?Hero? Andreas Hofer (1767-1810) - mail art call for postcards

... IN MEMORY OF NANCY SCALI ...

2011-09-01T00:36:00.000-07:00

Nancy Scali's Last Supper for Andreas Hofer, 2009

today the mail art catalogue "Post für Otto" for Nancy Scali came back with a sad notice: return to sender address undeliverable, that alarmed me; Nancy has been ill the last years and now I found the message online that she has passed away:

Born October 28, 1946, passed away June 3, 2011, in Claremont, CA. She graduated from Chaffey High School, in 1964, and Chapman University, in 1968, with a Bachelors of Arts Degree in Art. Nancy later earned elementary and administrative credentials and taught in the public schools for 35 years. She retired from the Ontario/Montclair School District in 2008. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Scali; her son, Ian; and a brother, Houston Dewey of Clifton Virginia. Nancy was 64 years of age.

here you can see her submissions to the Bismarck project: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/search?q=Scali

and here all the other nice stuff I got from her: http://socks-stockings.blogspot.com/search?q=arriving+Nancy

and her lovely submissions for the call Andreas Hofer: http://andreas-hofer.blogspot.com/search?q=arriving+Nancy

No. 580 - arriving mail art from Stefanie Krome (Italy)

2011-04-11T08:18:00.000-07:00

No. 580 - arriving mail art from Stefanie Krome (Italy) - one more a very late submission to this mail art call. Stefanie modified a newspaper front page with her own faces. Thank you. see her page: http://stefanie-krome.com/

No. 579 - arriving mail art "Achtung Briefbombe" from Dominik Stahlberg (Italy)

2011-04-07T06:34:00.000-07:00

No. 579 - arriving mail art "Achtung Briefbombe" from Dominik Stahlberg (Italy) - it is a very late submisson to this mail art call on the topic Andreas Hofer, and my first marble mail art ever. It has a unique character for mail art, this piece is worked out in original Carrara marble, combined with synthetic materials and colour, weight 1.7 kilo. A funny letter from Andreas Hofer, Alte Heimat, Tirol to Napoleon Bonaparte, Paris Frankreich. Thank you very much. see Dominik's homepage with more of his funny sculptures: http://www.mr-stahlberg.com/

No. 578 - arriving mail art from "E" (France)

2010-08-28T01:29:00.000-07:00

No. 578 - arriving mail art from "E" (France) - a very late incoming mail art for Andreas Hofer, arrived today, he has sent the rest of her grpahical works on this theme. He put it inside an envelope for my other mail art call on Otto von Bismarck, he modified one of the graphical work into a Bismarck - see: http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com

Thank you very much.
see his new mail art call her: http://expositionsingeschaunois.blogspot.com/

No. 577 - arriving mail art from Pawel Petasz (Poland)

2010-06-10T02:05:00.000-07:00

No. 577 - arriving mail art from Pawel Petasz (Poland) - a very late submission came in today. Andreas Hofe with two soldiers. Thank you very much.

see: http://www.zulawy.art.pl/

No. 576 - arriving mail art "Late Andreas Hofer!" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany)

2010-02-17T03:00:00.000-08:00

No. 576 - arriving mail art "Late Andreas Hofer!" from Gunter Schwind - arttower (Germany) - an artprinted postcard with several Andreas Hofer portraits on it. Thank you very much.

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

No. 575 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas..." from Servane Morel (Belgium)

2010-02-04T00:47:00.001-08:00

No. 575 - arriving mail art "When Otto meets Andreas..." from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a funny painting by Servane, a combination of two of my mail art calls. Otto von Bismarck is dancing with Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much. Servane has a mail art call about the antique world wonders.
see here: http://merveillesdumondemailart.blogspot.com/

and her other blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

No. 574 - arriving mail art from Samuel Montalvetti (Argentina)

2010-01-30T06:06:00.000-08:00

No. 574 - arriving mail art from Samuel Montalvetti (Argentina) - besides several other paper stuff (which you can see on my other blog) he has sent me this Andreas Hofer hanger. Thank you very much.

see his blogs: http://samuelmontalvetti.blogspot.com/
or http://trenesyvagones.blogspot.com/
or http://montalvetti.blogspot.com/

No. 573 - arriving mail art from Anabel G. & Bruno C. (Portugal)

2009-12-21T02:48:00.000-08:00

No. 573 - arriving mail art from Anabel G. & Bruno C. (Portugal) - a very late submission to my call. Thanl xou very much.

see theis blog: http://caixotinho1.blogspot.com/

No. 572 - arriving mail art from Alexandre Gomez Vilas Boas (Brazil)

2009-09-08T03:27:00.000-07:00

No. 572 - arriving mail art from Alexandre Gomez Vilas Boas (Brazil) - a late submission from Brazil. Alexandre has sent me two of his graphical works as well as a drawn portrait of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

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

No. 571 - arriving mail art "Ob ich dereinst ..." from Uli Grohmann (Germany)

