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Bern Porter
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Bern Porter's 100th birthday
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Happy Birthday to Bern Porter, who would have been 100 years old today. Born Valentine's Day, February 14, 1911, Porter Settlement (Houlton) Maine. "Things are in transition and we are faced now with…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Bern Porter Feb 17, 2011.
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- Mail-Artist since:
- 1926
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- I invented it.
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- mmelnicove@roadrunner.com
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He was a fascinating man. I wish I had known him. Happy Birthday, Bern.
Miss you Bern...
How is in on the other side?
Do the laws os Physics apply?
send me a sign.
Much Love, Skooter
This is Bern Porter's birthday! He gave up work as a scientist on the Manhattan Project (nuclear weapons) to become an artist mostly working with found materials and of course active in mail-art for many decades. Here's a Bern Porter link to (Charles Bernstein's) Penn Sound Project:
http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Porter.php
Says Bern Porter's birthday today - I think it's Valentine's Day, but no matter an occasion to remember all his amazing contributions.
NEW CALL FOR MAIL ART / MAIL ART
Area, region, stall, area, place of belonging, residence, may be given endless definitions of where one chooses to be, by place of birth, which spends much of life, gestate emotions, situations, feelings, making we like being there.
It is possible that we move for various reasons, which makes us to stop taking it in another physical space and its place in the World.
Or that our place in the world a small space like a room, house or a landscape.
One and only one set and choose where to belong. Where he expresses his wishes, his family or weapon projects.
So we always have "our place in the World, by choice or fate or whoever that knows things, we were up there. Wherever we say "this is my place in the world"
How, why and what's yours? Compartámoslo.
Theme: "MY PLACE IN THE WORLD"
Technique: Free
Format: Mail Art - Maximum A4
Deadline: October 31, 2010.
Send to:
Claudia Ligorria / Mail Art
Constitution 1742 PB "A"
(CP 1644) San Fernando
Province of Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA
Are discussed in this Blog.
Sharing my place in the world with all participants, will be an exhibition of all work in my beloved San Fernando in "plural" - San Fernando.
There will be a 2 nd exhibition of works in a room located in the City of Buenos Aires on a date to be determined.
And which are invited.
Documentation will be sent to all participants.
From already thank you very much for participating, I hope your shipments.
A hug from my place in the world, San Fernando, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA.
Claudia Ligorria
www.artecorreo-claudialigorria.blogspot.com
Odd, in life we we not friends, now in your death we are. Mark,Let's get out the trampoline!!!!
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