Mail Art Periodicals - MoMA

feelings...But, our social and economical situation is of the worst sort in Europe.
Besides democratic changes and promises of so-called World Unity about help
noting special happened..." Mail Art exhibition, project and publication
opportunities. Notice of activities by John Held, Jr. (USA), Vittore Baroni (Italy),
Henning Mittendorf (Germany), Reed Altemus (USA), Ryosuke Cohen (Japan),
Gianni Simone (Japan), Clemente Padin (Uruguay), Peter Küstermann
(Germany), Filimir (Yugoslavia), David Alvey (USA), Simon Baudhuin (Belgium),
Darko Vulic (Switzerland), Anna Boschi (Italy), Antonio Sassu (Italy), et al.
Opuntia. Dale Speirs, Editor. Calgary, Canada. 1995-2001.
No. 23 (February 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages. "This is
the 50th issue of OPUNTIA since #1 rolled off the photocopier in March 1991>
Officially this zine is still an irregular (that way I can't be held to blame if an issue
is late) but unofficially I've been getting enough material to come out monthly.
OPUNTIA is mostly living up to the ideals I had in mind when I began it: to
document Canadian fanhistory, who write about economics, politics, and
anything else I want to preach, and as a means of positive expression, to get me
out of a negative outlook on life and doing something constructive instead."
No. 24.1 (July 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages. "Zine
Listings," includes a review of "Global Mail." "Zine Beginnings," by the editor.
No. 25 (September 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages. "Mail
Viruses," by the editor, discusses chain letters.
No. 26 (October 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages.
No. 26.1 (November 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages.
"Zine Listings," including reviews of "Global Mail," "Drift," and "Lime Green
News." "But Is It Art?" reviews "Eternal network: A Mail Art Anthology," by Chuck
Welch (USA). "I've been too busy in zinedom to become involved in mail art, but
have always kept the thought in the back of my mind that some day I'll start
cranking out the decorated envelopes and weird stuffers. Part of my interest
comes from my philatelic side, as mail art is much more artistic than those boring
cachets the average philatelist produces. Mail art is intended to bypass the art
gallery system, where art is a commodity, in favour of exchanging art the way
zines are traded..."
No. 26.5 (Saturnalia 1995). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 12 pages. Perzine
issue.
No. 27.1 (February 1996). Photocopy. 8 1/2"x5 1/2". 16 pages. "Zine
Listings," include reviews of "Drift," "Bibliozine," and "Global Mail." "Zines as
Psychotherapy." Letter from Chuck Welch (USA) in regard to a review of "Eternal