2009-08-31T01:41:00.000-07:00

No. 571 - arriving mail art "Ob ich dereinst namenlos den Strohtod sterben werde oder sie mich doch noch zum Märtyrer stilisieren?" from Uli Grohmann (Germany) - a computer animated image shows the famous Portrait from Goethe (by Tischbein) with the head of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 570 - arriving mail art Who's that Andreas Hofer?" from Chiharu Iwasaki (Japan)

2009-08-28T05:08:00.000-07:00

No. 570 - arriving mail art Who's that Andreas Hofer?" from Chiharu Iwasaki (Japan) - a very late submission from Japan from Chiharu. A Samurai seems to aks the question who that Andreas Hofer could be. Thank you very much.

see her new blog: http://1000printemps.blog81.fc2.com/

No. 569 - arriving mail art from Yuyun Stouls (France)

2009-07-31T04:41:00.000-07:00

No. 569 - arriving mail art from Yuyun Stouls (France) - it is collaged and painted postcard with two cats named Andreas and Fluxus sailing against a sunset. Thank you very much.

Yuyun has a mal art call about music.

No. 568 - arriving mail art booklet from Denis Charmot (France)

2009-07-14T03:35:00.000-07:00

No. 568 - arriving mail art booklet from Denis Charmot (France) - Denis has used an online tool called photofunnia and made me an artistbook with several Andreas Hofer images inside.

Thank you very much.

see his page: http://denis.charmot.free.fr/

No. 567 - arriving mail art "This is an original piece of evidence" from Jürgen O. Olbrich (Germany)

2009-07-03T06:59:00.000-07:00

No. 567 - arriving mail art "This is an original piece of evidence" from Jürgen O. Olbrich (Germany) - a Andreas Hofer decorated envelope with a Andreas Hofer evidence postcard inside. Thank you very much.

No. 566 - arriving mail art from Yuyun Stouls (France)

2009-07-01T05:41:00.001-07:00

No. 566 - arriving mail art from Yuyun Stouls (France) - it is a postcard which is combined with a part of the postcard I have sent in, together with three cats named Fluxus, Andreas and Hofer playing the piano. Thank you very much.

No. 565 - arriving mail art from Denis Charmot (France)

2009-06-15T05:07:00.001-07:00

No. 565 - arriving mail art from Denis Charmot (France) - Denis has drawn a nice portrait of Andreas Hofer in ink. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://denis.charmot.free.fr/

No. 564 - arriving mail art "Achtung Orginal Hofer..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-29T07:06:00.000-07:00

No. 564 - arriving mail art "Achtung Orginal Hofer..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - collaged paper items with Andreas Hofer - for the envelope he used the recycled one I have sent to him. Thank you very much.

No. 563 - arriving mail art from Erich Sündermann (Austria)

2009-05-25T01:06:00.000-07:00

No. 563 - arriving mail art from Erich Sündermann (Austria) - Erich has drawn a big size portrait of Andreas Hofer with a revolver in his hand. Thank you very much.

No. 562 - arriving mail art "Haben Sie Fragen, Anregungen, Gesprächsbedarf? from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-25T01:04:00.001-07:00

No. 562 - arriving mail art "Haben Sie Fragen, Anregungen, Gesprächsbedarf? from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a collage about the shooting down of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 560 & No. 561 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-22T04:16:00.000-07:00

... ich jedenfalls nicht, ich mag keine Klebstreifen

No. 560 & No. 561 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - and once more two of his funny collages, in which he integrated Andreas Hofer images. Thank you very much.

No. 558 & No. 559 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-19T13:57:00.000-07:00

No. 558 & No. 559 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more of his humoristic collages. One of them is an already sent postcard from Spain, which he has modified. Thank you very much.

No. 557 - arriving mail art "Zu Mantua in Banden ... wir sie fanden..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-16T07:06:00.000-07:00

No. 557 - arriving mail art "Zu Mantua in Banden ... wir sie fanden, des Hofers letzte Schuhe" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a really funny, partly 3-dimensional collage with little wooden shoes on it. First the postal system obviously did not accept the cut-out postage stamp on it, but then it seems there was no problem any more and I got it without paying taxes. Heinz used the backside of the envelope I have sent to him some times ago. Thank you very much.

No. 556 - arriving mail art "Sehr geehrter Hofer..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-12T05:14:00.000-07:00

No. 556 - arriving mail art "Sehr geehrter Hofer..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a funny collaged postcard with the shooting down of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 555 - arriving mail art "Wo ist Gott?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-05-02T11:43:00.003-07:00

No. 555 - arriving mail art "Wo ist Gott?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a decorated envelope with Andreas Hofer asking the question "where is God?" Inside a collaged letter. Thank you very much.

No. 554 - arriving mail art "Achtung" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-05-02T11:43:00.001-07:00

No. 554 - arriving mail art "Achtung" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - it is a modified postcard she got several months ago from Heinz W. Lotz. He used an image of an elder mail art of her an modified it as well. Thank you very much to both of them.

