No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France)

No. 222 - arriving mail art "Bismarck pour Roland" from Lisette Candela (France) - Lisette has sent a wonderful watercolour portrait of Bismarck, who poke is tongue out. Thank you very much.

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany)

No. 221 - arriving mail art "Das Berühren der Figüren..." from Peter Backes (Germany) - a collaged photograph about students from Geesthacht who did a research on Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 220 - arriving mail art "Hessen König Otto" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has tried to sent a postcard without using a postage stamp, not even a faked one. It failed, because I have to pay postal taxe for it. On the front page you can see Emperor Wilhelm II. who is hammering a nail into the brain of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy)

No. 219 - arriving mail art from Bruno Chiarlone (Italy) - Bruno has sent a collaged photograph with some Bismarck images on it. Thank you very much.

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria)

No. 218 - arriving mail art from me (Austria) - one of the postal experiment which succeeded, I used the envelope again and put one Octopus Bismarck inside, than the envelope was dropped again into the mail box without any valid postage stamp and it came back.

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA)

No. 217 - arriving mail art "this is my grandfather..." from Keith A. Buchholz (USA) - Keith has sent a photograph of his gradfather from 1881, which were once forced to go to a Bismarck Military school at the age of 9. The grand-grand parents left Germany to emigrate to the USA. Thank you very much.

see his page at open fluxus: http://openfluxus.ning.com/profile/KeithABuchholz

or: http://keithbuchholz.blogspot.com/

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy)

No. 216 - arriving mail art "Bismarck mail art call" from Dr. Brignone (Italy) - a collaged modified comic strip with Bismarck in it as a soldier. Thank you very much.

see his blogs: http://rossinimailart.blogspot.com/

or: http://creaturesmailartcall.blogspot.com/

No. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 214 & No. 215 - arriving mail art "Brieverl für Otto und all seine Macht" & "Otto statt Socken?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the No. 214 refers to a research theme I did once about breverl, a special kind of amulet. Inside a letter filled will several stuff from nature (f. ex.: bones, a dried spider, sea shells) combined with other found objects, similar to the arrangements you can find inside of breverls. No. 215 refers to my former mail art call about socks. Thank you very much.

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 213 - arriving mail art "Get the Bismarck" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a decorated envelope; backsides with an illustration of a pulp fiction story about the battle around the warship Bismarck. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://bananaman.blogspot.com/

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

No. 212 - arriving mail art "Otto von Bismarck" from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - a little drawing showing Bisamarck on a throne. Thank you very much.

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 211 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - an envelope without using a valid postage stamp arrived today. The envelope is collaged with a portrait of the german comedian Otto Waalkes, but here with the typical outfit of the other Otto. Inside the sender (I suppose it was Heinz Lotz) used one of my artistamps.

Thank you very much.

... found in the city of Bad Kissingen ...

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 210 - arriving mail art "bismarcking" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the next funny collage with a Bismarck head. Thank you very much.

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt ..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 209 - arriving mail art "Wir sind nicht auf der Welt um zu genießen und glücklich zu sein, sondern um unserer Schudigkeit zu tun..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a photography of nuts together with a Bismarck nutcracker. The artistamp is made out of the same image and is a faked postage stamp - it arrived without any taxes. Thank you very much.

... Bismarck Octopus ...

for Carlos Botana's artisbook project about octopus

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 208 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - a postal experiment with no valid postaage stamp arrived - but in a way it failed, because I have to pay taxe for it. According to the handwriting it was made by Angela Behrendt. She used an advertising label of the Touriseum, which I perforated once. Backsides an image of abandoned streetart. Thank you very much.

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

No. 183 came back - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - the modified mail art No. 183 came back in this way - see as well the status before and the conceptual idea behind: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/search?q=No.+183,. Thank you very much.

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 204 - No. 207 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - four more mail art submissions to my project. No. 204 "Deutsche Träume - Albträume"; No. 205 "Bismarck Line" a new airline in the shape of a Hering; No. 206 "Ich kauf mir einen Otto"; No. 207 "wir wollen keine Kürbisköpfe feiern" All are very funny collaged postcards. Thank you very much.

... the next postal experiment ...

I will drop this already used envelope inside the postal mail box. I just put some extra Bismarck labels on it to see what will happen with it. I got this envelope from France some days ago. It is the third envelope which turns into this kind of conceptual art.

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany)

No. 203 - arriving mail art from Anonymous (Germany) - it seems to be a postal experiment as well, an already sent envelope - in the center there is a faked collaged postal stamp with a little Bismarck on it. Inside the letter just advertising materials as it has been already there before. Thank you very much.

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 202 - arriving mail art "Hotel Restaurant Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a repro after and old postcards with a german restaurant from Chicago. Thank you very much.

