Nudity in Mail Art - Call for Entries - Deadline: February 14, 2009

[Carla Cryptic]

I chose Valentine's Day for the deadline for this call because I'm in a silly mood tonight. I am inviting everyone to send mail art on the theme of nudity. What does nudity represent for you? What kind of nudity are you comfortable with? What makes nudity sexual? What kind of nudity appeals to you? Have you made a nude self-portrait or been the subject of a nude work of art? What feelings does nudity create in you?

Be honest if you can - or be silly - or be angry or any other emotion. It's all acceptable!

Some things won't arrive, of course, if they offend the postal workers or the postal rules. So, if in doubt, send two copies - one visible to the world, one inside an envelope. Or take your chances and see what happens! Or send me your work via email.

I will make a booklet on the show for all participants.

Given the discussion here at IUOMA about nude women as models, I am challenging everyone, especially the men, to talk about and/or make art about male nudity as well as female nudity, or instead of female nudity. But, every kind of nudity is okay... even just a discussion of nudity! :)

Yours, in the mail,

Carla Cryptic
PO Box 1274
Berkeley, CA 94701
USA

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[Jan-Willem Doornenbal]

Hello Carla,
Today i sent you my postcard. It should arrive before the 14th I guess.
Anyway I blog about the subject and show my contribution there, so you can see it in advance (or you can see it anyway when it would not arrive).
Curious about the rest.
Jan-Willem

[Carla Cryptic]

By the way, today I went by the PO Box and found 4 more items for the nudity mail call - from Chuck Gattuso, Shmuel, Claudio Romeo, and William Philyaw. And they're all great!

I love the various takes on the same theme - which is my favorite aspect of mail art calls, I guess. From the beautiful to the philosophical, from the humorous to the serious, from the strange to the mundane, and everything in between.

[Carla Cryptic]

Antic-ham: Wonderful on both counts! Glad you two could enjoy the mail together. That's the best case scenario. :) And thanks for mentioning the mail art call at your workshop. I appreciate it.

[antic-ham]

Hi carla
Thank you for your lovely fish!
Francis and I enjoyed your letter with coffee~
Tomorrow I have a mail art workshop and will suggest your mail art call..

[Carla Cryptic]

And today, more wonderful art arrived via email... from Helen Baziotou and Miguel Jimenez (El Taller de Zenon).

[Carla Cryptic]

Love it! Yes, please, Coyote... :)

I also received a piece from Christine Tarantino today via email. It's great also.

[Coyote]

Hi Carla! Let me know if you'd like me to email you the high res version of this. It'll print better :-)

[Carla Cryptic]

Graham is kind enough to pose for me when I get into my male nudes phase every few years - this is an ATC I made for my Male Nudes ATC swap through Nervousness in 2002.

[Carla Cryptic]

Cool! :) noon here on the west coast... I'll be in San Francisco at SF MOMA but I will take my iPod with me and try to connect from there. If not I'll leave something for her when I get home. :)

[Carla Cryptic]

:)