Mail Art from {AN} EeL

10/28/2018

Good morning!
A couple of days ago I received an SMS from the Spanish postal service (Correos) notifying me that I had mail to pick up (this is done by them when it is a certified letter or a package that is too big for the post office box). Once at the post office, the worker gives me an incredibly decorated envelope, I look at the address, the package comes from Canada but I do not know the name of the sender. At home, after opening the email I immediately recognize the sender:
Oh, {AN} Eel is here! Mystery solved, now I'm going to have a lot of fun.
I have drawn a conclusion: If you use artistic name in all your public activities and send an mail with your real name, you create a really mysterious atmosphere only resolved with the use of scissors.

15 Comments

Neal Retke

10/28/2018 09:45:15

Thank you ! It's been a while since I've done anything remotely " Mail Art " - I need to dip my beak back into these waters ~!

Hal McGee

10/28/2018 09:48:03

I'm impressed with the art in and on the package to Rafa. Very good, Neal!

Rafael González

10/28/2018 13:56:59

Me too!!!! At the moment I was thinking about doing some stamp art while listening to Don Cherry, but no, it will be much more inspiring to listen to some of those great CD's from our partner in EC, wanting to hear something mystical that I know I will not find it, that can be a relief ... Long live {AN} Eel!

Neal Retke

10/28/2018 20:39:45

Thanks Hal - Really appreciate the compliment. Yes, mail art stirring something in my soul.

Rafael González

10/28/2018 14:01:13

Thank you very much for all this great material! I do not know where to start listening. I will assign a number to each CD and roll the dice. I hope it does not take long for the number 1 or 2 or 3 to come out!

Neal Retke

10/28/2018 20:41:36

Wow thank you - ~! That's great. I really hope you enjoyed some or most of them, and it's great to have such lovely compliment ! Turning aside the great DON CHERRY For my humble efforts - May I suggest a future session w/ BROWN RICE as a soundtrack ?

Rafael González

10/29/2018 11:00:33

Of course! Thank you. My session with your cds has been memorable!

C. Goff III

10/28/2018 14:59:06

Hmmm... looks to me like a celebration of the benefits of a living in a nation where cannabis can at last be freely traded... A tip of the hat to Neal the Eel!

Neal Retke

10/28/2018 20:42:21

We like to keep things civilized - Weed like to indeed.

Per-Arne Hognert

10/29/2018 18:40:57

Great looking stuff!

Rafael González

10/30/2018 17:37:08

Yes!!!!!!!

Jeremiah Paddock

10/31/2018 10:51:05

What a fantastic package!

Rafael González

10/31/2018 15:29:11

I agree!!!

Lumen K

10/31/2018 13:44:26

Wonderful art and a great account of receiving the mysterious mail!

Rafael González

10/31/2018 15:31:25

I still suspect the real authorship of the shipment!

Rafael González

Failed meditation session of a compulsive coffee drinker

In 1986, at the age of 16,
I released Exenple, my first cassette of industrial music,
which I recorded with my 13-year-old brother under the name Brigada Nadie.

I was a member of the futurist multidisciplinary group Equipo Estético Étika Makinal (or 3EM), and Spanish experimental noise band I.Q.C.M.

Over the years I have created many solo and collaborative audio works.

In recent years I have turned my attention more toward visual and mail art. I like to create collages and rubber stamp art.

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La Laguna (Tenerife)
Canary Islands, Spain

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