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and the past" from Peter Backes (France)

No. 201 - arriving mail art "postcard from the future ... and from the past" from Peter Backes (France) - this time Peter has sent me a postcard from his holiday in France, from the city Metz, the postcard is a so-called postcard from the future. Peter has collaged some of his Bismarck Portraits to it. Thank you very much.

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

No. 200 - arriving mail art "Bismarck and even more alcohol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - another stitched postcard, this time with a bottle of alcohol with a Bismarck label on it. Thank you very much.

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia)

No. 199 - arriving mail art "libertà" from Mauro Ceselli (Italia) - a painted postcard about the the the thme freedom. Thank you very much.

... next postal experiment ...

I will drop the envelope as well as the letter separately inside the mail box. I just put some extra Bismarck artistamp on it. just to see what the post office will do with it, maybe they bring both together? a kind of conceptual art.

No. 197 & No. 198 - arriving mail art "Er wurde einfach nicht mehr gebraucht..." & "Otto's Beste" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 197 & No. 198 - arriving mail art "Er wurde einfach nicht mehr gebraucht..." & "Otto's Beste" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has sent two mail art, one is a collaged postcard with refers two the famous image "Der Lotse geht von Bord" (dropping the pilot). The other one is a package of fishes. Thank you very much.

No. 196 - arriving mail art from me (Germany)

No. 196 - arriving mail art from me (Germany) - the envelope of the postal experiment (see below) came already with a second cancelation of the postage stamp, nothing more.

... next postal experiment ...

this already sent envelope I will bring back to the mail box to see what will happen, whether it will come back to me. I just put an extra Bismarck artistamp on it. It is already openend and extremly damaged with no more further stuff inside. I hope the post office will plastify it and put an excuse labels on it. If it came back in the very same way, I will post it again and again and again. I have the idea to do this now with all my normal envelopes I got in the future - a kind of conceptual art.

No. 195 - arriving mail art "Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 195 - arriving mail art "Bismarck" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a picture which explains the longdrink called black velvet a so-called favourite drink from Bismarck and sometimes as well called after his name. The drink is made out of Guiness beer and champaign or sparkling wine is. Uli combined here as well a faked postages stampo with a real one, both were canceled with the special postal stamp "Nachträglich entwertet" (canceled afterwards). Thank you very much.

No. 194 - arriving mail art "Mit Schnäuzer, etwas plem plem" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 194 - arriving mail art "Mit Schnäuzer, etwas plem plem" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - it is not only a mail art but as well a mailbart (mail mustache). Revering to the Mustache of Bismarck he was looking into the internet for this purpose and came to the conclusing that Heiner Brand has a similar one. Thank you very much.
see his blog: http://bananaman.blogspot.com/

No. 193 - arriving mail art from me (Germany)

No. 193 - arriving mail art from me (Germany) - the experiment worked so far that it came back (see below) but the post office noticed the faked postage stamp and stamped "Postwertzeichen ungültig" (non valid postage stamp) next to it another special postal stamp "Nachträglich entwertet" which means canceled afterwards. So the head of Bismarck has been canceled, thats funny. In between the handwriting with blue editing pen "96", the taxe rate to pay, but I do not have to pay anything. It's fun and I will try it again next time. Maybe try it as well.

... starting a new experiment with fake postage stamps ...

... starting a new experiment with fake postage stamps ...

with this card, one of the multiples with god, I try to get this card back without using a valid postage stamp on it. I will drop this card into the postoffice mail box. Just to see what will happen. Will it come back, and how, do I have to pay taxes for it ?

the returnings of the Bismarck Mail Art to Achim Heidemann (Germany)

the returning pieces of the Bismarck Mail Art to Achim Heidemann (Germany) - the former mail art No. 183 for modifications the envelope 1142 and one of the multiples with God, just to see what will happen, inside some more stuff.

No. 183 a - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

No. 183a - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - an extraordinary mail art because Achim, who has sent already one mail art to the call (see here: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-183-arriving-mail-art-1815-o-vau-be.html) has some new ideas to modify his older mail art. He made some proposals on this envelope which I have to send back to him because it is part of his project. He wants me to sent back as well his Bismarck mail art so that he can modify it to be more critic about the person Bismarck. As far as I understand the symbolic question marks around the Bismarck Portrait in the first status will afterwards turn more into a cross of the 3rd Reich - the swastika. In a way a kind of conceptual art or fluxus. Thank you very much.

No. 192 - arriving mail art from Celestino Neto (Brazil)

No. 192 - arriving mail art from Celestino Neto (Brazil) - Celestino has sent me a big size drawing - a portrait of Bismarck. The sending came a bit damaged and has been opened and passed by the german customs. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://tocadoloboartepostal.blogspot.com/

No. 191 - arriving mail art "dort unten aufräumen..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 191 - arriving mail art "dort unten aufräumen..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has used an image of a performance of the chinese artist Ai Weiwei and modified it the into a portrait of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 190 - is this mail art too?

this I found today in my mail box, without any address without any postage stamp, nothing but a plastic cover of "edle Bismarck Heringe" - who has eaten this fish?

