Showing posts with label Guido Vermeulen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guido Vermeulen. Show all posts
18 March 2016
14 April 2014
RESIST 100 YEARS OF WAR
1914 – 2014 :
RESIST 100 YEARS OF WAR
This mail art project is not in opposition or competition but in support of the existing mail art project on the anniversary of the so-called « great » war.
So we support and encourage the efforts of Jan Theunink and Paul Verhulst in Belgium,
those of Theresa Easton in the UK and the Hungarian project (a collaboration between networkers in Hungary, Germany and Austria, the world will follow).
We also salute the incredible individual efforts of artists like Eric Bensidon and Alain Cotten in France and Otto Sherman in the USA.
THE MAIL ART PROJECT WE PROPOSE is based on
° the refusal of war as a destruction of people’s common togetherness and solidarity
War was conducted by those who did not know eacht other for the bank accounts of those who knew each other quite well (to paraphrase Valéry)
° the refusal of any kind of war nostalgia or the recuperation of so-called peace by institutions like the EC or the UN (who have no problem launching new wars « in the name of peace and freedom»)
° the backing of a total rehabilitation for all soldiers who were executed by their own commanders and governments « as example », with excuses as cowardice, or desertion, or you have lost your equipment and other nonsens
° the backing of independent historical research on what happened during these « great » wars
You can fill in yourself other angles of interests, the list is limitless
FREE SIZE AND MEDIUM
NO DEADLINE
This project is proposed by mail artist Guido Vermeulen with the support of FRIOUR NETWORK MAGAZINE and a new Circle of Free Thought in Belgium : CLP-KVD
Documentation online in a special section on the blog of the CLP-KVD
http://clp-kvd.blogspot.be/search/label/9.%20MAIL%20ART%201914-2014%20PROJECT
Mail your contributions to
1914 2014 PROJECT
Guido Vermeulen
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81
B-1030 Brussels
BELGIUM
RESIST 100 YEARS OF WAR
This mail art project is not in opposition or competition but in support of the existing mail art project on the anniversary of the so-called « great » war.
So we support and encourage the efforts of Jan Theunink and Paul Verhulst in Belgium,
those of Theresa Easton in the UK and the Hungarian project (a collaboration between networkers in Hungary, Germany and Austria, the world will follow).
We also salute the incredible individual efforts of artists like Eric Bensidon and Alain Cotten in France and Otto Sherman in the USA.
THE MAIL ART PROJECT WE PROPOSE is based on
° the refusal of war as a destruction of people’s common togetherness and solidarity
War was conducted by those who did not know eacht other for the bank accounts of those who knew each other quite well (to paraphrase Valéry)
° the refusal of any kind of war nostalgia or the recuperation of so-called peace by institutions like the EC or the UN (who have no problem launching new wars « in the name of peace and freedom»)
° the backing of a total rehabilitation for all soldiers who were executed by their own commanders and governments « as example », with excuses as cowardice, or desertion, or you have lost your equipment and other nonsens
° the backing of independent historical research on what happened during these « great » wars
You can fill in yourself other angles of interests, the list is limitless
FREE SIZE AND MEDIUM
NO DEADLINE
This project is proposed by mail artist Guido Vermeulen with the support of FRIOUR NETWORK MAGAZINE and a new Circle of Free Thought in Belgium : CLP-KVD
Documentation online in a special section on the blog of the CLP-KVD
http://clp-kvd.blogspot.be/search/label/9.%20MAIL%20ART%201914-2014%20PROJECT
Mail your contributions to
1914 2014 PROJECT
Guido Vermeulen
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81
B-1030 Brussels
BELGIUM
13 December 2011
AFTER ANN LET US REBEL REBEL
NEW MAIL ART PROJECT: AFTER ANN LET US REBEL REBEL
The deadline for The book of ANN (Friour project 12) is 31 December 2011.
The past year was great on a MAIL ART and KITTY level, so THANX to all who contributed and exchanged art and ideas.
I now present the successor for 2012 and already email my season greetings to YOU ALL.
FRIOUR project 13 is on rebellion, contestation, protest in all its meanings: artistic, political, social, cultural, historical and present ones.
I dedicate this 2012 project to all mail artists who have told me they like my art but PLEASE Guido stay away from politics! They are forgetting that all the great art movements of the modernist past (Dada, Surrealism, Cobra, Situationism) were involved in attempts to change society. So REBEL REBEL aka the essence of art expressions by artists living in society, rooted in all the social and cultural contradictions of the world. Because after all it is not only Wall street we need to occupy because the public domain is our space. Reclaim the streets indeed!!
POWER TO THE PEOPLE, TO THE ANIMALS, TO THE TREES AND TO THE ASTONISHING STONES OF OUR UNIVERSE (it is OUR universe: not belonging to banks, corporations, dictators, the state, the police or other self proclaimed authorities: we are the world, the world are we, so REBEL REBEL till you drop, don’t shop, burn all billboards down, spit on your local flag and embrace humanity as a whole, for XXX sake, REBEL REBEL till the end of time, REBEL against death and REBEL against the way we live or against those who impose us how to live.