No 553 - arriving mail art "Über mich Hero" from E. Buado (USA)

2009-04-24T10:24:00.001-07:00

No 553 - arriving mail art "Über mich Hero" from E. Buado (USA) - partly collaged posrtcard with a portrait of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 552 - arriving mail art "Alles Liebe" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-04-21T13:59:00.001-07:00

No. 552 - arriving mail art "Alles Liebe" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - it is a collaged postcard he got back with a notice from the postoffice, that he has to pay extra postage. After this he cut it into four pieces and sent it again inside an envelope. On the backside he fixed a 5 Euro note for future postage taxes. Thank you.

No. 551 - arriving mail art "Hofer ging verloren...?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-04-15T09:52:00.001-07:00

No. 551 - arriving mail art "Hofer ging verloren...?" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a collaged postcard with the question "Did Hofer get lost...?" I have no idea, maybe he has been already lost while his lifetime. Thank you.

No. 550 - arriving mail art "Frohe Ostern" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-04-08T01:37:00.000-07:00

No. 550 - arriving mail art "Frohe Ostern" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - as far as there is a tiny little Hofer image in one angle of the glasses I will post this mail art here. The easter artistamp is stitched. Thank you very much.

No. 549 - arriving mail art "we can be heros..." from Sylvie Belgrand (France)

2009-04-06T07:23:00.001-07:00

No. 549 - arriving mail art "we can be heros..." from Sylvie Belgrand (France) - a wonderful big sized postcard arrived today with this nice portrait of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

see her blog: http://mailartcall.over-blog.com/

No. 548 - arriving mail art "Andreas" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

2009-04-05T02:59:00.000-07:00

No. 548 - arriving mail art "Andreas" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a funny cat drawing from Servane has arrived already some time ago and which I post today. The cats' tails are building the name Andreas. Thank you very much. Servane has a mail art call about Corto Maltese.

see here: http://mailartcorto.blogspot.com/and her other blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

No. 547 - arriving mail art "Wass has dis foto to do mit Mail Arten???" from Susan A. Walker (USA)

2009-04-05T02:52:00.000-07:00

No. 547 - arriving mail art "Wass has dis foto to do mit Mail Arten???" from Susan A. Walker (USA) - a digital photo with Andreas Hofer modifications. Thank you very much.

see her page at Iuoma: http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/SAWalker

No. 546 - arriving invitation to the exhibition about Andreas Hofer from Touriseum (Italy)

2009-04-05T02:49:00.000-07:00

No. 546 - arriving invitation to the exhibition about Andreas Hofer from Touriseum (Italy) - thanks.

see http://www.touriseum.it/

No. 543 - No. 545 - arriving mail art "Hofers letzte Kugel?" and "Hoferstuhlgang" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-04-05T02:41:00.000-07:00

No. 543 - No. 545 - arriving mail art "Hofers letzte Kugel?" and "Hoferstuhlgang" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - three more collaged cards arrived the last two weeks, which I post a little bit later in this case. Heinz used once more some images of already sent mail art and modified them in his typical way. Thank you very much.

No. 542 - arriving mail art from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-03-16T09:58:00.001-07:00

No. 542 - arriving mail art from Nancy Scali (USA) - Nancy made a special form of mail art like a so-called breverl (amulett package) and used as well an Andreas Hofer image inside with bizarre little arranged materials, textile packages with tinsel cord and beads on it, small other packages, a medaillon aso. - how you will find in those breverls. Really funny, because it was once one of my research project. Thank you very much.

2009-03-16T04:11:00.000-07:00

Der Umschlag des dritten Bandes der Studienreihe des Touriseums.

Der Tourismus-Hofer: Neue Touriseum-Publikation erscheint Anfang April
„Andreas Hofer. Ein Tourismusheld?! – Un eroe del turismo?!“ ist der Titel des neuesten Bandes der Studienreihe des Landesmuseums für Tourismus. Die Publikation wird zur Eröffnung der Sonderausstellung "Der mit dem Bart..." am 2. April vorgestellt und ist dann im Buchhandel erhältlich.
Das Touriseum präsentiert in diesem 700 Seiten starken zweisprachigen Buch die Ergebnisse der Tagung auf Schloss Trauttmansdorff, die im September 2008 den Einfluss Andreas Hofers und der Freiheitskämpfe von 1809 auf den Tourismus untersucht hat. Die Palette der behandelten Inhalte ist breit: Souvenirs, Produkte aller Art, vielfach auch Nahrungsmittel, Bilder, religiöse Vereinnahmung, Schlachtfeldtourismus, Filme, Kinderbücher, Theaterstücke, Gedenkstätten, museales Bewahren, die Benennung von Straßen und Plätzen und Denkmäler trugen dazu bei, Andreas Hofer unsterblich zu machen. „Andreas Hofer. Ein Tourismusheld?! Un eroe del turismo?!“, herausgegeben von Paul Rösch und Konrad Köstlin, 700 Seiten, durchgehend in deutscher und italienischer Sprache, englische Zusammenfassung, erschienen im Studienverlag. Ab Anfang April im Buchhandel zum Preis von 39,90 Euro erhältlich.
see: http://www.touriseum.it/

