“It was our aim that the poetry itself—alive within the tales—would have an influence and delight whom it can, that it could thus serve as an educational tool. For such a work, we do not seek that sort of purity which is attained through an anxious expurgation of everything that relates to certain conditions and relations, which occur daily and in no way can remain hidden.”
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: Preface to the Second Edition of the Fairy Tales (1819)
This approach is undoubtedly romantic and seems naive by today’s standards. But how should we approach fairy tales? Do the tools of psychology, sociology, literary criticism and history help us to understand the texts, or do they create a barrier that prevents us from accessing the stories directly?
Cris Piloto, mail artist, writer and art therapist, asked the international community for artistic statements. She received contributions from 106 artists from 27 countries, which are presented online.
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Participants
THE WASTED ANGEL (BELGIUM), Joan M Carter (USA), Milicent Fambrough (USA), Irina Novikova (BELARUS), BIRGITTA VOLZ (GERMANY), Luqman Rosnan (MALAYSIA), Katerina Mandarik (FRANCE), Nzia Valerian (BELGIUM), Barbara Ihme (GERMANY), Oscar Ortelli (ITALY), Susan Gold Smith (CANADA), Ruggero Maggi (ITALY), Jussara Villas (BRASIL), Fidels Daughter (GERMANY), Sofia Rodriguez (AUSTRIA), Vera e Thais de Freitas Guimaraes (BRASIL), Cris Piloto (ITALY), Klaus Pinter (AUSTRIA), Nula Horo (GERMANY), Ryosuke Cohen (JAPAN), Marcelo Dola (BRASIL), Dario Souza (BRASIL), Lars Schumacher (GERMANY), Juraj Jonk (CROACIA), Paulo Teles – Brottas MailArt (PORTUGAL), Massimo Conti (ITALY), Rittiner & Gomez (SWITZERLAND), Guido Caopoano (ITALY), Elisa Rioda (ITALY), Hugo Pontes (BRASIL), Eni Ilis (BRASIL), Eliana Santin (ITALY), Birò Ildikò (HUNGARY), Eduard Jakabházi (ROMANIA), Jakabházi Alexandru (ROMANIA), Gisela Pizzatto (BRASIL),
Marco Furia (ITALY), Monica Rex (USA), Suzlee Ibrahim (MALAYSIA), Danny Hidzwan (MALAYSIA), Christophe Massè (FRANCE), Katsura Okada (USA), Sackmann Mail Art (GERMANY), Susan Ferris Rights (USA), A. Radke Etcetera23 (GERMANY), Uwe Hofig (GERMANY), Champman (PORTUGAL), Ettore e Silvia (ITALY), Fakhrey Fasyin (MALAYSIA), Maria Clara (BRASIL), Sonia Vianna (BRASIL), Marli (BRASIL), Lucia Freitas (BRASIL), Francisca Brilhante (BRASIL), Vicky (BRASIL), Zorica Obradovic (SERBIA), Cecelia Chapman (PORTUGAL), David Cohen (USA), Maria Victoria Bone Ramirez (Marité) (URUGUAY), Akif Nabihan (MALAYSIA), Giulia de Ponte (ITALY), Gabriele Goni (ITALY), Gisela Pizzatto (BRASIL), Leslie Atkins (Netherlands), Gerald Jatzek (AUSTRIA), Judith Skolnick (USA), Rosanna Veronesi (ITALY), Nazende Yucel (TURKIYE), Anja Mattila-Tolvanen (FINLAND), Lau Wilmet (Belgium), Biljana Tolevska (MACEDONIA), Jan van de Pol (NETHERLANDS), Melanie Bareis (GERMANY), Sergio Zegrean (Romania), Simon Warren (UK), Mustafa Cevata (TURKIYE), Johann Leschinkohl (Germany), Fabrizio Pavolucci (ITALY), Kateria Mandarik (FRANCE), Christiane Carrè (FRANCE), Snappy (Canada), Sara Congiu (ITALY), Lola Gonzalez (UK), Annette Behlau (GERMANY), Gabriele Müller (AUSTRIA), Marzia Maria Braglia (ITALY), Leona K. (ITALY), Virginie Loreau (FRANCE), Sinem Unal Gerdan (TURKIYE), Serder Dartar (TURKIYE), Rebecca Gibsen (USA), Tey Gibsen-Wolf (USA), Tobi Wolf (USA), Melissa Trachtenbez (USA), Wolfgang Rostek (GERMANY), Russell Manning (USA), 96. Pedro Gonzales Garcia (Spain), Michelangelo Mayo (USA), Devin Cohen (MEXICO/USA), Rebeca Martell (MEXICO), Viviana Andrada (ARGENTINA), Jiry Subrt (CZECH REPUBLIC), Mizia Valerian (BELGIUM), MH Antipode (GERMANY), Lutz Beeke (GERMANY), Roberto Scala (ITALY), Horst Tress (GERMANY)
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