Arte Postale! Collection of 25 issues, 1986-2009
Contains 25 issues, ranging from No. 55 to No. 100, of the 'Mail art magazine of the Ethereal Open Network', edited by Vittore Baroni, published by Near the Edge Editions in Forte dei Marmi, Italy (1979-2009). Produced in various small print runs, most copies are numbered. Stapled xeroxed assembling booklets, in various sizes, with loose inserts and collaged elements. Some later issues include cd-i, cd, cd-rom or dvd. Among the contributing artists are Dick Higgins, Mark Pawson, John Held Jr, Jürgen Olbrich, Clemente Padin, Thomas Kerr, Carlo Battisti et al.
Included are: No. 55 Mail Art Handbook, 1986; No. 63 Let’s Network together, 1992; No. 67 Stickerman Scrapbook, 1993; No. 71 Fun in Acapulco, 1995; No. 74 My own private Internet, 1996; No. 76 Scissures, 1996; No. 78 The making of Arte Postale, 1997; No. 80 Remembering Dick Higgins, 1998; No. 81 Incongruous Meetings, 1999; No. 81bis Incongruous Meetings, 1999; No. 82 The table of the little Iconoclast, 1999; No. 83 The David Zach project, 2000; No. 85 Virtual Lands & Creative De-Globalisation, 2001; No. 88 Sticking Glue, 2006; No. 89 30th Anniversary edition, 2007; No. 90 Hats off to George Maciunas, 2007; No. 91 Piermario Ciani, 2007; No. 92 Ciao, Paolina!, 2007; No. 93 Museum Berlin Post, 2007; No. 94 Buy my Art or I’ll starve this Dog, 2007; No. 95 The Utopian Library, 2008; No. 96. La Biblioteca Utopia, 2008; No. 97 Paradigm Shift, 2008; No. 98 You were on my mind, 2008; No. 99 Posta per Te, 2009; No. 100. Klang! documentation of the sonic arts festival Bzzzoing!, 2009; Added: Arte Postale extra KLang!, 2009. Most copies in excellent condition, many still sealed as issued. (total 27)