
On mail from Nico van Hoorn to Samuel Montalvetti I noticed that Nico still is printing the Chinese word for Mail-Art. Thanks for this advertising!
A research project started in May 2010 by Ruud Janssen. The final goal is to find Chinese Mail-Artists and maybe get some artists from China to join the International Mail-Art network. For more information on Mail-Art projects go to: http://mailartprojects.blogspot.com/. Already a first Mail-Artist is travelling to China. See also : http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/chinamailart
On May 4th I started this small research project. Where are the chinese mail-artists? First I have to ask the question. Als I made add & pass on papers which I will send into the Network. What I hope for is to connect to some Chinese Mail-Artists and integrate them into the global network.
In the 80-ies I did have some contacts with Chinese artists. Also because artists from the USA worked inside China and arranged some contacts. Nowadays hina grows, but the connections in our global Mail-Art network have not been established. Maybe this small project will bring some changes.
I will keep you updated on what happens and what this reserach brings by blogging all about what happens after I started this project.
Ruud Janssen, May 3th 2010