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===Magazines and Journals===
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* ''File'', ed. General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), Toronto, 1972-89.
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* ''Vile'', eds. Anna Banana and Bill Gaglione, San Francisco, 1974-83. [http://artistsperiodicals.blogspot.com/2012/07/vile.html]
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* ''[[Ephemera|Ephemera: a monthly journal of mail and ephemeral works]]'', 12 issues, eds. Ulises Carrión, Aart van Barneveld and Salvador Flores, Amsterdam: Other Books and So, 1977-78.
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* ''Commonpress'', c48 numbers, eds. Pawel Petasz et al., 1977-90. Issues: [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/networkers/pawel-petasz/1977-12-00-petasz #1], [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/correspondence-a-z/1978-03-00-below #3] [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/mail-art-network/1978-09-21-carrion-no-2 #5], [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/mail-art-network/1978-08-00-carioca #6], [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/mail-art-network/1978-00-00-brog #8], and many others available via [http://www.lomholtmailartarchive.dk/ Lomholt Mail Art Archive].
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* ''[http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/umbrella/index Umbrella]'', ed. [[Judith Hoffberg]], 1978-2008. The journal covered news and reviews of artists' books, mail art and contemporary art and photography tradebooks.
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** ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=20560 Umbrella: The Anthology, 1978-1998]'', ed. Judith A. Hoffberg, Santa Monica, CA: Umbrella Editions, 1999, 164 pp.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=295 PhotoStatic; Retrofuturism; Psrf]'' magazines, 1983-1998.
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* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5864 Yawn: Art Strike 1990-1993]'', 45 numbers, 1989-1992.
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* Gwen Allen, "The Magazine as Mirror: ''FILE'', 1979-1994", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=3398 Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art]'', MIT Press, 2011, pp 147-173.
  
 
==Archives, Resources==
 
==Archives, Resources==
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* [http://actlab.us/emma Electronic Museum of Mail Art (EMMA)], maintained by Chuck Welch.
 
* [http://actlab.us/emma Electronic Museum of Mail Art (EMMA)], maintained by Chuck Welch.
 
* [http://post.at.moma.org/themes/10-poema-colectivo-revolucion-and-the-international-mail-art-network Poema Colectivo: Revolución and the International Mail Art Network], Mauricio Marcin in collaboration with Zanna Gilbert
 
* [http://post.at.moma.org/themes/10-poema-colectivo-revolucion-and-the-international-mail-art-network Poema Colectivo: Revolución and the International Mail Art Network], Mauricio Marcin in collaboration with Zanna Gilbert
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* [http://www.rayjohnsonestate.com/art/mail-art-and-ephemera/ Ray Johnson Estate: Mail Art and Ephemera]
  
 
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* Ulises Carrión, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14521 Second Thoughts]'', Amsterdam: VOID, 1980, 72 pp.
 
* Ulises Carrión, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=14521 Second Thoughts]'', Amsterdam: VOID, 1980, 72 pp.
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* ''[[Media:Van_Barneveld_Aart_ed_Stempelkunst_in_Nederland_1980.pdf|Stempelkunst in Nederland]]'', ed. Aart van Barneveld, intro. Ulises Carrión, Amsterdam: Stempelplaats, 1980, [78] pp. {{nl}}/{{en}}
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* ''Delo'' 26(2): "Mail art, mail poetry. Poštanska umetnost, poštanska poezija", ed. Muharem Pervić, Belgrade: Nolit, Feb 1980. [http://www.crnipatuljak.com/hr/rariteti/delo-mail-art-mail-poetry-postanska-umetnost-postanska-poezija-detail] {{sc}}
 
* ''The Franklin Furnace Flue'' 4(3-4): "Mail Art Then and Now", Winter 1984.
 
* ''The Franklin Furnace Flue'' 4(3-4): "Mail Art Then and Now", Winter 1984.
 