Him with the beard... Andreas Hofer in tourism
Tourist advertising never actively recruited Andreas Hofer; nevertheless he has morphed into the stereotypical Tyrolean, and for a long time was THE promotional ambassador for the area.
As Mozart is for Salzburg, Che Guevara for Cuba, William Tell for Switzerland, Hermann Maier for Austria or Nelson Mandela for South Africa – so is Andreas Hofer for Tyrol. Each country has its hero, each nation its liberator, each religion its saints, each type of music and sport its stars. Andreas Hofer is one of these figures. The Touriseum intends to capture the many different facets of “hero status” and raise this from its individual, local dimensions to a universal level. From this global viewpoint, it will be seen how heroes are used and abused. A differentiation is made between the hero and mythologizing and between marketing and personality. Hofer is a hero like many others, and a comparison will show that heroes can be found everywhere. The exhibition will show how heroes are made and marketed.Andreas Hofer was made into a myth that developed into a synonym for Tyrol: Tyrol became the “Land of Hofer”. Tourist advertising never actively recruited Andreas Hofer; nevertheless he has morphed into the stereotypical Tyrolean, and for a long time was THE promotional ambassador for the area. How did this come about? As early as the Tyrolean rebellion of 1809, the enemies of Napoleon looked to Tyrol and reverently observed the defiance of these mountain dwellers. The English poet William Wordsworth wrote several poems about the “Tyrolean champion”, thus helping to raise the profile of Tyrol. Andreas Hofer was subsequently used again and again as a hero by the most diverse political movements: by the liberals in the revolutionary year of 1848, by the Habsburgs towards the end of the 19th century and as a mythical figure in the First World War, by the Austrian fascists between the wars, by the Nazis prior to and during the Second World War and, since the annexation of South Tyrol by Italy, as a symbol for the fight against “foreign rule”.The exhibition’s unusual presentation in the coach house of Trauttmansdorff Castle matches the tone of the overall motto of the commemorative year, “History meets Future”: alongside the standard objects and exhibits to be found in a museum will be large sized, multi-coloured and hand-drawn illustrations to make a contrast between the past and the future. Visitors will experience this contrast, of the well-known mixed with the unknown, in a very “private” way.The exhibition in the Touriseum at Trauttmansdorff Castle opens on 3 April 2009 and runs until 15 November. There will be an exhibition catalogue and a series of events to complement the special exhibition.Him with the beard...Special exhibition at the Touriseum – Trauttmansdorff Castle3 April – 15 November 2009Opening times: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (3 April to 15 June/15 September to 15 November) and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. (15 June to 15 November)Entry to the special exhibition is included in the entry ticket to Trauttmansdorff Castle.For further information: www.touriseum.it

-->inside this book there will be as well a little article (in german and italian, english summary) about the Hofer mail art collection

No. 541 - arriving mail art "Auf der Suche nach der Freiheit..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-03-14T10:33:00.000-07:00

No. 541 - arriving mail art "Auf der Suche nach der Freiheit..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another collage which includes several other mail art before with additional modifications. Thank you very much.

No. 540 - arriving mail art "Hofersphere" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-03-11T08:32:00.000-07:00

No. 540 - arriving mail art "Hofersphere" from Nancy Scali (USA) - Nancy has made a 3-dimensional sphere out of a striped drawing and send as well the famous Andreas Hofer song. Thank you very much.

No. 538 & No. 539 - arriving mail art "Begrabt mein Herz im Kurhaus am Park" & "Danke dass du da bist" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-03-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

No. 538 & No. 539 - arriving mail art "Begrabt mein Herz im Kurhaus am Park" & "Danke dass du da bist" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the one collage refers to a statement of an american indian who pointed out where to bury his heart. Thank you very much.

No. 537 - arriving mail art "Andrecat's Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

2009-03-08T04:22:00.000-07:00

No. 537 - arriving mail art "Andrecat's Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a lovely painting about Andreas Hofer's cat and their tyrolian cats army. The orange cat wears the typical suspenders like Andreas Hofer and socks, so it fits as well to my former mail art call about socks and stockings. And finally I love cats. So it is a wonderful mail art. Thank you very much.

Servane has a mailart call about Corto Maltese.
see here: http://mailartcorto.blogspot.com/
her other blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

No. 536 - arriving mail art "Roland Stöckli" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-03-07T06:05:00.001-08:00

No. 536 - arriving mail art "Roland Stöckli" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - collaged card board with an adverstising label called Roland Stöckli. Angela sticked as well Andreas Hofer stamps to it. Thank you very much.

No. 535 - arriving mail art "Hofer mir graut vor dir..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-03-05T08:23:00.001-08:00

No. 535 - arriving mail art "Hofer mir graut vor dir..." from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - one more of his surrealistic collages. Thank you very much.

