REBEL REBEL, movements of contestation

FRIOUR project 13 is on rebellion, contestation, protest in all its meanings: artistic, political, social, cultural, historical and present ones. I dedicate this 2012 project to all mail artists who have told me they like my art but PLEASE Guido stay away from politics! They are forgetting that all the great art movements of the modern past (Dada, Surrealism, Cobra, Situationism) were involved in attempts to change society. So REBEL REBEL aka the essence of art expressions by artists in society

dinsdag 14 februari 2012

To the rebels who plant trees

From Alicia Starr, USA

IN MEMORIAM RUDI RUBBEROID (1927-2012), a rebel who put the FUN in disFUNctional

John Calvert Palmer

March 16, 1927 - January 15, 2012
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
Resided in: Bellingham Washington

John C. "Jack" Palmer
aka Rudi Rubberoid

John C. "Jack" Palmer died January 15, 2012 under the loving care of his family, friends and the wonderful staff at Whatcom Hospice House. Jack was born March 16, 1927, to John P. and Ruth C. Palmer in Los Angeles. With his
father in the Foreign Service, he spent his early years in Marseilles, France; Genoa, Italy; and Penang, Malaysia, before returning to the U.S., and he always had a special love for all things Italian and Asian, especially the food. He moved to Bellingham in 1960 and, after working in retail and restaurant management, opened his first business as a picture framer at P & W Frames, in 1970. Later, in the 1980s, he began the Postcard Palace on State Street, and after that went back to work part time as a picture framer at Art & Frames on Grand Ave.

Jack was a man of many interests but he was first and foremost a gentleman and an artist with a wonderful sense of humor and the ability to always see the world through the eyes of both adult and child. His art has been shown in numerous local and national exhibits including the Seattle Art Museum (1958) and the Denver Art Museum's annual Exhibition of Western Art (1958, 1959 and 1961).

In the 1980s he became active in the international mail art community as Rudi Rubberoid, corresponding with many people around the world and entering mail art exhibits throughout the u.S. and abroad. Numerous examples of his mail art and his specially decorated envelopes are posted at various sites on the Internet. Although he entertained himself and others with a variety of flamboyant alternative names, Rudi was by far his most iconic and well known mail art identity.

Jack is survived by his wife of 44 years, Pauline; daughter and son-in-law Tilda and Rick Doughty of Edmonds; cousins Grant and Elaine Kinnear, Seattle, and Cal Kinnear and partner Jennifer, Vashon Island; extended family Steve Bieler and Deborah Wessell, Portland; and numerous mail art correspondents and friends. He also is the beloved Gump to all his granddaughters, great grandchildren and several generations of nieces and nephews.

At his request, no public services will be held. Memorials may be made to Whatcom Hospice House, 2806 Douglas Ave., Bellingham WA 98225, USA.

Arranged by Moles Family Funeral Homes & Crematory

Link to an interview with RR by Ruud Janssen

http://jas.faximum.com/library/tam/tam_56.htm

maandag 13 februari 2012

Rebellion for bread and a piece of the world

From Nuno and Nela, UK

The rebellion of a Canadian heart

From Diane Bertrand, Canada

vrijdag 10 februari 2012

REBEL TO BE GOOD

Collage The Be Good Tanya’s from Cuan Miles in South Africa

REBEL FOR CONNECTIONS

From Cheryl Penn in South Africa

REBEL AGAINST ALL ISM’s

Large painted envelope, for Anke van den Berg, Belgium

donderdag 9 februari 2012

IN SOLIDARITY WITH MY GAY and LESBIAN FRIENDS

Valentine collage: how not to love the own gender? aka rebel against the discrimination of HOLEBI’s
A reaction in softness on the proposition in Uganda by a conservative MP to introduce the death penalty of gay people in certain cases ...

Only inventivity, fantasy and intuition are useful for the birth of a new earth

From Anke van den Berg, Belgium

woensdag 8 februari 2012

Un homme je suis devenu; ALSO WE O.W.S. aka I became a man by occupying Wall street

Large painted envelope for Superhero

REBEL FOR TRANSFORMATION

From Lubomyr Tymkiv, Ukraine

X-RAY REBELS

From Jan Theuninck, Belgium

Rebellious games

ATC by Diane Keys, USA

The full cercle rebellion: REBEL against the power of money and the money of power!

VISPO Book 1 contributions from Diane Keys, USA

dinsdag 7 februari 2012

THE FISH REBELLION is backing ZEBRA Asemics

Dialogue between Guido Vermeulen and Theresa Williams

maandag 6 februari 2012

REBEL FOR REBIRTH

Guido,

i've been involved in mail art for one year now; and over that time have accumulated a large number of correspondents through the process of trying to find my self-expression. i've tried my best to properly document each piece of art i received, and have several folders of photos and scans of these. as many of you know, my son died a year and two months ago, and his passing has been a major theme throughout my art, as i've been trying to come to grips with his death. the last piece i made concerning his death was to deconstruct a piece of artwork which Guido Vermeulen sent me, a piece which guido dedicated what would have been Gabriel's fifth birthday in creating. i deconstructed it on the anniversary of Gabriel's death by cutting it into small squares, which i am still in the process of sending out in the mail.

you can see the work of deconstruction (The ZEN of FLUXUS) here on Guido's blog: http://thebookofann.blogspot.com/2011/11/zen-of-fluxus.html

this work was in response to the one which immediately proceeded (FLUXUS IS DEAD); which also was concerning Gabriel's death.

i have now created the next in this series; "Rebirth"

for this work, i have used the photos and scans of the artwork which i have received over the past year; so this reconstructed work is a collaboration between over 300 different artists, all around the world.

i think this is significant, because i credit you guys with helping me get through the worst of times in dealing with the grief of his loss. and although i realize i've crossed well beyond the borders of socially acceptable art many times over, i still continue to gain correspendence with new people, people that are accepting of how i deal with my pain; people willing to exchange creativity for creativity without bias or judgement.

so thank you all, you made this work with me; it is our work, not mine.

attached is a "tiny" version, you can see a little bit bigger version here: https://plus.google.com/u/0/112354604569262275604/posts/BukjiZ7JNbK

i'll be trying to send out a remix of this work to everyone i've got listed in my address book over the course of the next couple of months;
enjoy.

After Wall street, after forests and trees, oceans are waiting to be occupied!

Collage I made for co-worker Cecile

REBEL against all kind of denonciations

From Janine Weiss, Switzerland

Based on the denonciations of Jewish people during the Vichy regime in France who collaborated with the German nazis; some denonciations were even on Jews that had died and were buried in French cemeteries, how far can human deprivation and degenaration go?

We know, even today, extreme right NON HUMANS destroy Jewish cemeteries in France!