MAIL ART

Projects of Josh Ronsen

I have been involved with Mail Art since 1995 where I discovered it in Dan Plunkett's N D magazine. I became N D's Mail Art editor for the last couple of issues.
 
Music and sound art are my primary artisitc passions, but I receive great satisfaction from the dozen or so Mail Art projects I do every year. Assembly Zines are my favorite projects.
 
Below are projects I have organized and a few projects I have participated in.

-Josh Ronsen, Austin, Texas, USA

PROJECTS I STARTED:

  1. NEW PROJECT! MAIL ANT! Send 2 works, Size ATC to 1/2 Letter to me at Josh Ronsen, 2001 Brentwood, Austin TX 78757, USA. Deadline: June 7, 2008. Get works + possible catalog in return.
  2. TACMA -- in 2005 I founded the Texas Association of Concerned Mail Artists
  3. Huxley story
  4. The Pierre Boulez Project
  5. First Words Project -- I asked for the first words people heard after getting my request. The responses were put in word balloons over ants.
  6. Monk Mink Pink Punk #9 -- a collection of 3 Mail Art projects, "music heard in dreams," stories using 39 words from a Lawrence Durrell novel, examples of "Josh Ronsen" written by numerous artists, friends and musicians.
  7. Index Card project -- I sent card catalog/index cards to 20 mail artists. 4 returned them, filed out.
  8. Monk Mink Pink Punk #10 -- an informative pamphlet: "Mail Art: Know the Dangers!"
  9. Collaborative Story -- an exquisite corpse project
  10. Monk Mink Pink Punk #13 -- an assembly zine on the theme "Text Play."

 

My Online Gallery of MAIL ART

 

 
I was interviewed by the Austin Chronicle about Mail Art along with Honoria and Diana Garcia.

 

brekekekexkoaxkoax • Purrfect Sounds • monk mink pink punk • frequency curtain • john cage links • austinnitus • gates ensemble • pierre boulez project • austin new music co-op • song olympics • dumitrescu & avram info • garnish off our plates!