** Ken Friedman, [http://images.rayjohnsonestate.com/www_rayjohnsonestate_com/flue.pdf "Mail Art History: The Fluxus Factor"], pp 18-24.
 
** Ken Friedman, [http://images.rayjohnsonestate.com/www_rayjohnsonestate_com/flue.pdf "Mail Art History: The Fluxus Factor"], pp 18-24.
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* ''[[Media:Hand_of_the_Spirit_Documents_of_the_Seventies_from_the_Morris-Trasov_Archive.pdf|Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive]]'', ed. Scott Watson, Vancouver: UBC Fine Arts Gallery, 1992, 47 pp. Catalogue. [http://vincenttrasov.ca/index.cfm?pg=archive] [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=9097]
 
* ''[[Media:Hand_of_the_Spirit_Documents_of_the_Seventies_from_the_Morris-Trasov_Archive.pdf|Hand of the Spirit: Documents of the Seventies from the Morris/Trasov Archive]]'', ed. Scott Watson, Vancouver: UBC Fine Arts Gallery, 1992, 47 pp. Catalogue. [http://vincenttrasov.ca/index.cfm?pg=archive] [http://www.specificobject.com/objects/info.cfm?object_id=9097]
 
* Géza Perneczky, ''The Magazine Network: The Trends of Alternative Art in the Light of Their Periodicals 1968-1988'', Cologne: Soft Geometry, 1993, 285 pp.
 
* Géza Perneczky, ''The Magazine Network: The Trends of Alternative Art in the Light of Their Periodicals 1968-1988'', Cologne: Soft Geometry, 1993, 285 pp.
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* ''Profil'' 3-4: "Mail art", eds. Jaroslav Supek and Michal Murin, Bratislava: Kruh, 1994. {{sk}}
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17410 The Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology]'', ed. Chuck Welch, University of Calgary Press, 1995, xxiii+304 pp.  
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17410 The Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology]'', ed. Chuck Welch, University of Calgary Press, 1995, xxiii+304 pp.  
 
** Ken Friedman, [http://umintermediai501.blogspot.com/2007/12/early-days-of-mail-art-historical.html "The Early Days of Mail Art: An Historical Overview"].
 
** Ken Friedman, [http://umintermediai501.blogspot.com/2007/12/early-days-of-mail-art-historical.html "The Early Days of Mail Art: An Historical Overview"].
* ''Mail Art: Ost Europa im Internationelen Netzwerk'', ed. Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe, Schwerin: Staatliches Museum, 1996. [http://www.artists-pub.eu/presentations/archives-collections/mail-art-archive-at-the-staatliches-museum-schwerin/] {{de}},{{en}}
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* ''Mail Art: Osteuropa im Internationelen Netzwerk'', ed. Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe, forew. Kornelia von Verswordt-Wallrabe and László Beke, Schwerin: Staatliches Museum, 1996, 126 pp. Exh. held 21 Jul-15 Aug 1996. [http://www.artists-pub.eu/presentations/archives-collections/mail-art-archive-at-the-staatliches-museum-schwerin/] {{de}},{{en}}
 
* ''Mail Art. Kelet-Európa a nemzetközi hálózatban'', ed. László Beke, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 1998, 72 p. [http://www.artpool.hu/Fluxusbibliography/Beke_mailart.html] {{hu}}
 
* ''Mail Art. Kelet-Európa a nemzetközi hálózatban'', ed. László Beke, Budapest: Műcsarnok, 1998, 72 p. [http://www.artpool.hu/Fluxusbibliography/Beke_mailart.html] {{hu}}
 
* John Held Jr., [http://www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/escritos/mailart/bay_area_dada.html "Bay Area Dada: Before Punk and Zines"], c1999.
 
* John Held Jr., [http://www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/escritos/mailart/bay_area_dada.html "Bay Area Dada: Before Punk and Zines"], c1999.
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* Simone Osthoff, "From Mail Art to Telepresence: Communication at a Distance in the Works of Paulo Bruscky and Eduardo Kac", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=68 At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet]'', eds. Annmarie Chandler and Norie Neumark, MIT Press, 2005, pp 260-280.
 