No. 188 & No. 189 - arriving mail art "Im Land der hohen Hüte" & "Berlin Bismarckburger Tor" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 188 & No. 189 - arriving mail art "Im Land der hohen Hüte" & "Berlin Bismarckburger Tor" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more mail art from Heinz, the first refers to the typical high military helmet Bismarck wears sometimes, the other one is an old little pennant Heinz has modified - the Brandenburger Tor turns into a Bismarckburger Tor. Thank you very much.

No. 187 - arriving mail art from Peter Dowker (Canada)

No. 187 - arriving mail art from Peter Dowker (Canada) - a postcard which has travelled quite a lot - in its origin it is a postcard from Bernd Reichert from Belgium which he has obviously sent to Bruno Chiarlone in Italy, Bruno modified it with collages and sent it to Peter Dowker in Canada, and Peter modifed it once more an sent it back to europe. Thank you very much.
how the status looks like before you can see here: http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.com/2009/09/received-from-bruno-chiarlone.html
Peter's blog: http://flipflopmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 186 - arriving mail art "Otto & Camilla" from Angela Behrendt (England)

No. 186 - arriving mail art "Otto & Camilla" from Angela Behrendt (England) - annother mail art Angela has sent from her short trip to London. It is a wedding image with Otto von Bismarck and Camilla Parker-Bowles. Thank you very much.

No. 185 - arriving mail art "14 Käufer, erhängt" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany)

No. 185 - arriving mail art "14 Käufer, erhängt" from Wolfgang Skodd (Germany) - a special correspondence between Wolfgang an me about similar words like "14 Käufer, erhängt aso." more about that can be seen on his blog as well as ob my blog with the outgoing mail art. Here backsides with a Bismarck caricature, so I post it here, Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://bananaman.blogspot.com/

No. 184 - arriving mail art from Pàl Csaba (Hungary)

No. 184 - arriving mail art from Pàl Csaba (Hungary) - an enigmatic portrait of Bismarck combined with collage an oil painting. backsides as well a strange creature. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://palmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 183 - arriving mail art "1815 O. vau. Be. 1898" from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

No. 183 - arriving mail art "1815 O. vau. Be. 1898" from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - a collaged portrait of Bismarck with a symbolic cross around on the text of Bismarck's biography. Thank you very much.

No. 182 - arriving mail art "Gestern noch Luxus heute schon Fluxus" from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

No. 182 - arriving mail art "Gestern noch Luxus heute schon Fluxus" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a decorated envelope with obviously a self made postage stamp but together with a real one. Inside the same quotation of Bismarck I got some days ago from Angela Behrendt, here with a beer mug with the face of Bismarck. Thank you very much.

No. 181 - arriving mail art "Otto Von" from Mick Boyle (USA)

No. 181 - arriving mail art "Otto Von" from Mick Boyle (USA) - a digital collage and modification of a historical Bismarck portrait. He has a mail art all on radish. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://digitalmailart.blogspot.com/

No. 180 - arriving mail art from Servane Morel (Belgium)

No. 180 - arriving mail art from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a painted portrait of Bismarck in miced media. Thank you very much.

see her blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

... return to sender ...

the card which I posted last week to Rysuke Cohen came back this way - the postoffice wanted to have more money, no idea why - I'm tempted to keep it for the project.

No. 179 - arriving mail art from Ahmet Demir (Turkey)

No. 179 - arriving mail art from Ahmet Demir (Turkey) - another envelope with an enevelope inside to return tu Ahmet. He just used a little image of Bismarck in the upper left corner (a rubberstamp which I did once). Thank you very much.

No. 178 -arriving mail art "ABC Pflaster..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

No. 178 -arriving mail art "ABC Pflaster..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a new collaged Bismarck creature arrived today. Thank you very much.

No. 177 - arriving mail art "Nothern Pacific Depot - Bismarck N.D." from Tom Johnson (USA)

No. 177 - arriving mail art "Nothern Pacific Depot - Bismarck N.D." from Tom Johnson (USA) - a big sized envelope, old adversting board, with lots of original and historical paper stuff on it, as there was a postcard of the Nothern Pacific Railway Station which is called Bismarck, hehind this historical postcard which he has opened at the clock tower you can see an old photograph of Bismarck (carte de viste - photo) - clock tower like a helmet - pickelhaube. He also used an adverstising board with bowing Mickey Mouse from the 193oies. Backsides an image of Shirley Maclaine (in the movie Irma la Douce) waiting for a half-a-knight. Very funny compilation of old materials. Thank you very much.

see his blog: http://snowballbelly.blogspot.com/