Mail art no. 80

mail art

Two-sided mail art piece composed of a timecard decorated with multi-color paint on the front. The back is decorated with paint, rubber stamp ink and affixed with U.S. postage stamps. The first two images show the front and back of a single postcard created from an IBM punch card. The front features a visually striking abstract artwork: a mix of vivid paint strokes layered across the pre-printed numbers and coding grid of the punch card. The paint’s vibrant reds, blues, and greens transform the utilitarian object into a colorful piece of mail art, typical of the experimental correspondence art movement of the late 20th century. The back reveals the postcard’s functional side, turning the painted punch card into a personal communication. It bears the sender’s stamped address from San Antonio, Texas, and a postmark from July 1982. The handwritten note from Gene Elder to Daniel Graham thanks the recipient for a letter, combining art and casual correspondence. This hybrid of technological artifact, artwork, and personal note reflects the creative reuse of computer-era materials in mail art culture. Mail art recipient: Daniel Mark Graham.

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Elder, Gene

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries

Basinski, Michael

Graham, Daniel Mark

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MA0080

Mail Art The Poetry Collection Box #

2006-02-24

2006-05-25

Mail art. LIB-PC-001

9 x 19 cm.

paper (fiber product)

time cards

punched cards

computer art (visual works)

postcards