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Bei meinem Besuch des Bonnefanten Museums Maastricht (NL)  habe ich mir die Mail Art Ausstellung „Alles, was hereinkam, bekam eine Antwort, das VEC-Archiv von Rod Summers“ angeschaut. (01.07.2023  01.04.2024)
„Im Mittelpunkt der Ausstellung stehen „Eingehende Post“ und „Ausgehende Post“, in denen die zuletzt erhaltenen Mail-Art-Stücke und die Werke gezeigt werden, die Rod Summers als Antwort verschicken wird.
Es wird geschätzt, dass das Archiv derzeit über 15.000 Kunstwerke aus der Zeit von 1973 bis heute enthält – eine erstaunliche Zahl, wenn man bedenkt, dass jedes von Rod Summers erhaltene Objekt mit einem Originalwerk von ihm selbst beantwortet wird. Summers betrachtet das VEC-Archiv als die Hälfte eines Gesamtkunstwerks, während die andere Hälfte, von ihm verschickt, über die ganze Welt verstreut ist.
Die Ausstellung zeigt einen Querschnitt des VEC-Archivs, darunter Werke von Anna Banana (CA), Vittore Baroni (IT), John M. Bennett (US), Teatske Burgerjon (BE), Ryosuke Cohen (JP), Mike Dyar ( USA), HR Fricker (CH), Helenka (Polen), Magda Lagerwerf (NL), Brian Lane (UK), Tohei Mano (JP), Raul Marroquin (CO), Marlies Mulders (NL), Katarina Nikoltsou (GR), Jürgen O. Olbrich (DE), Henk van Ooijen (NL), Cheryl Penn (ZA), Pawel Petasz (PL), Laura Puska (FI), Berty Skuber (IT), Ísak Óli (IS), Fred Truck (US) , Jan Vale (NL), Horacio Zabala (AR), Alexander Zhurba (UA), unter anderem.
Kuratiert von Martín La Roche, Rod Summers und Joep Vossebeld.
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Ich habe mich sehr gefreut, Mail Art von Freunden zu sehen, mit denen ich auch in Kontakt stehe – hiervon habe ich Fotos gemacht.

english version:
During my visit to the Bonnefanten Museums Maastricht (NL), I had a look at the Mail Art exhibition „Everything that came in got an answer, the VEC archive of Rod Summers“. (01.07.2023  01.04.2024)
„Incoming Mail“ and „Outgoing Mail“ are the focus of the exhibition, showing the most recently received mail art pieces and the works Rod Summers will send in response.
It is estimated that the archive currently contains over 15,000 artworks dating from 1973 to the present day – an astonishing number considering that each item received by Rod Summers is responded to by an original work of his own. Summers considers the VEC archive to be half of a total artwork, while the other half, shipped by him, is scattered around the world.
The exhibition features a cross-section of the VEC archive, including works by Anna Banana (CA), Vittore Baroni (IT), John M. Bennett (US), Teatske Burgerjon (BE), Ryosuke Cohen (JP), Mike Dyar ( USA), HR Fricker (CH), Helenka (Polen), Magda Lagerwerf (NL), Brian Lane (UK), Tohei Mano (JP), Raul Marroquin (CO), Marlies Mulders (NL), Katarina Nikoltsou (GR), Jürgen O. Olbrich (DE), Henk van Ooijen (NL), Cheryl Penn (ZA), Pawel Petasz (PL), Laura Puska (FI), Berty Skuber (IT), Ísak Óli (IS), Fred Truck (US) , Jan Vale (NL), Horacio Zabala (AR), Alexander Zhurba (UA), and others.
Curated by Martín La Roche, Rod Summers and Joep Vossebeld.“
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I was very happy to see Mail Art by friends with whom I am also in contact – I took photos of this.