No. 534 - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany)

2009-03-04T04:22:00.002-08:00

No. 534 - arriving mail art from Achim Heidemann (Germany) - a little story about the time of ANdreas Hofer in Jena. It has been sent in his envelope No. 1067 which he wants to get back in a modified way on the backside of it.

No. 533 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-03-04T04:22:00.001-08:00

No. 533 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - once againg he modified a postcard which has been arrived to me before. Thank you very much.

Heinz has a call about "Freedom for Claus".

No. 532 - arriving mail art from Alexander Charistos (Austria)

2009-02-28T05:33:00.000-08:00

No. 532 - arriving mail art from Alexander Charistos (Austria) - a big sized card board with several Andreas Hofer images and old austrian postage stamps around. Alexander is the curator of a mail art show about the theme "imagination on the move" see picture for details. Thank you very much.

No. 531 - arriving mail art "Alphorn" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-28T05:30:00.000-08:00

No. 531 - arriving mail art "Alphorn" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - one more an over and over collaged postcard with images from former mail art I got. Thank you very much.

No. 529 & No. 530 - arriving mail art "Auch Hofer war manchmal narrisch!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-27T14:49:00.000-08:00

No. 529 & No. 530 - arriving mail art "Auch Hofer war manchmal narrisch!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the first postcards is about the question whether Andreas Hofer is/was a fool, the other one illustrates the meeting of Andreas Hofer with Amy Winehouse. Both are really funny collages. Even if have to pay postal due for the one, it is worth every penny. Thank you very much.

No. 528 - arriving mail art "AAA Hero" from Hong In Young (South Korea)

2009-02-24T04:17:00.001-08:00

No. 528 - arriving mail art "AAA Hero" from Hong In Young (South Korea) - a collaged and drawn postcard with some images and parts of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much, it is my very first mail art which came from this country. Hong In Young has a mail art call about chairs.

see the blog: http://theartistsbooks.blogspot.com/

No. 527 - arriving mail art "Die Richtung stimmt - Das Alphorn stammt aus Tibet" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-24T04:11:00.000-08:00

No. 527 - arriving mail art "Die Richtung stimmt - Das Alphorn stammt aus Tibet" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another over and over collaged postcard. The image was sent already several times to me and to other persons (see my other blog). Heinz copied always the new status of it and did more collages to the postcard, in this case with several Hofer faces. Thank you very much.

No. 526 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer eye/hand coordination game" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-02-23T03:06:00.000-08:00

No. 526 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer eye/hand coordination game" from Nancy Scali (USA) - inside an envelope a wonderful little handmade game with a painted portrait of Andreas Hofer and three moving perls inside which you have to get inside his jacket. Thank you very much.

No. 525 - arriving mail art "Hofer ist da!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-23T03:00:00.000-08:00

No. 525 - arriving mail art "Hofer ist da!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - the collaged postcard came anonymously but it is clearly to identify as a work from Heinz. Thank you very much.

No. 524 - arriving mail art "His father's inn" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

2009-02-20T04:30:00.001-08:00

No. 524 - arriving mail art "His father's inn" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - another nice paiting from Servane where you can see the famous Inn of Andreas Hofer in South Tyrol. Thank you very much. Servane has a mailart call about Corto Maltese.
see here: http://mailartcorto.blogspot.com/

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

No. 523 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-18T01:23:00.000-08:00

No. 523 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - Heinz has used an images that has been sent out several times to me and Angela Behrendt, now it turned into a Hofer mail art. Thank you very much.

No. 522 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofers mother's hand" from Teodor Ajder (Poland)

2009-02-12T10:04:00.000-08:00

No. 522 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofers mother's hand" from Teodor Ajder (Poland) - a drawing from Teodor, collaged to a postcard showing as well Hofer's hand while he was a child, holding the thumb of his mother's hand. Thank you very much.

Teodor has a new mail art call, see here: http://www.matasaruart.blogspot.com/

No. 521 - arriving mail art "Hofer" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-02-12T09:59:00.000-08:00

No. 521 - arriving mail art "Hofer" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another transformation of a painting by Servane Morel, first Angela Behrendt stitched a card after it, now Heinz used this stichteche version an made a collage with it. Thank you very much.

No. 520 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Life Line" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-02-04T00:57:00.000-08:00

No. 520 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Life Line" from Nancy Scali (USA) - another moveable mail art from Nancy, this time you can pull the life line inside the hand of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 519 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)

2009-02-04T00:54:00.000-08:00

No. 519 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - decorated postcard with an Andreas Hofer sitting next to a pig on the table. Thank you very much,
see her blog: http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com/

No. 518 - arriving mail art "Last Supper of Andreas Hofer" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-02-02T00:14:00.000-08:00

No. 518 - arriving mail art "Last Supper of Andreas Hofer" from Nancy Scali (USA) - once again Nancy made a wonderful interpretation about Andreas Hofer's last supper, a little 3 dimensional theater with moveable background, which turns from light to dark clouds. Inside she puts as well some artistamps and a little drawing of Andreas Hofer on the letter. Thank you very much.

