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”
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Veränderung in Deutschland
Veränderung / Change war das Motto einer Ausstellung im Kunstraum Reuter. Organisator Lutz Anders spricht über die Ausschreibung und die Reaktion in der Form von hunderten Einsendungen.
Homage to Béla Bartók
Nature, Human, and Music is the title of an international mail art exhibition organized by Ali Asker Bal for the Korkut Ata University in Osmaniye in the South of Turkey. The call asked artists to pay homage to the composer Béla Bartók who visited the town in 1936 to collect Turkish folk music. The exhibitionContinue reading “Homage to Béla Bartók”
In the Mailbox
We thought you might be interested in seeing these two cards that we received recently. Gabriele got a nice greeting card from the versatile Swiss artist Rittiner & Gomez. The collage with the gigantic arm on the left is a the work of Sarah Bodman from the World Book Night. It came with the noteContinue reading “In the Mailbox”
#Navalny Exhibition: Participate in the Mail Art Call
Ruggero Maggi and the group Matera International Photography have started a call dedicated to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (1976 – 2024) who was killed in the infamou “Polar Wolf” prison in Kharp on 16 February 2024. They state: “One cannot look, know and turn away. Reacting is a moral obligation for everyone. (…) The ordealContinue reading “#Navalny Exhibition: Participate in the Mail Art Call”
Get Rhythm
An Anthology with an enhanced Reader’s Connection Update 11/24: The anthology “Cadence-Life’s Poetic Rhythms” has been nominated as a finalist for the American Writing Awards. Congratulations to all who have contributed to this anthology! In various places on the web, the Raleigh-based Prolific Pulse Press is characterized as a micro-press. In terms of output, however,Continue reading “Get Rhythm”
Welttag der Poesie
Am 21. März denkt die Welt wieder einmal an die Poesie, und das ist gut so, denn ohne Poesie gäbe es unsere moderne Welt nicht. Viele Tausende Jahre war die klangvolle Sprache der Epen, der Balladen und Oden die beste Möglichkeit, Wissen zu bewahren und weiterzugeben. Die Rigveda, das Gilgamesch-Epos, die Odysee wurden lange mündlichContinue reading “Welttag der Poesie”
Beautiful Mandolins
Mandolins are not only fun to play; many are real beauties as you can see here. They form an extensive family of instruments with members in places like Italy, Brazil, India, Greece, the Balkans, the British Isles, the USA and others. They exist in a vast number of shapes, sizes and tunings from the piccolo mandolin’s c’Continue reading “Beautiful Mandolins”
Un tributo merecido
Ibirico fue uno de los artistas más activos de arte correo en España. Rendirle tributo fue el tema de la III convocatoria del Museo Internacional de Electrografía (MIDECIANT) y de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). En la exposición en homenaje a Ibirico, se muestran las obras de más de doscientas personas de todo el mundo. En laContinue reading “Un tributo merecido”
Un aniversario muy triste
Exposiciones de mail art en diferentes Universidades de la ciudad de Antofagasta El 11 de septiembre mucha gente en Europa recuerda los atentados que ocurrieron el mismo día en el año 2001. Pero para la América Latina democrática esta fecha es relacionada dolorosamente con el 11 de septiembre de 1973. Maya López Muro y RogelioContinue reading “Un aniversario muy triste”
Die Zeit
Peter Hömseder ist Lehrer an der Blankenstein-Grundschule in Steinheim an der Murr in Baden-Württemberg. Außerdem komponiert, arrangiert und singt er und zeigt Kindern, wieviel Spaß und Freude Musik machen kann. Nun hat er mit jungen Musikanten eine wunderschöne Fassung seines Liedes Die Zeit aufgenommen, zu dem Gerald Jatzek den Text beigesteuert hat. Es ist fraglosContinue reading “Die Zeit”
Mehr Druck!
Manueller Bilddruck ist eine Leidenschaft, die für Produzenten wie Konsumenten gleichermaßen Vorteile bringt. Einerseits bietet die Vielfalt der Techniken eine kaum überschaubare Vielfalt von kombinierbaren Möglichkeiten, andrerseits werden Kunstwerke in kleinen Auflagen auch für Kunstliebhaber mit wenig Budget interessant. Eine der aktivsten Initiativen des Landes, die Kunst&Druckwerkstatt am Bahnhof in Hausmening, hat im Juli einContinue reading “Mehr Druck!”
Lots of Marks …
“Fingerprints identify us, distinguish us, reveal us, while describing our trail, our path, our wanderings… It seems vital and necessary to pass through this world leaving a positive residue, an essence of our own, an emotional perfume, a particular way of being. Go through this world LEAVING A MARK. Fingerprints, handprints, footprints, heartprints, soulprints… TheContinue reading “Lots of Marks …”
Quotes for Art Lovers, Part 2
What is Mail Art (4) “Well, the idea is that it’s a way to convey a message or a kind of idea to someone which is not verbal; it is not a confrontation of two people It’s an object which is opened in privacy probably and the message is looked at.”Ray Johnson (1968) “The termContinue reading “Quotes for Art Lovers, Part 2”
Bella Ciao!
There are two Italian songs that everybody knows: O Sole Mio and Bella Ciao, the latter being an anthem of resistance against Italian fascism and German nazism. This makes it a fitting title for a cultural program around the festa della liberazione, the anniversary of Italy’s liberation on 25 April 1945. This year, the city of Stradella, which liesContinue reading “Bella Ciao!”
Dada is alive
Last year dadaStation21 from Austin, Texas, was looking for mail art postcards without a specific theme or motto. However, the word dada provided enough inspiration. Hundred years ago, the European avant-garde took a firm stance against imperialism and chauvinism: John Heartfield’s Prussian Archangel, a dummy of a German soldier with a pig’s head was the central installation atContinue reading “Dada is alive”
A Short Introduction
What is Mail Art? (3) This video offers a brief introduction to Mail Art as a form of art that defies the global art market: See also: To learn more about this brainchild of Dada and Fluxus, you may want to visit the Site of the International Union of Mail-Artists.
Helping Brautigan out
Richard Brautigan’s poetry was anything but academic. When he was not trying to write koan-like lines – “I learned Buddhism by watching”, he reported – he was always good for a nonsense verse. Several poems consisting of titles above white space combine these approaches. In The Amelia Earhart Pancake he talks about his vain effortsContinue reading “Helping Brautigan out”
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