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Category Archives: mail art
The Twentieth Century
Online Exhibition: Historical Snapshots and Sketches It is impossible to succinctly summarize the 20th century. However, memorable phrases can characterize pivotal moments. Churchill’s “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat” is undoubtedly one of them. “An American airplane dropped a bomb on Hiroshima, destroying its usefulness to the enemy” (President HarryContinue reading “The Twentieth Century”
Labeled Lives
Labels was the theme of a mail art call that originated within a therapeutic rehabilitation community with the aim of prompting patients – and subsequently the wider community – to reflect on the issues of prejudice and stigma surrounding mental health. The labels referred to in the title are both the physical tags attached toContinue reading “Labeled Lives”
Supporting Flowers
The Ukrainian mail artist Lubomyr Tymkivis has started a call to support people undergoing psychiatric treatment in the Inpatient Ward No. 2 in Lviv, Ukraine. These are people whose lives have been affected by the horrors of war and who are now seeking rehabilitation and recovery. He states: “To bring them some joy and helpContinue reading “Supporting Flowers”
Shades of Freedom
The University of Kansas City is seeking mail art on the theme of “freedom.” Unfortunately, the format requirements may seem unusual to those outside the U.S.
Verrückte Phantasien
Ein Thema und zahlreiche Interpretationen Mit der Ausstellung Phantastisch VER:rückt II lockert die Galerie Kultur Mitte in Krems an der Donau ihre Maxime, vorrangig Künstler:innen aus der Region Raum zu geben. Vom 13. bis 27. Oktober zeigt sie die Werke von 15 Druckgrafiker:innen, allesamt vom Verein Typos, Mitglieder aus ganz Österreich, einige davon allerdings ausContinue reading “Verrückte Phantasien”
Customs Duties on Mail Art
… about the minds of Austrian customs officers who suspect an inflatable Lamborghini in a plain brown envelope.
Female Voices
Female voices in mail art wanted …
Buch, Zeitschrift und Postkarte
Drei Veröffentlichungen in unterschiedlichen Medien hat Gerald Jatzek zu vermelden. Liebe im Museum Wenn einen das Museum der Liebe um einen Beitrag bittet, kann man nicht nein sagen. Eine entsprechende Einladung langte kürzlich in Wien ein: Das von Elisa Mantellassi und Roberto Casati gegründete Museum in Vaiano in der Toskana bereitet gerade eine Ausstellung vonContinue reading “Buch, Zeitschrift und Postkarte”
Solidarität statt Propaganda
“Vorwärts, und nicht vergessen,worin unsre Stärke besteht.Beim Hungern und beim Essen,vorwärts, nicht vergessen die Solidarität!” Um 1930 riefen Bert Brecht (Text) und Hanns Eisler (Musik) die Arbeitenden dazu auf, für die eigenen Interessen zu kämpfen statt sie mit nationalistischem Hass zu übertünchen. Zu wenige verstanden die Botschaft, zu viele zogen 1939 für die faschistischen VerbrecherContinue reading “Solidarität statt Propaganda”
Tailoring your Health
This call for mail art was undoubtedly unusual: “Combine medicine and tailoring through your imagination” …
Between Chaos and Structure
According to ancient Greek cosmogony, chaos (χάος) was the first being of the universe. For Heraclitus it was the very foundation of reality. Hesiod taught that Chaos was followed by Erebos (darkness), Eros, Gaia (earth), Tartarus (hell), and others. The mathematician Edward Lorenz examined the chaos and realized that it isn’t as chaotic as itContinue reading “Between Chaos and Structure”
Kollektives Brot
Only two days: mail art exhibition about bread in Berlin …
On your Mark! Get set! Go!
The Italian mail artist Daniele de Magistris has started an international call in collaboration with the Associazione Arcobaleno with the theme “The Starting Point”. Technical Information free technique size: 100 x 150 mm | 3.9 x 5.9 in original works only works can be mailed as regular postcards or in an envelope max. 2 submissionsContinue reading “On your Mark! Get set! Go!”
Gesucht: Blumen per Post
Ob Blumen für den Frieden etwas bewirken, sei dahingestellt. Ein Sujet der Kunst sind sie allemal, ob als Geste des Friedens oder auf Gräbern. Auch in der Schweiz werden sie gesucht …
Fairy Tales for everybody
“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 andContinue reading “Fairy Tales for everybody”
Thinking in Dialogues
Socratic dialogue, also known as the Socratic method, is a way of gaining knowledge through questions and answers. What does art have to say about this?
Austria — where the Postcard was invented
The history of the postcard began in Austria with the national economist Emanuel Hermann (1839-1902). On January 26, 1869, Hermann published an article in the influential daily newspaper “Neue Freie Presse” …
