Mail art by Atte Ourie (Helsinki, Finland)
Mail art is filled with mysteries, riddles, paradox and cryptic messages. Attentive Glamsters can even see it here on our humble blog where we seek to remove the smoke and mirrors for you!
Tonight we welcome - for the first time on Glam Faction! - the mysterious and enigmatic Atte Ourie of Finland who is a bona fide mail art legend. For years, Atte Ourie has been sending wonderful art around the world. They are messages written in strange symbols (probably asemic) that no one has been able to decode. Sometimes Atte Ourie sends beautiful maps, but no one has been able to locate places represented on these (apparent) maps.
Strangest of all, unusual in all of mail art as far as we know, Atte Ourie provides no return address. So Atte Ourie chooses to send you art, but you have no way to respond. (We do believe, however, that s/he watches mail art blogs and platforms closely.) Atte Ourie does have a blog:
http://attenblog.blogspot.com/
In the Eternal Network, one-way communication might seem self-defeating; it might even be viewed negatively. But Atte Ourie's "shtick" has proved endearing and enduring. Indeed, we venture to say s/he has become a beloved network presence. Atte's art "grows on you," as they used to say on the Mink Ranch.
So we're thrilled to welcome Atte Ourie to Glam Faction.
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