Title
Mail art no. 64
Subject
Mail art
Description
Front of piece is a white postcard decorated with rubber ink stamps, ball point pen, stickers, found items, and Belgian postage stamps. Verso of postcard is a photograph reproduction decorated with rubber ink stamps, red ball point pen, and pink marker. Submitted as part of the Youth and Mail Art Project.
Two pieces of mail art featuring black-and-white photographs, rubber stamps, drawings, and handwritten text.
The first piece shows two women posed together, their faces and hands altered with pink marker drawings that add dotted patterns, pig-like noses, and ears. The text at the top reads “PIG mail ART” and “YOUTH AND MAIL ART FOR LUV.” Additional purple and red stamped images of pigs and abstract shapes are scattered across the background. At the bottom, “NETWORK” and “from BAUDHUIN SIMON ’92” are printed in purple and red ink.
The second piece is a collaged postcard combining typed, printed, and handwritten elements. Across the top, the printed heading reads “BRAIN CELL / DECENTRALIZED WORLD-WIDE / NETWORKER CONGRESS 1992.” The sender’s information includes “BAUDHUIN SIMON” and “rue d’Hoffschmidt B 6720 Habay.” Handwritten text reads “HABAY LA NEUVE BELGIQUE 27 04 92 HELLO LUCE. THANKS FOR POSTFLUX POSTBOOK 23 PO WEM. FIGHT IN PIGGISH. COURAGE. B.S.” Stamped images and marks appear throughout, including “PIG MAIL & EXPORO DE JOURN LE” and “ANSINS PLUS VITALES.” There are also Belgian bird stamps and an illustration of a crowned pig holding a sword. The address reads “LUCE FIERENS P.C.A. YOUTH & MAILART M.A.C. BOTERSTRAAT 43 B 2811 HOMBEEK.”
The first piece shows two women posed together, their faces and hands altered with pink marker drawings that add dotted patterns, pig-like noses, and ears. The text at the top reads “PIG mail ART” and “YOUTH AND MAIL ART FOR LUV.” Additional purple and red stamped images of pigs and abstract shapes are scattered across the background. At the bottom, “NETWORK” and “from BAUDHUIN SIMON ’92” are printed in purple and red ink.
The second piece is a collaged postcard combining typed, printed, and handwritten elements. Across the top, the printed heading reads “BRAIN CELL / DECENTRALIZED WORLD-WIDE / NETWORKER CONGRESS 1992.” The sender’s information includes “BAUDHUIN SIMON” and “rue d’Hoffschmidt B 6720 Habay.” Handwritten text reads “HABAY LA NEUVE BELGIQUE 27 04 92 HELLO LUCE. THANKS FOR POSTFLUX POSTBOOK 23 PO WEM. FIGHT IN PIGGISH. COURAGE. B.S.” Stamped images and marks appear throughout, including “PIG MAIL & EXPORO DE JOURN LE” and “ANSINS PLUS VITALES.” There are also Belgian bird stamps and an illustration of a crowned pig holding a sword. The address reads “LUCE FIERENS P.C.A. YOUTH & MAILART M.A.C. BOTERSTRAAT 43 B 2811 HOMBEEK.”
Creator
Baudhuin, Simon
Publisher
Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries
State University of New York at Buffalo
Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries
Date
1992
Contributor
Basinski, Michael
Recipient: Fierens, Luce
Fierens, Luce
Rights
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Type
Postcards
Image
Still image
Text
Identifier
Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #1
MA0064
LIB-PC001
Date Created
2/13/2006
Date Modified
5/25/2006
Extent
11 x 15 cm.
Medium
Paper (Fiber product)
Collection
Citation
Baudhuin, Simon, “Mail art no. 64,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed November 21, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/574.