Take responsibilty of your own life and destinity, this means also taking responsibility of our planet and existence in our own hands. Don’t depend of power, create your own power, or refute power altogether!
FREE SIZE AND MEDIUM
Deadline: 31 December 2012
All contributions will be published on the blog:
http://rebelrebelmovementsofcontestation.blogspot.com
Those who want to BE PART OF this blog, please email me, so I can invite you to UPLOAD YOUR OWN CONTRIBUTIONS TO REBEL REBEL signsstones@yahoo.com For regular mail art contributions:
REBEL
Guido Vermeulen,
Thomas Vincottestreet 81,
B-1030 Brussels,
BELGIUM
PS Note that ongoing projects in 2012 to be continued will be TREES (documented on IUOMA) http://iuoma-network.ning.com/group/trees
KIEKJESDIEF (photos to document our own existenZ) http://kiekjesdief.blogspot.com LAMUSAR (art inspired by music and literature) http://lamusar.blogspot.com
12 September 2011
Book of Ann
The book of Ann is the 12th FRIOUR project.
Who is Ann? For me she is a real person.
For you she's a mythical femail.
Let's construct together the book of Ann!
How does she feel?
How does she thinks?
How does she act?
Is she a rebel?
Is she a mother?
Is she the salt of the earth?
Free size and medium. Text and poems are also welcome. Deadline for contributions is 31 December 2011.
All the contributions will be united in a time capsule.
Documentation on this blog: http://thebookofann.blogspot.com/
Unfriendly femail mail art will be banned.
Mail address: The book of Ann, c/o Guido Vermeulen, Thomas Vinçottestreet 81, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium
Email: signsstones@yahoo.com
Who is Ann? For me she is a real person.
For you she's a mythical femail.
Let's construct together the book of Ann!
How does she feel?
How does she thinks?
How does she act?
Is she a rebel?
Is she a mother?
Is she the salt of the earth?
Free size and medium. Text and poems are also welcome. Deadline for contributions is 31 December 2011.
All the contributions will be united in a time capsule.
Documentation on this blog: http://thebookofann.blogspot.com/
Unfriendly femail mail art will be banned.
Mail address: The book of Ann, c/o Guido Vermeulen, Thomas Vinçottestreet 81, B-1030 Brussels, Belgium
Email: signsstones@yahoo.com
8 February 2011
THE BOOK OF ANN
THE BOOK OF ANN is the 12th FRIOUR project.
Who is Ann? Well for me she's a great gall and a good friend.
For you she's a mythical femail. Let's construct together the book of Ann. Tell me how you see Ann. What's her story? What's her life? How does she thinks? How does she feel? How does she act? Is she a rebel? Is she a mother? Is she the salt of the earth?
Free size and medium. Deadline is 31 December 2011. All your contributions will be united in a book presented to Ann on Valentine's Day or on her birthday (but that's my business and not for you to know). Documentation on a new blog:
http://thebookofAnn.blogspot.com
Mail your contributions (text and poems are also more than welcome) to:
The book of Ann,
c/o Guido Vermeulen,
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81,
B-1030 Brussels,
Belgium.
Note that all unfriendly femail mail art will be banned! Please mail such rubbish to Sarah Palin, queen of the T party.
Who is Ann? Well for me she's a great gall and a good friend.
For you she's a mythical femail. Let's construct together the book of Ann. Tell me how you see Ann. What's her story? What's her life? How does she thinks? How does she feel? How does she act? Is she a rebel? Is she a mother? Is she the salt of the earth?
Free size and medium. Deadline is 31 December 2011. All your contributions will be united in a book presented to Ann on Valentine's Day or on her birthday (but that's my business and not for you to know). Documentation on a new blog:
http://thebookofAnn.blogspot.com
Mail your contributions (text and poems are also more than welcome) to:
The book of Ann,
c/o Guido Vermeulen,
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81,
B-1030 Brussels,
Belgium.
Note that all unfriendly femail mail art will be banned! Please mail such rubbish to Sarah Palin, queen of the T party.
20 July 2010
8 December 2008
FRIOUR 10
Friour Magazine (mail art and poetry on peace related issues) is celebrating its 10th issue next year.Send your contributions on the theme
"PEACE? YOU NAME IT!"
to:
Guido Vermeulen,
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81,
B-1030 Brussels,
BELGIUM
before July 2009.
Free medium.
Maximum size: A4.
"PEACE? YOU NAME IT!"
to:
Guido Vermeulen,
Thomas Vinçottestreet 81,
B-1030 Brussels,
BELGIUM
before July 2009.
Free medium.
Maximum size: A4.
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