The Eternal Network extends even to
prison. However, mail restrictions forbid certain items used in mail art
correspondence that we outside the world of panopticons take for granted. We
discovered that rubber stamps are one of those forbidden categories. When
Cascadia Artpost attempted several times to mail several unmounted rubber
stamps to correspondent Colin Scholl, the envelope came back to us with a
sticker and hand-written message. We decided to create a postcard with a photo
of the returned envelope that we titled "Spurned by the Panopticon."
On the front of the postcard is a "Fluxus Prison" artistamp designed
by Colin that was printed on perforated stock by Cascadia Artpost. Perhaps
someday you will find mail franked with one of these artistamps or another
inscribed "CS MAIL" delivered direct from the panopticon.
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