* Simone Osthoff, "From Mail Art to Telepresence: Communication at a Distance in the Works of Paulo Bruscky and Eduardo Kac", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=68 At a Distance: Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet]'', eds. Annmarie Chandler and Norie Neumark, MIT Press, 2005, pp 260-280.
 
* Emily Robertson, ''[http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/975903/1/MR34720.pdf The Evolution of Mail Art in Canada]'', Montreal: Concordia University, 2007. Dissertation.
 
* Emily Robertson, ''[http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/975903/1/MR34720.pdf The Evolution of Mail Art in Canada]'', Montreal: Concordia University, 2007. Dissertation.
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* Marie Boivent, [http://journals.openedition.org/marges/572 "Un art 'délivré'. Sur quelques utilisations du service postal depuis les années 1960"], ''Marges'' 8, 2008, pp 51-69. {{fr}}
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* Seeta Peña Gangadharan, [http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.827.6698&rep=rep1&type=pdf "Mail Art: Networking Without Technology"], ''New Media & Society'' 11:1-2, 2009, pp 279-298.
  
 
* Franziska Dittert, ''Mail Art in der DDR. Eine intermediale Subkultur im Kontext der Avantgarde'', Berlin: Logos, 2010. [http://books.google.com/books?id=NMs0oNMTbHwC] {{de}}
 
* Franziska Dittert, ''Mail Art in der DDR. Eine intermediale Subkultur im Kontext der Avantgarde'', Berlin: Logos, 2010. [http://books.google.com/books?id=NMs0oNMTbHwC] {{de}}
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* ''ARTMargins'' 1(2-3): "Artists' Networks in Latin America and Eastern Europe", eds. Klara Kemp-Welch and Cristina Freire, MIT Press, Jun-Oct 2012. [http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/artm/1/2%E2%80%933]
 
* ''[http://boek861.com/archivos/1_mailart/prorema/pry/0%2050%20MA%20RAY.pdf 1962-2012: 50 Years of Mail Art]'', Mail Art Museum of Montecarotto, 2012, 60 pp. Catalogue. {{it}},{{en}}
 
* ''[http://boek861.com/archivos/1_mailart/prorema/pry/0%2050%20MA%20RAY.pdf 1962-2012: 50 Years of Mail Art]'', Mail Art Museum of Montecarotto, 2012, 60 pp. Catalogue. {{it}},{{en}}
 
* Rinus van Alebeek, [http://staalplaat.com/staalzine/the-early-years-by-rinus-van-alebeek "The Early Years"], ''Staalzine'' 2 (2013), Berlin.
 
* Rinus van Alebeek, [http://staalplaat.com/staalzine/the-early-years-by-rinus-van-alebeek "The Early Years"], ''Staalzine'' 2 (2013), Berlin.
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* Peter van der Meijden, [https://www.academia.edu/8578788 "Box Boxing Boxers. Mail Art Projects, Exhibitions and Archives"], 2014. An introduction to the Lomholt Mail Art Archive.
 
* Kornelia Röder, [http://www.kunsttexte.de/index.php?id=711&idartikel=40980&ausgabe=40975&zu=651&L=0 "Ray Johnson and the Mail Art Scene in Eastern Europe"], ''Kunsttext.de/Ostblick'' 3 (2014).
 
* Kornelia Röder, [http://www.kunsttexte.de/index.php?id=711&idartikel=40980&ausgabe=40975&zu=651&L=0 "Ray Johnson and the Mail Art Scene in Eastern Europe"], ''Kunsttext.de/Ostblick'' 3 (2014).
 
* Laura Dunkin-Hubby, ''[http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8006&context=etd_theses Networking and Craft in Three Generations of Mail Art]'', San José State University, 2014. Master's thesis.
 
