Wanted: Art from Bookworms

The bookshop Bücherkiste in Burg, a bookshop in Burg (Dithmarschen), a community in northern Germany, is looking for mail art with the theme bookworms. Acceptable submissions include drawings, paintings, graphics, art prints, photos, collages, sketches, doodles, and more. Requirements They accept all submissions that are not offensive. They accept all submissions that are not offensiveContinue reading “Wanted: Art from Bookworms”

Kindertexte x 3

Gleich drei Gedichte für Kinder von Gerald Jatzek wurden im Jänner in österreichischen Schulmedien veröffentlicht: In dem von Bailicz / Freund / Müller/ Plank in der Form von einzelnen Heften herausgegebenen Deutsch Sprachbuch für die 4. Klasse sind zwei Gedichte enthalten. Eines findet sich im Deutsch Sprach-Lese-Buch, das zweite im Arbeitsheft Lesen (ISBN 978-3-209-13259-8)  enthalten.Continue reading “Kindertexte x 3”

Franz Kafka in Poland

2024 marked the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death, and the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow was eager to find out how contemporary artists see the genius from Prague – who wanted his friend Max Brod to destroy all of his unpublished works.

Feedback from Brazil

Among the works that recently left mailyour.art for distant destinations were two cards. It took them quite a while to cross the Atlantic, but they finally landed safely in Brazil. Soon, Jessica Dachs left her feedback on the site of the International Union of Mail-Artists (IUOMA). “Mail Art arrived from the Austrian artist couple GeraldContinue reading “Feedback from Brazil”

New York, Bihar, Vienna

Publications across three Continents Our literature department, namely Gerald Jatzek, has been busy publishing over the past few months. Here are three examples: Lush and poisonous Green Green is more than a color; it is a symbol, a feeling, a language spoken across cultures, disciplines, and personal experiences. It evokes the vitality of spring, theContinue reading “New York, Bihar, Vienna”

Outsiders at the Pub

An international Exhibition in Northern Ireland For many Central Europeans, Northern Ireland is a cultural terra incognita. The best-known aspect is probably the music, such as Phil Coulter’s song “The Town I loved so well“. (He also co-wrote “Puppet on a String” with Bill Martin. Sandy Shaw won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna inContinue reading “Outsiders at the Pub”

Dreh dich, Kreisel!

Ausstellung aktuell: Der Kreisel hat eine lange Tradition. Er wurde er bereits in Troja gedreht, er wird bei Homer sowie bei Schiller (“Der Taucher”) erwähnt. Und die Beliebtheit hält bis heute an, wie zahlreiche regionale Synonyme wie Dradiwaberl (Ostösterreich), Tänzer (Rhein-Pfalz) oder Driller (Westpfalz) belegen …

Mother, Father, I want to tell you…

Wim Scheere, a multilingual Belgian artist and poet, published a very interesting call. For his project, he asked mail artists to reflect on the following sentences: The contributors were completely free in their choice of artistic expression as long as it included a sentence of maximum 10 words on a Postcard. All submissions were exhibitedContinue reading “Mother, Father, I want to tell you…”

Kunst in ständiger Bewegung

Thierry Tillier: Mail Art bleibt rebellisch Der Limbus, auf Deutsch die Vorhölle, war laut katholischer Lehre lange Zeit der Ort, an dem sich die Seelen ungetauft gestorbener Kinder befanden. Sie waren in einem “Zustand der Gottesferne, ohne die Qualen der Hölle”, so das Bistum Essen. 2007 schaffte Papst Benedikt XVI. diesen limbus puerorum kurzerhand ab und erklärteContinue reading “Kunst in ständiger Bewegung”

Mail Art without Borders

The international call “Time and Space” invites mail artists to explore the vast expanse of the universe, the enigmatic passage of time, and the intricacies of the human experience. This year’s exhibition presents a chance for creative expression and exploration for artists of all levels to participate. The aim of the organizers is to “curateContinue reading “Mail Art without Borders”

Postcards to Trees

The British Reading Agency invited mail artists to respond to “The Overstory” by Richard Powers, a book with nine main characters – although one could argue that the really important beings in the book are not humans, but trees …

Das Europa der Schreibenden

1924 stirbt Franz Kafka in Kierling bei Wien, und niemand ahnt, dass er posthum als einer der wichtigsten Autoren des 20. Jahrhunderts gelten würde. André Breton veröffentlicht das surrealistische Manifest. Johannes Mario Simmel, James Baldwin, Friederike Mayröcker und Siegfried Unseld werden geboren. Und die Autorenvereinigung Die Kogge wird gegründet. Anlässlich des Jubiläums ist nun ein Band mitContinue reading “Das Europa der Schreibenden”