Matthew, Vortice is a mail art collective in Argentina and I am a networker in Belgium. I participated just like you in the Vortice projects. Don't confuse people and countries, please.
I suggest you also try to follow the social, economical and political situation of countries outside the US. Argentina was in a deep economic crisis for several years, people could not get their money from the banks. All assets were blocked. That is or was the main reason why it was extremely difficult (nearly impossible) for the mail art community in Argentina to keep in touch with other mail artists thru' the mail. They could not afford the stamps and the postal system was not reliable anymore. Even now people will send me registered mail from Argentina to be sure it arrives at destination. During the years of the crisis email communication was the only alternative! I mainly kept in touch with mail artists in Argentina by email. Argentina has now a new government who is slowly redressing the economic situation. I hope this helps you to understand the situation IF you want to understand the situation, that is. What we don't need in mail art is abuse... Guido "gangster" Vermeulen Original Message: ----------------- From: MATTHEW ROSE [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:47:48 -0700 (PDT) To: [email protected] Subject: (",) vortice argentina I've had an irritating experience with Guido Vermeulen and his vortice argentina projects. Some years ago he asked for a project that involved 1.5 inch works to be included in some kind of book edition, a mix of artist works, a copy of each to be sent to participating artist. I happily contributed a box of such little works and have never seen a finished piece. Never received an acknowledgement (although I did see he listed me). After having written Vermeulen several times I've given up, and see him as yet another mail art gangster. So what did he do with my work? And the work of others? I have no idea. He doesn't write back. He pisses me off. I'll never send him another project in good faith. Screw him. Matthew Rose http://homepage.mac.com/mistahcoughdrop/ http://homepage.mac.com/mistahcoughdrop/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Has someone you know been affected by illness or disease? Network for Good is THE place to support health awareness efforts! http://us.click.yahoo.com/rkgkPB/UOnJAA/Zx0JAA/fuDrlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mailinglist from Sztuka Fabryka http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ma-network/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
