Heebee Post #954 - Medwolf - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Canada

 Rugged outdoorsman and gentleman mail artist Medwolf returns to Heebee Jeebee Island with this "wanted" poster of the legendary and mysterious David Zack.  Seems to me that it might be easy to spot the distinctive Zack.  Great mail art Meddie! The background is fabulous 4th Dimensional Heebee Jungle!

 I hope Medwolf will finally be able to satisfy his search for the elusive Zack.  His mantra, "Is David Zack Really?", has been asked over every distant corner of the known world - and unknown worlds, such as here, in the 4th Dimension. I like the Medwolf Mailart rubber stamping too - with his Mail Art site: www.lostmailart.piczo.com.

 Also included in the envelope were two snapshots of incredible ornate Indian dances.  I know Medwolf likes to decorate in rich vibrant hand made Indian fabrics and feathers.

 I have seen a few traditional Indian events (I live in Indian country too), but these beautiful outfits take the cake!  Life must be quite an experience in the distant and remote vastness of the Saskatchewan wilderness.

Nice to see my old friend Medwolf is still having fun and enjoying life and mail art. I know you were ill for a spell - glad you are feeling better. See you in the mail!  Medwolf's Mail Art Saga. 

Heebee Post #953 - Eduardo ZenDada Cardoso - Sines - Portugal

 "He is there, silent, always watching nature's locked groove".  This piece is quite a spectacle - where the tops of craggy mountains meet the life renewing sea.  Some nice majesty mixed up in there. Great creation Eddie. This is definitely a "ZenDada strikes again" work!

Eduardo's virtual poem is an interesting notion.  ZenDada's friendly reminder that a lot of the modern world around us is virtual.  

The above is a prime example of ZenDada's "Fluxus Affair" with Minimalism.

Glad to have Eduardo's "Range of Visions" to entertain us here in the 4th Dimension.  His "Paranormal Mail Art Activity" is always a gas!  Thank you very much my old friend and I shall be seeing you in the post.  Paranormal Mail Art.  ZenDada strikes again!

Heebee Post #952 - Michael Harford - North Manchester, Indiana - USA

 Michael had the results of his mail art call, "The World is a town", exhibited along with Lisa Iverson's "Textile" mail art call, at the Chicago Fluxfest  just a few days ago.  The above flyer postcard for the Fluxfest sure has an interesting listing of terms and popular Fluxists.

I hope you and Lisa had a grand time of it last Sunday at your opening.  We here in the 4th Dimension were rooting for you. Thanks very much Michael and see you in the mail

Heebee Post #951 - Ed Buddz Buado - Chicago, Illinois - USA

 It has been a long while since Ed Buddz has visited Heebee Jeebee Island - 4 years to be exact.  I am so glad to see he, apparently, is still in the windy city, doing quite well.  His postcard is actually a declaration of exhibition for his drawings and paintings. The postcard is both handsome and quirky - an appropriate advertisement for the show and I mean that in a good way. I can't believe 4 years has gone by since we have been graced with any of his work.

 This was the Ed's last Heebee Jeebee effort, April 2009 (Post #63).  You can get a sense of the unusual spirit in which Ed works in.  In this case, Perfect Voodoo Lounge!  I love this piece.

Nice to have you back again Ed. I wish I was going to your show, since I am a fan. I still don't have a proper address for you Ed. I would like to send something. Let me know, if you can.

Heebee Post #950 - Anna Banana - Robert's Creek - British Columbia - Canada

 Anna Banana is a very interesting person and artist and quite a pleasure to meet: which I did last November in Seattle.  Her postcard  is actually an entry into fellow Canadian artist, Ed Varney's annual artfest of Labour and the Arts,  "Maywirks".  Theme: The Artist at work / A self portrait.. Above is Anna at work - An interactive performance ("Why Banana?") she conducted at the Dallas Public Library Theatre in 1983.  Amusingly, her hat seems to be a ripe bunch of bananas.

I usually steer clear of self portraits. Not really my thing. But, I really like Anna and Ed (who I had also met in Seattle last Nov.) and Anna did send an invitation. Okay, I'll do it already! Actually, I would really love to go to Nanaimo, British Columbia and see the opening for the show in May. That would be a gas! Anyway, be seeing you Anna and Ed in the mail. Anna Banana Arts.  By the way, anybody can contribute to this call - you don't really need the invitation.