* Laura Dunkin-Hubby, ''[http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=8006&context=etd_theses Networking and Craft in Three Generations of Mail Art]'', San José State University, 2014. Master's thesis.
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* Zanna Gilbert, [http://caiana.caia.org.ar/template/caiana.php?pag=articles/article_2.php&obj=136&vol=4 "Genealogical Diversions: Experimental Poetry Networks, Mail Art and Conceptualisms"], ''En caiana. Revista de  Historia del Arte y Cultura Visual del Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte (CAIA)'' 4, 2014.
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* Kornelia Röder, [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:edoc.hu-berlin.de/kunsttexte/2014-3/roeder-kornelia-5/PDF/roeder.pdf "Ray Johnson an the Mail Art Scene in Eastern Europe"], in ''kunsttexte.de/ostblick'' 3: "Mythmaking Eastern Europe: Art in Response", ed. Mateusz Kapustka, 2014. [http://www.kunsttexte.de/index.php?id=91] {{de}}
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* ''Außer Kontrolle! Farbgrafik und Mail Art in der DDR / Out of Control! Colour Prints and Mail Art in the GDR'', eds. Paul Kaiser, Christina May and Kornelia Röder, Cologne: Walther Koenig, and Schwerin: Staatliches Museum, 2015, 256 pp. Catalogue. [http://www.buchhandlung-walther-koenig.de/koenig2/index.php?mode=details&showcase=1&art=1535786] [http://www.cornerhousepublications.org/publications/out-of-control-colour-prints-and-mail-art-in-the-gdr/] {{de}}/{{en}}
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* ''Keep Art Flat! Mail Art and the Political 1970s'', Copenhagen: Kunsthal Charlottenborg, 2016. Catalogue for [http://kunsthalcharlottenborg.dk/en/udstillinger/keep-art-flat-2/ exh. held] 15 Sep-6 Nov 2016; selection of ~250 works from the Lomholt Mail Art Archive. [https://www.academia.edu/31442067 Introduction], [https://www.academia.edu/28914442 Welch's essay], [http://lomholtmailartarchive.dk/keep-art-flat other essays]. [http://lomholtmailartarchive.dk/keep-art-flat]
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* Stephen Moonie, [https://sci-hub.tw/10.1086/685921 "A Poet of “Non-''ressentiment''”? Lawrence Alloway, Ray Johnson, and the Art World as a Network"], ''Getty Research Journal'' 8, 2016, pp 161-176.
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* ''Revista ARTA'' 32: "Mail Art", ed. Dan Mihălțianu, Bucharest: Revista Arta, 2018. [http://revistaarta.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/arta-32-interior-web.pdf Excerpt]. [https://revistaarta.ro/en/shop/] {{ro}}/{{en}}
  
 
* Mark Bloch, [http://www.panmodern.com/one/history.html "A Brief History of Postal Art"], n.d.
 
* Mark Bloch, [http://www.panmodern.com/one/history.html "A Brief History of Postal Art"], n.d.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art Mail art at Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art Mail art at Wikipedia]
  
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===Bibliographies===
* ''File'', ed. General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz & Jorge Zontal), Toronto, 1972-89.
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* John Held Jr., ''Mail Art: an Annotated Bibliography'', Metuchen, NJ and London: Scarecrow Press, 1991, 582 pp. [http://www.geocities.ws/johnheldjr/MailArtExhibitionDocumentationCollectionPage2.html]. Review: [http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/adx.11.2.27948445 Stahl] (Art Doc).
* ''Vile'', eds. Anna Banana and Bill Gaglione, San Francisco, 1974-83. [http://artistsperiodicals.blogspot.com/2012/07/vile.html]
 
* ''[http://journals.iupui.edu/index.php/umbrella/index Umbrella]'' journal, edited by [[Judith Hoffberg]], 1978-2008. The journal covered news and reviews of artists' books, mail art and contemporary art and photography tradebooks.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=295 PhotoStatic; Retrofuturism; Psrf]'' magazines, 1983-1998.
 
* ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=5864 Yawn: Art Strike 1990-1993]'', 45 numbers, 1989-1992.
 
* Gwen Allen, "The Magazine as Mirror: ''FILE'', 1979-1994", in ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=3398 Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art]'', MIT Press, 2011, pp 147-173.
 
 
 
; Bibliographies
 
* John Held Jr., ''Mail Art: an Annotated Bibliography'', Metuchen, NJ and London: Scarecrow Press, 1991.
 
 
* [http://mailartists.wordpress.com/literature/ Bibliography at Mail Artists Index]
 
* [http://mailartists.wordpress.com/literature/ Bibliography at Mail Artists Index]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art#Further_reading From Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_art#Further_reading From Wikipedia]
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==Links==
 
==Links==
* http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2014/analognetwork/
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* [http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2014/analognetwork/ Analog Network: Mail Art 1960-1999], online companion to 2014 exhibition at MoMA
  
  
 
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Also postal art, correspondence art.

Pages

Magazines and Journals

Archives, Resources

Publications

Chuck Welch (ed.), Eternal Network: A Mail Art Anthology, 1995, PDF, Log.
  • Jean-Marc Poinsot, Mail Art. Communication à distance, Paris: Cedic, 1971. (French)
  • Thomas Albright, "New Art School: Correspondence", Rolling Stone 106, 13 Apr 1972, p 32.
  • Thomas Albright, "Correspondence Art", Rolling Stone 107, 27 Apr 1972, p 28.
  • David Zack, "An Authentik and Historikal Discourse on the Phenomenon of Mail Art", Art in America, Jan-Feb 1973. [2]
  • Ken Friedman, "Flowing in Omaha", Art and Artists, London, Aug 1973.
  • Hervé Fischer, Art et communication marginale: tampons d'artistes / Art and Marginal Communication: Rubber Art, Stamp Activity / Kunst und Randkommunikation: Kunstlers Stempelmarken, Paris: Balland, 1974, 243 pp. (French)/(English)/(German)
  • Kunst per post. Mail Art, ed. G.J. de Rook, Utrecht, 1976, [17] pp. (Dutch)/(English)
  • Edward M. Plunkett, Lawrence Alloway, John Russell, Suzi Gablik, William S. Wilson, Henry Martin, Robert Pincus-Witten, Karen Shaw, Robert Rosenblum, Lucy R. Lippard, Tommy Mew, Toby R. Spiselman, "Send Letters, Postcards, Drawings, and Objects ...", Art Journal 36 (Spring 1977), pp 233-241.
  • Mantua Mail 1978, eds. Romano Peli and Michaela Varsari, Mantova, Italy: Assessorato Cultura Comune di Mantova, 1978, 198 pp. Catalogue. Essays by Ken Friedman, Mike Crane, Hervé Fischer, et al.
  • Giovanni Lista, L'Art postal futuriste, Paris: Jean-Michel Place, 1979. (French)
  • Ulises Carrión, Second Thoughts, Amsterdam: VOID, 1980, 72 pp.
  • Stempelkunst in Nederland, ed. Aart van Barneveld, intro. Ulises Carrión, Amsterdam: Stempelplaats, 1980, [78] pp. (Dutch)/(English)
  • Delo 26(2): "Mail art, mail poetry. Poštanska umetnost, poštanska poezija", ed. Muharem Pervić, Belgrade: Nolit, Feb 1980. [3] (Serbo-Croatian)
  • The Franklin Furnace Flue 4(3-4): "Mail Art Then and Now", Winter 1984.
  • Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Activity, eds. Michael Crane and Mary Stofflet, San Francisco: Contemporary Arts Press, 1984. [4]
  • Stewart Home, "Mail Art", ch 13 of The Assault on Culture, London: Aporia Press and Unpopular Books, 1988, pp 69-73.
  • Stewart Home, "Beyond Mail Art", ch 14 of The Assault on Culture, London: Aporia Press and Unpopular Books, 1988, pp 74-79.

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