bave been published this month:

1. The lecture I gave at the Stendhal Gallery in New York was based on two sources: The essay I wrote for the Gallery and a slideshow I used at the Willem de Kooning Art Academy. I combined these two sources. The lecture was recorded on video by 3 sources (Mark Bloch, USA - Larry Miller - USA, Cecil Touchon - Canada). To make the sources available I made a 110 pages book out of these. Download of the files is currently for free.



2. The IUOMA was 20 years old. The period 1988-2008 is documented with a book containing texts by Ruud Janssen, Vittore Baroni, Wilma Duguay, Tulio Restrepo, Geert de Decker and John held Jr. Lots of illustration from the rich history of the IUOMA. Also for this book the material the download will be free for the first time.

see: http://stores.lulu.com/iuoma

New Book: Thesis Honoria

Title: Thesis Honoria

ID: 8151869
Category: Arts & Photography

Description:

The Dissertation Committee for Honoria Madelyn Kim Starbuck Certifies that this is the approved version of the following dissertation: Clashing and Converging: Effects of the Internet on the Correspondence Art Network.

Publisher: TAM-Publications
Copyright Year: © 2010 by Honoria Starbuck
Language: English
Originaly written in 2003

http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/thesis-honoria/8151869

The book is FREE for download. A printed version is available on non-profit basis.