Heebee Post #949 - Eduard Egorov - Alexandrov, Vladimirskaya region - Russia

 A Kremlin is a fortified central complex found in historic Russian cities.  Most folks think of that word to mean the most famous Kremlin in Moscow, but there are many along the vast Russian countryside.  The Alexandrovsky Kremlin fist began as a country palace for the Tsar and his entire court in the middle of the 14th century.  Although the palace did not survive, the Pokrovsky Cathedral that was also there in the Kremlin, did. The Cathedral was sanctified in 1513 and thus marks the official date of the Kremlin's origin - 500 years ago!  Ivan the Terrible moved into the Fortress in 1565 and had it even more fortified.  It was from the Alexandrovsky Kremlin that the Tsar received ambassadors from Europe,  Denmark, Sweden, Austria, etc.  The Tsar left the Kremlin in 1581 and never returned.

Eduard's Mail Art project is dedicated to the 500th anniversary of this famous Kremlin village. I very much enjoy historical projects such as this one and shall be soon creating something for Eduard's call. All works will be posted at: Alexandrov Kremlin Mail Art.  Deadline: 07/31/2013.   Thank you very much Eduard and see you in the mail!

Heebee Post #948 - Art Tower (Gunter Schwind) - Aschaffenburg - Germany

 You can almost hear the shrill whistling of the rocket before it suddenly hits it's target. Art Tower's anti-war depiction is a heartfelt lament and I am inclined to agree with him.

 The flyer supporting an artist's show last December in "A-burg". The rubber stamping near the center says: "New Timetables" and then underneath: "Stop by the riverbank" with a list of contributors that includes Gunter. I love the snowy, wintery scene with the cathedral in the background (Aschaffenburg?).  I like the way it has been adorned with a kind of numbered measles - As if a friendly game of postcard bingo! I hope the show went well.

I like being greeted by my cousin Arty's good natured waving "Mailbot".  Nice of you to drop in my old friend.  I miss Gunter. It has been more than three years since he has visited me here in the states. We sure have a blast when we are together. Ah well, someday good buddy, someday.  Meanwhile, see you in the mail!  Art Tower's Mail Art.

Heebee Post #947 - Parys St. Martin - Glenelg - South Australia - Australia

 You almost have to have sun glasses on to view this brilliant piece that Parys created inside the smoking crater of an active volcano.  Her creation seems also to bear a resemblance to a sort of modern Humpty Dumpty - capable of breaking into the many pieces he is made of.  Parys' work is always an optical Merry-Go-Round and this one is no exception. It is beautiful.

Notice anything unusual about this?
Parys enclosed her mail art in a sturdy clear plastic envelope but, there is no postage at all!   That makes this "Lucky Mail Art",  for it is charmed.  Thank you very much Parys,  I have been enamored with your "Other World" displays of light and color for a long while and they just seem to get even better as we travel through our time. See you in the Post Box. Parys St. Martin Mail Art.

Heebee Post #946 - Lisa Iverson (Skybridge Studios) - North Manchester, Indiana - USA

 The 2013 Chicago Fluxfest is this weekend folks - Thursday to Sunday. Lisa's classy Textile Mail Art call and exhibition opening will be the center of attraction for the Fluxus gang on Sunday, 12 - 5PM.  I hadn't realized that Michael Harford's popular Mail Art call "The World is a Town" will be displayed  with Lisa's "Textile" call.  What a gas!  I sure wish I could be in attendance, although my Fluxus spirit vibes sure will be!

I thought we should get a closer look at Skybridge Studios handiwork.    Lisa's creations are classic in detail.  Hanging up the Fluxus laundry, this Mail Art maiden boldly shows off her Fluxus life style.  Nice impressive touch.    

The intriguing calligraphy for my name has a sense of far, far away. I have enjoyed Lisa's splendid Mail Art for a long while now and have to report that her work is invariably top notch and sparkling with imagination.  Her show on Sunday, at the Chicago event, has got to be incredible. Also featured on the reverse side is the 5 cent, 2008 issued "Sixth International Philatelic Exhibition:" in Washingron DC.  I dig commemoratives!  Thanks Lisa, love the terrific "Textile Mail Art Fluxfest".postcard.  Good fortune on the opening and see you in the mail. Lisa's Textile Mail Art Gallery .

Heebee Post #945 - Susanna Lakner (Planet Susannia) - Stuttgart - Germany

 Feeling confined in some inexplicable way?  Susanna's "timecage" is a thought provoking piece of work. The notion of having the ability to travel in the many various contemporary modes, we nevertheless have zero ability to escape our inexorable trappings in the linear time continuum. It strikes me funny that my mind is comparing this to the Rembrandt painting of St. Peter in Prison - the keys to Heaven lay by his side,  however, he is powerless to unlock his own cell door.  Susanna, like Rembrandt,  handles the irony nicely.

