Title
Mail art no. 69
Subject
Mail art
Description
Two-sided copy art postcard piece. Front is black and white copy art design. Back is white decorated with multicolor rubber ink stamps. Piece was submitted as part of the Youth and Mail Art Project.
Two pieces of mail art related to a 1992 youth mail art exhibition in Hombeek, Belgium.
The first item is a black-and-white printed flyer announcing “YOUNG MAIL-ARTISTS HOMBEEK 1992.” It lists the theme “YOUTH & MAIL-ART,” and states that the exhibition would be shown at the Höje Youth Centre in April 1992. The deadline is “31 MARCH 1992,” and submissions are “free,” with a “Max A4 (21 x 30 cm)” size limit. Participants are instructed to send material to “LUCE FIERENS — YOUTH & MAIL-ART — c/o Boterstraat 43, B-2811 Hombeek, BELGIUM.” The flyer includes the phrases “EXHIBITION & DOCUMENTATION & ARCHIVING!!” and “Mail-heart.” Overlaid are circular stamps reading “MAIL ART COUNTRY BELGIUM HEART OF EUROPE” and “enfant terrible FLUXUS,” along with abstract printed imagery.
The second item is a mailed envelope dated “30.1.92” and postmarked “MECHELEN.” It bears red, purple, and green ink stamps, including the phrases “MAIL ART IS A PASSION TO BUILD A DREAM ON” and “PASSION CREATES ART.” The sender’s address is “LUCE FIERENS — PASSION CREATES ART — MAIL-ARTCOLLECTION — BOTERSTRAAT 43 — B-2811 HOMBEEK-BELGIUM.” The envelope is addressed to “SYLVAIN Houcke, Rue de la Mélune 32, B-7782 Ploegsteert,” with handwritten and crossed-out notations. A Belgian postage mark indicates “BELGIE BELGIQUE 10.00F.”
The first item is a black-and-white printed flyer announcing “YOUNG MAIL-ARTISTS HOMBEEK 1992.” It lists the theme “YOUTH & MAIL-ART,” and states that the exhibition would be shown at the Höje Youth Centre in April 1992. The deadline is “31 MARCH 1992,” and submissions are “free,” with a “Max A4 (21 x 30 cm)” size limit. Participants are instructed to send material to “LUCE FIERENS — YOUTH & MAIL-ART — c/o Boterstraat 43, B-2811 Hombeek, BELGIUM.” The flyer includes the phrases “EXHIBITION & DOCUMENTATION & ARCHIVING!!” and “Mail-heart.” Overlaid are circular stamps reading “MAIL ART COUNTRY BELGIUM HEART OF EUROPE” and “enfant terrible FLUXUS,” along with abstract printed imagery.
The second item is a mailed envelope dated “30.1.92” and postmarked “MECHELEN.” It bears red, purple, and green ink stamps, including the phrases “MAIL ART IS A PASSION TO BUILD A DREAM ON” and “PASSION CREATES ART.” The sender’s address is “LUCE FIERENS — PASSION CREATES ART — MAIL-ARTCOLLECTION — BOTERSTRAAT 43 — B-2811 HOMBEEK-BELGIUM.” The envelope is addressed to “SYLVAIN Houcke, Rue de la Mélune 32, B-7782 Ploegsteert,” with handwritten and crossed-out notations. A Belgian postage mark indicates “BELGIE BELGIQUE 10.00F.”
Creator
Fierens, Luce
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: Houcke, Sylvain
Fierens, Luce
Rights
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Type
Postcards
Image
Still image
Text
Identifier
Mail Art Luce Fierens Box #1
MA0069
LIB-PC001
Date Created
2/13/2006
Date Modified
5/25/2006
Extent
10 x 15 cm.
Medium
Paper (Fiber product)
Collection
Citation
Fierens, Luce, “Mail art no. 69,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed November 21, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/578.