Mail art no. 94

Mail art

Two-sided printed paper piece. Black writing, rubber stamp ink, and U.S. postage stamp on back.

Front and back of a bright green postcard from FaGaGaGa supporting the World Health Organization’s Day Without Art, an observance for World AIDS Day on December 1, 1991. The front features a halftone image of a face with the printed text “FaGaGaGa supports the World Health Organization’s DAY WITHOUT ART, an observance for WORLD AIDS DAY December 1, 1991,” along with a bold black “X” logo labeled “DAY WITHOUT ART.” The back displays a stamped return address label reading “FaGaGaGa, P.O. Box 1382, Youngstown, OH 44501 USA,” and a 19¢ deer postage stamp postmarked November 21 from Youngstown, Ohio, with the overprint “PLEASE MAIL EARLY FOR CHRISTMAS.” It is addressed to “Luna Bisonte, 137 Leland Av, Columbus OH 43214,” and includes a handwritten message: “John, Mel & I are unemployed come Jan 1 maybe we move our operations to downtown who nose? Need yr shoes shined — M.”

FaGaGaGa

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

State University of New York at Buffalo

Poetry Collection, Special Collections, University Libraries

1991

Basinski, Michael

Recipient: Bennett, John M.

Bennett, John M.

Postcards

Image

Still image

Text

Mail Art John M. Bennett Box #1

MA0094

LIB-PC001

2/24/2006

5/25/2006

11 x 14 cm.

Paper (Fiber product)