With the current WEB 2.0 tools available I wonder where this all will lead to in the future. What functions will computers have in our communication in about 50 years?
Mail-Art always has been sent by the postal systems. With the access to Internet also digital works are exchanged. Is this Mail-Art too? Samples and discussions.....
I study mail-art for my Doctoral Thesis at Barcelona University. I published some articles about mail-art on the Internet. I'm very interested in this theme. Although I having participated in some mail-art calls, my production is more bibliographical than artistic...
The 6th World's Poetry Festival 2009 will take place on june and july as a tribute to a venezuelan Poet named Juan Calzadilla (National Prize of Plastic Arts 1996).
This event will be sponsored by Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura and Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello, so my art archive willheld:
THE 5th INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF VISUAL POETRY
OPEN NOTIFICATION – NO SELECTION – NO JURY
Everything received will be exhibited – Documentation [to all of you].
NO RETURNS.
Everything sent will be part of the MAIL ART ARCHIVE KEYLA HOLMQUIST.
All the material has to be mailed to:
Keyla Holmquist
ARCHIVO DE ARTE CORREO
Apartado Postal 326
Maracay 2101
Estado Aragua VENEZUELA
DEADLINE MAY 31,st 2009
All the material should be sent perfectly packed in order to prevent damage and with a copy of a data card, stuck on the back of the package.
CATEGORIES:
DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTIST SEALS, COPY-ART, EXPERIMENTAL ART.
OBJECTS/ARTIST'S BOOKS:
Measures UP TO A4 MAXIMUM. The base or pedestal needed should be provided by the artist.
POETRY, FREE VERSE OR RHYME, PROSE, NARRATIVE, ESSAY, STORIES.
All videos will be admitted, shortfilms, photography, documentaries, animations that do not exceed 8 minutes of length and they must be delivered on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation.
MULTIMEDIA EXPRESSION:
They will be admitted on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation including the credits, the photography, the list of the soundtrack that was used and the name of the author.
AUDIO FORMAT:
the audio format admitted has to be:
Wave 44,100 Hz 16 bit stereo
Mp3 from 96 'til 320 KPSS
If the expression is audible, high fidelity required.
Hola Fabiane... Gracias por tu pronta respuesta... Claro que sí.. leeré tus artículos en escáner y en los demás links e intercambiaremos impresiones... puesto que pueden ayudarme mucho...!!!
Estoy a tus órdenes para intercambiar correspondencia... !!!
yeah you can send a balloon , it just needs to get to me with the air still in it , most of the ones iv recieved so far have been flat and the air has escaped , its vital that the air remains in the bag , i have no preference when it comes to the bag just make sure its sent in a box.