And dig those crazy letters comprising "Test Tower". I love playing with lettering and appreciate alphabet weirdness of any experimental nature.  This is a fabulous card - I hope you didn't mind being compared to Rembrandt Susanna - guess I may have gotten a bit carried away with that - ah well, a nice departure!  Thanks very much and see you subsequently in the mail Ms Lakner! Planet Susannia.

Heebee Post #944 - Kiki Desvaux - Paroy-sur-Tholon - France

 I am quite delighted to find that Kiki is back in Mail Art action!  It has been awhile since I have heard from Ms. Desvaux and I have missed her free spirit.  This place, "The Wonder Vintage Market" looks like a fun place to peruse. I'll bet it is similar to "Archie McPhee's" in Seattle, one of my all time faves.  Doesn't get better than that, if you like the unusual.

Kiki also included a friendly note (your English is great!) - which, as I have often said, I don't publish personal notes and letters - no body's business except between the two artists.  If you would like to exchange art with this artist, please note her new address. She also has a new mail art site: Kiki's new Mail Art. Thank you so much my old friend - be seeing you soon in the post! Glad you have returned!
PS: Kiki, I just realized that the new site, kikifaitsonblog.fr, will not work properly - maybe I don't have it correct. Will you please enlighten ?

Heebee Post #943 - Otto D Sherman - New York, New York - USA

 Prolific Mail Artist and creative Artistamp engineer, Otto sets out on another Philatelic adventure. The detail in that Russian postage is incredible even if the subject is a major goofball - and I could easily go on about Syrian President Al-Assad because of the extent of his destruction and indifference to the lives of the Syrian people. It seems to me that Al-Assad will not live to be an old man. What a mess his country is in.  Meanwhile, the stamp just next to it, a Belgian Artistamp, looks to be from another world.

I love the 'Lost Continent" look of this unusual Artistamp.  Looks more like the Belgian Congo with the elaborate headdress and regalia. A great feel to this wonderful stamp.

 The other side of the card is the puzzling evidence seen above.  As if a movie star quail. Such is the whimsy of genius!

 The second postcard from Otto reveals that he may be chewing tobacco! Rather a common sight out here in the boonies but, New York City? Ugh!  Once again, incredible stamps mit Razierklinge!

I have even more Mail Art on my art desk from Otto and I shall be posting it soon. Love those great voltage meter rubber stampings.  And that 'free for all' in the center is beautiful in it's chaoticness. Thanks very much Otto - You'll be seeing me in the post box quite soon! Otto Art.

Heebee Post #942 - Sky City (Lord Fugue) - Hickory, North Carolina - USA

 "The Nine Crux of Ocean Lotion".  Fugue goes on to tell of sordid bathroom antics and the odd declaration, "Quit His Coffin"!  His confounding soliloquy ends, appropriately enough, with "There goes the neighborhood"! Looks like Big Foot as a transient - great picture!

Sky City shares his fondness for the "Jitter Juice" (Coffee) in an assembled puzzle that has the pieces squeezed into spots too small for them - gives off a sort of peculiar tension - too much coffee?  Love that white knuckled look! Thank you very much Scott - See ya in the mail!

Heebee Post #941 - Suus in Mokum - Amsterdam - The Netherlands

Like a  Jazzy black crayon and watercolor version of a 1950's Television test pattern, it feels good to just stare into Suus's eye catching and mesmerizing  postcard.  I, long ago, read a beat up pulp fiction paperback about the CIA secretly spiking drinks with LSD in the North Beach bars in San Francisco during the beatnik era.  This could have been the cover for that crazy book! Love it Suus!

The Suus in Mokum creature (Snow Man?) is fun and friendly to behold - I love that thing and it fits Suus nicely. Thank you very much my friend and see you in the mail! Check her interesting art-life blog. Suus in Mokum  Mail Art. 

Heebee Post #940 - Joey Patrickt - Oakland, California - USA

 Joey's colorfully vibrant "Pieces of Time" postcard makes his return to the 4th Dimension Territories a triumphant one.  If I am not mistaken, and it is hard to tell, these are "Photo Sketches" of Oakland and San Francisco with Joey himself as the moral compass and ruler of his domain.

 I like the interesting technique in which he adorns himself for his "Monarch" role as Cardinal Joey. This really cracked me up!

Always nice to see Joey again - he is a regular in Heebee Jeebeeland and also lives in the town I was born in so, we have a sort of odd kinship, which we enjoy.  Maybe I will look him up the next time I am in the SF Bay Area.  And I dig those crazy "T's" he used in labeling his collagical missive.  Thanks and see ya in the mail!