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About Ruud Janssen

Ruud Janssen: 48, Male
Breda, Netherlands

Relationship Status:: Married

About Me:: Ruud Janssen (b. Tilburg July 29, 1959) is a Dutch Fluxus and mail artist currently living in Breda in the Netherlands.

Ruud Janssen studied Physics and Mathematics. He became active with mail art in 1980 and did several international mail art projects. From 1994 till 2002 he has conducted interviews with Fluxus and mail artists in different communication forms; the results have been published in booklets and on the internet since 1996. In later years he focused more on acrylic painting and individual correspondences. He always maintains his site with the latest details of his work.

Janssen publishes articles, magazines and booklets with his TAM-Publications and participates in international mail art projects, collaborations and exhibitions. He founded IUOMA (International Union of Mail-Artists) in 1988 and is also the curator of the TAM-Rubberstamp Archive, the result of a Mail Art collection that has been accumulated by him from 1983 till now. The archive contains prints, original rubberstamps, magazines and literature. It is the longest time a mail art project has run ever (details see link to latest online catalogue). In 1994 he started with his Mail-interviews which have been published as booklets and online. The interviews have a new concept where the question is sent in a specific communicationform and the interviewed person chooses his own way to get the answer back. This way the factor time is involved in each specific interview. Samples of interviewed persons are: Ray Johnson, Dick Higgins, Ken Friedman, Anna Banana, Mark Bloch, Patricia Tavenner, Michael Leigh, Alison Knowles and Guy Bleus. Since 2008 the mail-interviews appear in a series of six books.

In 2003 Litsa Spathi founded together with Ruud Janssen the Fluxus Heidelberg Center for which they are building up a collection of Fluxus material and where they also publish their own works.

Website:: www.iuoma.org

Ruud Janssen's Groups

DodaDada / Embassy: (38 members)
Created by Claudio Romeo

Strawberry Fluxus House: (3 members)
Created by Tanja Vermeer-Vos

Ray Johnson is Alive!: (14 members)
Created by mIEKAL aND

Fluxus doesn' t pay: (13 members)
Created by NOBODY - Litsa Spathi

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Interview with Performance Group

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Just one Sticker

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IUOMA

Pro-Active Mail-Art

Well, here is a new thing in Mail-Art. I have spotted the digital image of a letter that still has to arrive here in Breda. It is sent to me by Nico van Hoorn. A reaction is already sent today so my answer even gets to Nijmegen before Nico's mail arrives here. Pro-Active Mail-Art: Send you mail-art answer even before your mail-art from someone else has arrived....

Mail to Cascadia Artpost - USA

Mail to Lancillotto Bellini - Italy

Mail to Roland Halbritter - Germany

2nd attempt for the "Two mailing" cards.

Mail to Printed Matters - New York

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At 2:42pm on July 1st, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: I received some mail(art) today but not your mail. Maybe I'll get it next days..

At 10:32am on June 30th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Difficult getting the mail here as the postman is on holidays - I haven't got post for 10 days..

At 12:49am on June 30th, 2008, Ruud Janssen said…: received it by mail. My reply is online somewhere too. Discover it before it lands in your mailbox....

Ruud

At 8:58am on June 20th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Hello Ruud,
if you go to my page and press "PHOTOS" you can have a view of Recycling art project Docu. N. 32 - 1st that features a work of yours. I'll send you paper copy by snail soon.
Lancillotto

At 1:13am on June 20th, 2008, Ruud Janssen said…: Lanillotto. The mail you sent arrived in perfect condition. No trace of rain or so. Your postal service did their job quite well......

Ciao,

Ruud

At 2:59pm on June 19th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Ruud,
please don't worry I asked you as recently the Postal Services does not work well, besides it ws raining a lot when I posted the mail.
Thank you.
Lancillotto

At 2:05pm on June 19th, 2008, Ruud Janssen said…: yes, it arrived! Thanks so much - Ruud

At 1:55pm on June 19th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Hello Ruud,
how are you? Hope all is well...May be you've already received my letter I sent you some days ago by snail.
Best wishes,
Lancillotto

At 1:24pm on June 14th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Hello Ruud,
thank your for nice comment. I received your first mail on May,5,1985 with TAM Bulletin N° 4-5 (1985) plus other mail art pieces i still keep in my archives... I write you soon.
Lancillotto

At 4:08am on June 13th, 2008, Lancillotto Bellini said…: Hello Ruud,
I received your mail yesterday. Thank you! I write you soon.
All the best,
Lancillotto

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