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The MachinistHow the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art Movement Podcast: KQED's Forum (LS 52 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: How the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art MovementPub date: 2023-02-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThe humble copy machine was meant to revolutionize office work. But when the Xerox 6500 color copier was introduced in 1973, its ability to print in saturated colors on plain paper jump started an avant garde Bay Area art movement. Copy machines offered artists a chance to play with color, form and image as copies were made of cop...2023-02-2257 min
KQED's ForumHow the Xerox Machine Launched A Bay Area Art MovementThe humble copy machine was meant to revolutionize office work. But when the Xerox 6500 color copier was introduced in 1973, its ability to print in saturated colors on plain paper jump started an avant garde Bay Area art movement. Copy machines offered artists a chance to play with color, form and image as copies were made of copies and the piece changed form. The copier also democratized art by making prints cheap and easily available. We’ll talk with the curators and artists featured in “Positively Charged,” a new art exhibit that looks at the evolution of copy art and zines...2023-02-1055 min
Senders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 15: (part 02) Books! Books! Books! (about Ray Johnson!)Episode 15: Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff discusses books about Ray Johnson!
In the not-so-distant past, it used to be difficult to find books about correspondence artist Ray Johnson. Most books were either out of print or incredibly expensive. Episode 15 highlights three recent books with Ray Johnson as the subject matter: Siglio Press's 2014 reprint of the Johnson classic The Paper Snake, Matthew Marks Gallery's Ray Johnson, and the recently released exhibition catalog Ray Johnson c/o.
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SHOW NOTES:
--> documentary: How To Draw A Bunny
--> Siglio Press's reprint of The Paper Snake
--> M...2021-09-0932 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 14: (part 01) Books! Books! Books! (about mail art!)
Episode 14: Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff discusses books about mail art!
Suggestions from SR listeners resulted in a fantastic list of books to be discussed (now and in future episodes!) For Episode 14 Jennie reviews “The World of Donald Evans” (Wally Eisenhart), “45 Years of Fooling Around With Anna Banana” (Michelle Jacques), and the listener suggested “Hand Illustrated Postal Envelopes” (David Swales).
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SHOW NOTES:
about: Donald Evans
see the exhibition: 45 Years of Fooling Around With Anna Banana
Hand Illustrated Postal Envelopes by David Swales
Resources for seeking out used books:
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Follow Senders Receive on Instagram and learn about upcoming episode...2021-07-2921 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 13: (part 02) mail artist, artistamp maker, & archivist Chuck Welch / Crackerjack Kid (New Hampshire, USA)Chuck Welch a.k.a. Crackerjack Kid continues the conversation in Part 02 of his Senders Receive interview!
Crackerjack has spent the last twelve years archiving and organizing his mail art collection, for inclusion at the Smithsonian Museum's Archives of American Art. He has curated mail art exhibitions for various institutions, most recently the show "Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail Art" at the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont. For Part 02 of his interview, we discuss what it’s like to open an exhibition on the brink of a pandemic, meeting other mail artists in person, an...2021-07-1547 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 12: (part 01) mail artist, artistamp maker, & archivist Chuck Welch / Crackerjack Kid (New Hampshire, USA)Chuck Welch (a.k.a. The Crackerjack Kid) is author of "Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology", one of the earliest and best anthologies of mail art thought and writing. His artistamp and mail art works have long circulated throughout the Network; recent artistamp issues cover topics such as BLM, C19, and political protest.
Crackerjack has spent the last twelve years archiving and organizing his mail art collection, for inclusion at the Smithsonian Museum's Archives of American Art. He has curated mail art exhibitions for various institutions, most recently the show "Postcards to Brattleboro: 40 Years of Mail A...2021-07-0135 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 11: mail artist & maker Mitsuko Brooks (Brooklyn, NY)Episode 11: Mitsuko Brooks was born in the Aomori Prefecture of Japan and moved to the United States at an early age. She is a 1.5 generation Shin-Issei Japanese American artist living and working in New York. Her mail art collages, artists books, zines, and assemblages are in special collections and libraries throughout North America, including the Smithsonian's Archive of American Art. Her work often utilizes storytelling or personal narrative while incorporating dense layered visuals or the use of materials others might consider discards.
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Follow Mitsuko's adventures on Instagram: @mitsukobrooks
and via the web: https://mitsukobrooks.co...2021-06-1749 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 10: mail artist, zine maker, & prankster Ken Miller (Newtown, PA)Episode 10: Ken Miller's mail art zine "Shouting at the Postman" (started in 1995) was (and is) a labor of love, focusing on personal stories, mail art anecdotes, and the occasional recipe. Currently, Ken (literally) weaves mail art out of photos and creates collages out of memory.
Join Senders Receive host Jennie Hinchcliff as she sits down with Ken and gets the lowdown for episode 10!
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SHOW NOTES:
Visit Ken's website Shouting at the Postman and follow him on IG: @shoutingatthepostman
Ken's Beluga Post artistamp project
Mail artists mentioned: Ivan Preissler, Eberhard Janke/Edition Janus...2021-06-0349 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 03: mail artist & artistamp maker Amber Wolf (Portland, OR)Episode 03: Amber Wolf is a collage artist, artistamp maker, and the current showrunner for the Portland Correspondence Co-op. Amber recently completed a cross country train trip via Amtrak, sending mail art from whistle stops along the way. In this interview, she discusses her first forays into mail art, what she likes about collage, and staying (analog) connected in this digital age.