No. 517 - arriving mail art "African Rebel" from Cuan Miles (South Africa)

2009-01-21T01:18:00.000-08:00

No. 517 - arriving mail art "African Rebel" from Cuan Miles (South Africa) - a funny digital modification of a Andreas Hofer image, here with the face of Nelson Mandela. Thank you very much.

No. 516 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-01-21T01:13:00.000-08:00

No. 516 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - after Angela's nicely stitched handkerchief (see No. 514) she made as well a Postcard which the same picture. It is worked out after an image Servane Morel has once sent me several month ago, which you can see here: http://andreas-hofer.blogspot.com/2008/09/no-409-arriving-mail-art-andreas.html
Thank you very much.

No. 515 - arriving mail art "Image du Monde" from Jean Noel Potte (France)

2009-01-21T01:09:00.000-08:00

No. 515 - arriving mail art "Image du Monde" from Jean Noel Potte (France) - a big sized squared postcards with collages of Andreas Hofer and Napoléon as playing cards. Thank you very much.

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

No. 514 - arriving mail art "Grüsse von Andreas" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2009-01-19T03:47:00.001-08:00

No. 514 - arriving mail art "Grüsse von Andreas" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - Angela has stitched a handkerchief, which I have sent her just a few days ago. It is an old one with an emblem of the city Merano. I thought to pass it over to the Touriseum (museum of tourism) afterwards, but she decided to sent me the handkerchief - of course it will stay now in my collection. Sorry for the Touriseum. Angelas stitched an Andreas Hofer Graffiti after the image Servane Morel has once sent me several month ago, which you can see here: http://andreas-hofer.blogspot.com/2008/09/no-409-arriving-mail-art-andreas.html

Thank you very much.

No. 513 - arriving mail art "Mona Hofer" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands)

2009-01-17T03:35:00.000-08:00

No. 513 - arriving mail art "Mona Hofer" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands) - a digital photo with the images of Mona Lisa as well as Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.
see his page: http://nicovanhoorn-mail-art.blogspot.com/

No. 512 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-01-17T03:33:00.000-08:00

No. 512 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a collaged postcard, Andreas Hofer got a kind of a face lifting. Thank you very much.

No. 511- arriving mail art "Sight Line - Nobody recycled" from Peter Dowker (Canada

2009-01-17T01:00:00.000-08:00

No. 511- arriving mail art "Sight Line - Nobody recycled" from Peter Dowker (Canada) - Peter modified one of these postcards by Litsa Spathi with several collages, backsides with an image of an elder austrian postage stamp with Andreas Hofer on it. Thank you very much.

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

No. 510 - arriving mail art from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands)

2009-01-17T00:53:00.000-08:00

No. 510 - arriving mail art from Ruud Janssen (Netherlands) - an acrylic painted envelope with several stuff inside, incl. two color copies of a TAM rubberstamp sheet, which I started with some artistamps and postcards about Andreas Hofer from different artists and passed it over to Lisette Candel and finally it made it way to Ruud. Thank you very much.

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

No. 509 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Shrine" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-01-14T08:04:00.000-08:00

No. 509 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer Shrine" from Nancy Scali (USA) - Nancy made a triptychon with a cruzifixus while using the LOV€ artistamp on it, Inside she puts as well a St. Hofer medaillon. Thank you very much.

No. 508 - arriving mail art "Where is Andreas Hofer?" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2009-01-13T04:07:00.000-08:00

No. 508 - arriving mail art "Where is Andreas Hofer?" from Nancy Scali (USA) - a digital modification of several persons which turn more or less into an ornament. Inside as well some artistamps made out of the same image. Thank you very much.

No. 507 - arriving mail art "sterben tot begraben trauern" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2009-01-13T04:03:00.000-08:00

No. 507 - arriving mail art "sterben tot begraben trauern" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a modified advertising with a little Andreas Hofer portrait inside. Thank you very much.

No. 506 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer et son Frère en premiers communiantes"" from Bérengère Delli (France

2009-01-07T03:29:00.000-08:00

No. 506 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer et son Frère en premiers communiantes" from Bérengère Delli (France) - collaged postcards with portraits of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.
see her blog: http://beloune.blogspot.com/

No. 505 - arriving mail art from Lisette Candela (France)

2009-01-05T07:28:00.000-08:00

No. 505 - arriving mail art from Lisette Candela (France) - a wonderful surprise package came today from Lisette, she used one of the Andreas Hofer artistamp and modified it over the envelope. Inside one of her artistcard and the rubberstamped itself she has carved once - see here: http://andreas-hofer.blogspot.com/2008/05/no-281-arriving-mail-art-hofer.html
She printed as well this rubberstamp to den TAM rubberstamp which I have sent her to pass it over to Ruud Janssen. Thank you very much.

