5089 Anging Folders - Matt Stolte

Years ago at IUOMA there were discussions about whether to analyse mail art or whether to let the work speak for itself.  It turns out I (shamelessly) like a story.  I see narrative even where it doesn't exist.  I suspect my narrative is simplistic because I don't remember things for long and can't alude to much, but with Matt's mail art I saw something immediately . What I see is a cosmonaut bound for space and some exquisite planet, possibly made of green cheese.  Matt's gorgeous turquoise mixed media piece is made on the back of a rapidly cut cardboard castoff - a trashpoem, for sure.

 Note the 5089 stamps

 and a C Mehrl Bennet stamp

 I suspect below is recycled trash from trashqueen DK, of DKult fame. I have the next few lines in a carefully filed envelope.

 And finally a John M Bennett Nostril stamp! Perhaps the top image is phallic after all?

What Diane Keys does with her Days

 Diane told me once that her goal is to have nothing.  She is not a hoarder.  Nevertheless I am always surprised when Diane sends me back my stuff in some way I hadn't imagined it.  Finger painting, it's under-rated, and clearly Diane's Day must begin with a bit of abstract art.

 I'm not sure what has been remixed here.  I know that the pages did not arrive in date order but I attempted to re-order them.  GREAT trash quilt of art technique activities.  I know, Diane revolves around her workstations exploring text, colour, line and trash (with Matt) as the trash clock marks time.

 And then there are the doodles! You will see that the frst set makes a doodle encyclopedia called Doodle Sky. Diane clearly has supreme faith in my abilities to take all shapes and sizes to make a boekie.  She likes to test me. Never fear, everything fits.  These full page doodles by Jason Motsch  have been KEYED.  Next they go into my doodle holding tank where they will be added to again and then refashioned once the weeding is done.

 The final item in this brie baguette of a mail art envelope is a gorgeous folded scan of a trash boekie!
 Love, love, love. DVS I trust you will translate for us all. Maybe we'll learn what else Diane does with her days.

Matt Stolte - Add and Pass