product. The more that is resisted the quicker it will
become reality. Check out
Thomas Goldwasser. He had a show for sale last time I
looked. People collect everything. Mail is prime. We
do well to watch and perhaps influence the ethics of
the commercialization of mail. Mail is clearly a
product which ultimately will be cashed by people we
will never meet. The creation of new wealth is a
considerable achievement, something to be recognized
and managed by those of us making these artifacts and
mailing them around. What is true in the experience of
us all is that we make, send and receive artifacts.
Artifacts of all kinds are traded. Just products.
--- JJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Gallery vs. Museum
> Yeah, I think there is an implication that galleries
> sell art, museums collect and exhibit it, but that
> said...
>
> Dragonfly Dream never implied, hinted or otherwise
> stated that she'd be selling actual mail art. She
> DID
> say that she would have to pay the rent by selling
> something, though. So what if it's mail art-like
> postcards, artistamps, artist trading cards...???
>
> Sell, money, invest, price, judge...hot button words
> in mail art.
>
> I remember this "mail art and money don't mix"
> discussion from my first days online and with mail
> art. It can be a discussion that gets very heated
> and
> emotional. It's also interesting because I don't
> believe there are any hard and fast rules...while
> many
> would disagree with me.
>
> My understanding of mail art's beginning is that it
> was an attempt to encourage artists to create
> without
> the pressure of producing something that would sell.
>
> Something that a gallery would choose to hang,
> something that a would get "juried" into a group
> show.
> The mail art network offered a unique opportunity
> to
> send off ideas, partially expressed ideas,
> experiments
> with technique, or finished projects. The main
> event
> being the creation process.
>
> What happened after it was mailed away was part of
> the
> magic. It still is in my book!
>
> My dear mentor, arto posto, dropped me when we got
> into this discussion and i still feel a bit
> misunderstood. Maybe not. For some this is very
> black and white while I see it having many shades of
> grey.
>
> Go Alice GO! And good luck!
>
> Love,
> ex posto facto
>
>
>
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