Birds of many Feathers

A Mail Art Exhibition as Part of the World Book Night 2024 World Book Night (WBN) is the umbrella term for a series of events by the Centre for Print Research at the University of the West of England in Bristol. The institution deals with art in books as well as books in art. TheContinue reading “Birds of many Feathers”

Borders in Italy

Artists have not forgotten Padhi Friedberger “With his mail art, Padhi Frieberger has disseminated the concerns of ecological and pacifist movements and referred to political debates.” This statement started the international call on the subject of borders.

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Greetings from Venus

Until now it is not possible to be a citizen of the world because the world is divided into nations. The Venusian People project therefore offers the opportunity to legally acquire Venusian Citizenship. The aim is to turn all the inhabitants of the Earth into Venusians and thus abolish the division of the Earth intoContinue reading “Greetings from Venus”

Battle Cries

The Culture Project Miradas Enredadas / Networking Glances coordinated by Professor Fabiane Pianowski of the Visual Arts in Study Research Group (AVE) of the Institute of Languages and Arts of the Federal University of Rio Grande (ILA/FURG) and has the support of students from the Center for Studies in Visual Arts (NAVE). The project organizes open artContinue reading “Battle Cries”

Tribute to Henri Rousseau

The French painter Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844-1910) was always valued by other artists but unterrated by art critics. One of them wrote “Monsieur Rousseau paints with his feet, with a blindfold over his eyes.” Picasso, on the other hand, knew quality when he saw it. He organized a Banquet for Rousseau which was attendedContinue reading “Tribute to Henri Rousseau”

Archivo de arte contemporáneo

Una extensa colección de arte correo electrónico surgió desde 2008 por la iniciativa The Arnolfini Archives del artista, poeta y sociólogo Ervin Zsubori. Las existencias se amplían periódicamente por convocatorias temáticas, que culminan en exposiciones en línea. La solución de las obras enviadas tiene que llenar un área de 600×600 pixeles (300 dpi), lo queContinue reading “Archivo de arte contemporáneo”

Signs everywhere

The mail art project Posdata: Esperanza Recuerda (hope remembered) goes back to 2014. For the 7th edition the group that is coordinated by Consuelo Vallejo Delgado and Pedro Osákar Olaiz was looking for public signs. In the initial call they stated: “We are developing an investigation about visual semiotic poems on the basis of guidingContinue reading “Signs everywhere”

A Watercolor Card

This card went out to Ruth Giles in England. It was once again a coproduction, consisting of Gabriele’s watercolor painting and Gerald’s haiku on the back side of the card. The face reflects the surprise at the golden shine of the pebbles, while the haiku provides the explanation. the autumn river gold washed down fromContinue reading “A Watercolor Card”

Die Blumen des …

Beim Flower Power Festival München 2023 drehte sich alles um die Blüte, im wörtlichen, aber auch im übertragenen Sinn. Wissenschaft, Nachhaltigkeit, Pflanzenvielfalt, Gartenkunst, Klimawandel, Biodiversität, Ästhetik, Lebensqualität – aber auch Kunst, Musik und Literatur. Das Floralia Mailart Projekt sammelte die Vereinigung Kunstrefugium neue Arbeiten zu Blüten, Blumen und Pflanzen. Viele Beiträge gingen von der FrageContinue reading “Die Blumen des …”

A Multimedia Magazine from Spain

The Procedimentum is an annual publication edited by Pedro Pablo Gallardo Montero. Originally a print magazine, it has grown to many hundreds pages of text and illustrations plus a multimedia part. Nowadays you find the fascinating collection of visual poetry, art, music, video, secondary literature and everything inbetween at the beginning of the year on theContinue reading “A Multimedia Magazine from Spain”

Make Art (Distribution) cheaper

Mailing and shipping prices are a drag for mail artists. Why? Because “one aspect that distinguishes the creative postal network from other artistic movements, schools or groups (including Fluxus) is the way it disregards and circumvents the commercial art market”. (Wikipedia) Maya López Muro of the Il Graffiacielo Art Studio in Italy, César Reglero CamposContinue reading “Make Art (Distribution) cheaper”

El divertido día de los muertos

A la interpretación de calaveras había convocado el artista portugués Paulo Alexandre Rocha Teles alias BroTTas. Cómo se puede ver en su exposición en línea, este tema ha animado a muchos artistas, por ejemplo a Rudi Schreiber, Gabriele Müller y Irina Manu (de la izquierda a la derecha ). Las festividades al inicio de noviembreContinue reading “El divertido día de los muertos”

Nature in Istanbul

Sometimes, news travel slow even in the age of the internet. Only recently, we were informed about the exhibition Nature in Istanbul’s Bahariye Art Gallery which presented the collected contributions of Mengü Gezgins mail art call. Among the works by more than 130 artists was Gerald Jatzek’s collage sea&land, based on a photo he hadContinue reading “Nature in Istanbul”

The Fish in the Envelope

The other day, a fish stranded in the mailbox of Gabriele and Gerald. Not an average fish, of course, no swordfish, no trout, and no mackerel, but a FLUXfish. The strange animal had already visited Pam Chatfield, Mikel Untzilla, Rebekka Schmidt, Aina Enciso, Sabela Baña, Sil Dubois, and The Sticker Dude. Gabriele and Gerald helpedContinue reading “The Fish in the Envelope”

Blue Tiles

The mail art call by the the Creative Experimental Laboratory of the Torre Social Centre of Padua invited artists to submit up to five works in the format size of 10 x 10 cm. While there was no restriction regarding themes or techniques, each work had to contain something in blue. Maria Teresa Cazzaro usedContinue reading “Blue Tiles”

Possible Futures

The 2084 Imagined Futures​ from the South Program is an international initiative to occupy the future of Latin American cities. Among the participating institutions are Afroresistance (New York), Collectivo Artearte (Bogotá), Heroínas Peruanas, Freie Universität Berlin, Manzana de las Luces Museum (Buenos Aires) and The New School / Observatory on Latin America (New York). TheyContinue reading “Possible Futures”

Fuori dalla finestra

Un articolo di è campania Il mondo visibile e invisibile, oltre alla finestra.. Questo è il tema della mostra internazionale di arte postale organizzata dall’Associazione Nel segno dell’arte di Avellino con il Museo civico Luigi D’Avanzo di Roccarainola. Un percorso espositivo che si articola attraverso opere, rigorosamente 20×20 cm, in cui ciascun artista ha riprodottoContinue reading “Fuori dalla finestra”