Shownotes:
Postal Collage Project
On Kawara's "I Got Up" postcard series
Portland Correspondence Co-op on FB
Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the musicial ar...2021-06-0339 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 05: mail/collage artist & artistamp maker Sally Wassink :: Wurlitzerworld (SF, CA)Episode 05: Sally Wassink (a.k.a Wurlitzerworld) is a multi talented collage, mail, and artistamp maker. Sally's work has been shown in various exhibitions, including the Wereldmuseum's 2017 exhibition "Power Mask". Her collage work recently appeared in the pages of Ukrainian Vogue and has been showcased as the primary cover image for the exhibition catalog for the "Power Mask" exhibition.
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Show notes:
purchase Sally's artistamp sheet via The Portland Stamp Company
--> exhibition (and exhibition catalog): The World Exists to Be Put on a Postcard: Artists Postcards From 1960 to Now
au...2021-06-0352 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 09: mail/book artist & artistamp innovator Sas Colby (Berkeley, CA)Episode 09: Sas Colby is a respected mixed media artist with a history of creating
and sending mail art. She has been making, exhibiting and teaching art
for more than fifty years, and is well known for her nontraditional
artists books. Her artiststamps created through the 80’s and into the 90’s are considered some of the best and earliest examples of the genre.
Sas has exhibited widely across the US and Europe, her work is included in archives such as The National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Jean Brown Archive at the Getty Research Institute, and the Oak...2021-05-2056 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 08: Barbara Wyeth / SF's Postcard Palace :: postcard collector & mail artist (SF, CA)Episode 08: Barbara Wyeth is a San Francisco artist who has specialized in photography, copier art, and mail art. In the 70's and early 80's, Barbara was a co-owner of the Postcard Palace in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood, which provided a cultural community center where people could stop by, look around, and become inspired.
The Palace's annual mail art exhibitions are legendary, with contributors such as Carioca, Buster Cleveland, Rocola, and Ruby Ray (among many many others.) Barbara shares these stories and more for episode 08.
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Follow Barbara's artistic adventures on...2021-05-0646 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 07: World Collage Day 2021--> time to celebrate!Episode 07 is a solo show! Jennie discusses World Collage Day 2021 and answers collage questions submitted by Senders Receive listeners. Some of the topics covered this time around: different types of glue, how to take part in World Collage Day activities, is organization important? and when is a collage not a collage?
Upcoming episodes announced via Instagram: @sendersreceivepodcast
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Show notes:
Kolaj Magazine / World Collage Day
artists mentioned:
RF Cote: @rf_cote (Instagram)
Geronimo Finn: @papiergedanken_collage_art
Shmuel
tools and where to find 'em!:
Daiso double stick...2021-04-2237 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 06: mail artist & artistamp maker Maureen Forys :: MAILBAIT (Oakland, CA)Episode 06: Maureen Forys (a.k.a MAILBAIT) has over 25 years of experience working in book publishing and graphic design. Maureen publishes zines, artistamps, and small press publishing projects. Her sly sense of humor and far-reaching knowledge of graphic design make her work instantly recognizable.
Maureen's "Herstorical Women of Oakland, California" artistamps are in the permanent collections of The Bancroft Library and the San Francisco Public Library, among others.
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--> Follow Maureen's adventures on Instagram: @mailbait
--> Interested in knowing more about Maureen's "Herstorical Women of Oakland, CA"artistamp sheets? E...2021-04-0856 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtEpisode 04: mail artist, artistamp maker, & fluxus practitioner C. Mehrl BennettEpisode 04: C. Mehrl Bennett is a multidisciplinary artist working in the mediums of assemblage, collage, mail art, performance, sound, and writing. Working across genres, she has collaborated with other contemporary artists working in the Fluxus and Dada traditions. As a book designer and associate editor for Luna Bisonte Prods, she has produced publications on visual poetry, concrete, literary poetry.
Show notes:
C. Mehrl's blog :: Over the Sofa/ Under the Skin/ Inside the Head
artist Daniel Spoerri
Fluxfest 2021 Online
The Senders Receive intro/outro music is titled "Successful"; the...2021-03-1144 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtWhat is Senders Receive (or: why another podcast?)Artist and Chief Correspondent Jennie Hinchcliff brings you a podcast about the art genre known as "mail art" or "correspondence art". Senders Receive highlights movers & shakers in today's postal modern movement, long time mail artists & people who love interacting with the postal system.
Episode 01 is a solo show with Jennie discussing the questions "Why another podcast? Specifically: why a podcast about mail art?"
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New episodes air on Thursdays! Find out about upcoming episodes via our IG account: @sendersreceivepodcast
Jennie's PO box is open 24 hours a day:
Jennie / Red Letter Day...2021-02-1717 minSenders Receive: Making Mail / Sending ArtWhat is mail art? (are definitions important?)Episode 02 is another solo show! Jennie chats about mail art philosophies, getting involved in the Network, and the importance of sending AND receiving mail.
Senders Receive highlights movers and shakers in today's postal modern movement, long time mail artists and people who love interacting with the postal system.
Show notes:
Good Mail Day
the San Francisco Correspondence Co-op
Ex Postal Facto Conference
New episodes air on Thursdays! Find out about upcoming episodes via our IG account: @sendersreceivepodcast
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Many th...2021-02-1121 min
Up and CONing ArtistsJennie Hinchcliff - ALA 2015 - Artist InterviewA video of this interview is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBQzCmD2yo&t=0s&list=PL_pXBtCqjKy9DJ7UWxUI0GI_JGcX1exh5. Jennie Hinchcliff is a zine and mail artist from San Francisco, CA. She attended American Library Association Annual Conference to promote zines in libraries, her Red Letter Day Zines and Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art, both about correspondence art. You can find her books, zines, classes, blog at her website, https://redletterdayzine.wordpress.com.??????????????????This independent artist interview was conducted by Joseph Coco on behalf of Becca Hillburn's art process...2019-04-0814 min