13 is not just synonymous with bad luck. The number stands for different and sometimes contradictory things in various cultures . It is the number that follows the – often positively connotated – twelve: the number of lunations per solar year (12,41), the first number outside the Babylonian base-twelve numeral system, the number of the 13th apostle, Judas Iscariot, a.s.o.
The call states that “some even enjoy playing with the number’s reputation by taking a tongue-in-cheek approach. Take Finland’s National Accident Day, for instance, is always Friday the 13th”.
I do believe that my whole success goes back to that time I was arrested as a wayward boy at the age of thirteen. Because then I had to quit running around and began to learn something. Most of all, I began to learn music.
Helsinki waits for you
Mail artists are invited to send in a postcard (10 x 15 cm / 4 x 6 in) on the topic before Friday, September the 13th (!) to:
Nr 13
Taivaanvuohentie 3 B 13
00200 Helsinki
Finland
Don’t forget to include your contact information (email).
All works received will be exhibited at this blog.
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