Title
Mail art no. 117
Subject
mail art
Description
Two sided plastic mail art postcard piece created by Ficus Strangulensis. On the back of the postcard is an abstract collage of layered packaging strips, tape, and colorful fragments crisscrossed by looping red threads on a translucent background. Cloth, paper and other found objects are laminated in the plastic. On the front, the postcard is addressed to “The Baron” in Cleveland, Ohio and includes a handwritten message about duct tape and sound. It is decorated on the front with printed and handwritten labels including a return label for “Ficus Strangulensis” in West Virginia, and a 22-cent U.S. postage stamp. Mail art recipient: Baron.
Creator
Ficus Strangulensis
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1990-1999?
Contributor
Basinski, Michael
Baron
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). Contact the Poetry Collection for more information.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
eng
Type
Image
Text
Identifier
MA0117
Mail Art Baron Box #
Date Created
2006-03-03
Date Modified
2006-05-25
Is Part Of
Mail art. LIB-PC-001
Extent
11 x 16 cm.
Medium
Plastic
Cloth
Stickers
Collection
Citation
Ficus Strangulensis, “Mail art no. 117,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed April 6, 2026, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/478.