No. 503 & No. 504 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer & Hercules" and "What kind of Lion is this?" from Vladimir Gritsay (Russia)

2009-01-03T08:29:00.000-08:00

No. 503 & No. 504 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer & Hercules" and "What kind of Lion is this?" from Vladimir Gritsay (Russia)) - two computer generated images about Andreas Hofer and Heracles (the mail art interest of Vladimir). Thank you very much.

No. 502 - arriving mail art "Ho Ho Hofer" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-30T02:59:00.000-08:00

No. 502 - arriving mail art "Ho Ho Hofer" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a little folded and collaged postcard. Thank you very much.

No. 501 - arriving mail art "Hofer mit Tatort Spuren" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-24T12:42:00.000-08:00

No. 501 - arriving mail art "Hofer mit Tatort Spuren" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a collaged postcards, probably with some real marks from Andreas Hofer? Thank you very much.

No. 500 - arriving mail art "Mach's gut Andreas!" from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2008-12-23T12:53:00.001-08:00

No. 500 - arriving mail art "Mach's gut Andreas!" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a laminated postcard with an Andreas Hofer head, together arranged with bread, cheese, wine and confetti. Unfortunately damaged by the german post office. Thank you very much.

No. 499 - arriving mail art "Hund mit Hofer Brille" from Anonymous but I suppose it was Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-23T12:44:00.003-08:00

No. 499 - arriving mail art "Hund mit Hofer Brille" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a collaged postcard with Andreas Hofer spectacles. Thank you very much.

No. 498 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia)

2008-12-22T06:57:00.000-08:00

No. 498 - arriving mail art from Dmitry Babenko (Russia) - for his envelope he used one of this Andreas Hofer artistamp. Inside a wonderful ink drawing, a portrait of Andreas Hofer with a red square in the face. Thank you very much.

No. 497 - arriving mail art "fullys" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands)

2008-12-18T09:32:00.000-08:00

No. 497 - arriving mail art "fullys" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands) - a digital modification of a photo with a man on a horse while the horse is half laying down. Andreas Hofer coming along and has probably brought this little christmas tree. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://nicovanhoorn-mail-art.blogspot.com/

No. 496 - arriving mail art "cavalcando con Andreas Hofer" from Domenico Severino (Italy)

2008-12-18T09:25:00.000-08:00

No. 496 - arriving mail art "cavalcando con Andreas Hofer" from Domenico Severino (Italy) - Domencio made now as well an artistamp out of his former mail art he has sent to me, Andreas Hofer riding on a horse together with Domenico in a Napoleon outfit. Inside the envelope as well one of his postcard edition and some artistamps. Thank you very much.

see his page at open fluxus: http://www.openfluxus.com/profile/SeverinoDomenico

No. 495 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-18T09:20:00.000-08:00

No. 495 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a modified postcard of the Fluxus Andreas Hofer by Litsa Spathi, he has wrapped it into a wax paper. Thank you very much.

No. 494 - arriving mail art "Vivat Andreas Hofer" from Vladimir Bulat (Romania)

2008-12-18T09:16:00.000-08:00

No. 494 - arriving mail art "Vivat Andreas Hofer" from Vladimir Bulat (Romania) - a modified commercial postcard with some collages on it, Vladimir telling me his new address: VB, Str. Paharmicului 4, RO-011384 Bucuresti. Thank you very much.

No. 493 - arriving mail art from Nancy Scali (USA)

2008-12-16T06:43:00.003-08:00

No. 493 - arriving mail art from Nancy Scali (USA) - another funny mail art from Nancy arrived today, once more a little aquarell and a little painted and collaged moveable toy. Wonderful effect. Thank you very much.

No. 491 & No. 492 - arriving mail art "Freiheit für Claus" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-16T06:43:00.001-08:00

No. 491 & No. 492 - arriving mail art "Freiheit für Claus" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two more collaged postcards with some Andreas Hofer images on it. One again the with the question about this Claus who should get his freedom. Thank you very much.

No 488 - No. 490 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-15T08:15:00.000-08:00

No 488 - No. 490 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - three more collaged postcards with some Andreas Hofer images on it. Heinz used some of my incoming and outgoing mail art for his work. Interesting that one came without any valid postage stamp on it - he collaged so many old postage stamps on it, that the postoffice seemed to be overextended with it. Thank you very much.

No. 487 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium)

2008-12-14T03:32:00.000-08:00

No. 487 - arriving mail art from Nicole Eippers (Belgium) - decorated postcards with an Andreas Hofer postage stamp on it. Thank you very much,

see her blog: http://piggyonemailart.blogspot.com/

No. 486 - arriving mail art "the lost Andreas Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium)

2008-12-11T08:44:00.000-08:00

No. 486 - arriving mail art "the lost Andreas Hofer" from Servane Morel (Belgium) - a lovely painted image in pop art style of the lost Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much. Servane has a mailart call about Corto Maltese.

see here: http://mailartcorto.blogspot.com
her other blog: http://mailartpostal.canalblog.com/

No. 485 - arriving mail art "Ob blond, ob braun den Hofer lieben alle Frauen" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-11T08:40:00.000-08:00

No. 485 - arriving mail art "Ob blond, ob braun den Hofer lieben alle Frauen" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - another collage with two girls in stockings and an image of Andreas Hofer behind them on the wall. Thank you very much.

No. 483 & No. 484 - arriving mail art "Freiheit für Claus" and "Des Hofers neue Zähne" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-09T05:12:00.000-08:00

No. 483 & No. 484 - arriving mail art "Freiheit für Claus" and "Des Hofers neue Zähne" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two funny collages on postcards with images of Andreas Hofer. In one of it he used an image done by Servane Morel. But who is Claus ? Thank you very much.

No. 482 - arriving mail art "waschen und rasieren, Andreas..." from Mischa Gerloff (Germany)

2008-12-08T03:20:00.000-08:00

No. 482 - arriving mail art "waschen und rasieren, Andreas..." from Mischa Gerloff (Germany) - a digital creation by Mischa with a political advice. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://www.mailart.kulturnation.de/

No. 481 - arriving mail art "Auch Andreas Hofer hatte ein Wohnzimmer!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-08T03:16:00.000-08:00

No. 481 - arriving mail art "Auch Andreas Hofer hatte ein Wohnzimmer!" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a postcard made out of an original old linoleum piece, wallpaper and an image of Andreas Hofer. Thank you very much.

No. 480 - arriving mail art "Na, ist denn schon Maskenball..." from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2008-12-05T03:02:00.000-08:00

No. 480 - arriving mail art "Na, ist denn schon Maskenball..." from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a postcard with a merry christmas Hofer, wrapped in a plastic cover by the german postoffice. Thank you very much.

No. 479 - arriving mail art "Lebt wohl ihr meine Berge..." from Alfonso Caccavale (Italy)

2008-12-03T10:27:00.000-08:00

No. 479 - arriving mail art "Lebt wohl ihr meine Berge..." from Alfonso Caccavale (Italy) - a big sized envelope with two colourful collages inside. Thank you very much.

No. 477 & No. 478 - arriving mail art "Der Hofer ist gelandet" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-12-02T08:50:00.000-08:00

No. 477 & No. 478 - arriving mail art "Der Hofer ist gelandet" and "Art Nr. fa 14" from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - two collaged postcards, one without any valid postage stamp, but cancelled by the post office and the other one with a valid stamp but no cancellation, really strange. Thank you very much.

No. 476 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer dances" from Nancy Scali (USA)

2008-11-26T02:02:00.000-08:00

No. 476 - arriving mail art "Andreas Hofer dances" from Nancy Scali (USA) - After her singing Andreas Hofer, now the dancing Andreas came into my mail box, with a first show at the german custom before it arrived to me. The german custom opened the envelope. Inside the envelope a decorated postcard with the same face as in the flipbooklet, and a wonderful little theater, Adreas Hofer with stockings as a finger puppet, with two fingers inside you can make a hero dance.

Thank you very much.

No. 475 - arriving mail art "Tatort" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands)

2008-11-25T02:48:00.000-08:00

No. 475 - arriving mail art "Tatort" from Nico van Hoorn (Netherlands) - a digital modification of the logo of a german tv movie called "Tatort", with a portrait of Andreas Hofer as a target. Thank you very much.

see his page: http://nicovanhoorn-mail-art.blogspot.com/

No. 474 - arriving mail art "dream of a hero" from Katerina Nikoltsov (Greece)

2008-11-22T02:36:00.000-08:00

No. 474 - arriving mail art "dream of a hero" from Katerina Nikoltsov (Greece) - a modified postcard with the execution of Andreas Hofer inside of a decorated envelope. Thank you very much.

No. 473 - arriving mail art "Wir Tiroler Schützen ..." from Angela Behrendt (Germany)

2008-11-22T02:32:00.000-08:00

No. 473 - arriving mail art "Wir Tiroler Schützen und Andreas Hofer gegen Nazis - gegen Revanchismus. Für Tirol" from Angela Behrendt (Germany) - a sligthly modified image which Angela has found in the newspaper. Thank you very much.

No. 472 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany)

2008-11-22T02:30:00.000-08:00

No. 472 - arriving mail art from Heinz W. Lotz (Germany) - a decorated envelope with a Andreas Hofer monster on it. Inside some photos and a free postcard to pass on. Thank you very much.

No. 471 - arriving mail art "Vielleicht mochte A. Hofer auch Physalis" from Rena Büscher (Germany)

2008-11-20T06:00:00.001-08:00

No. 471 - arriving mail art "Vielleicht mochte A. Hofer auch Physalis" from Rena Büscher (Germany) - computer modified portrait of Andreas Hofer with a real collaged Physalis on the backside. Thank you very much.