OPEN CALL "Before Cultures Fade Away" Mail Art Exhibition
Some things disappear. Not because someone deliberately gives them up, but because, over time, distance quietly grows in between. A word is spoken less often. A habit falters. A sound, a gesture, a small piece of knowledge slowly withdraws from everyday life.
"Before Cultures Fade Away" is a mail art exhibition designed to look at these slow and silent disappearances.
Wanderer's Room is a shared memory space founded by a traveler, located in the stone room beneath a mudbrick village house. For this exhibition, small works sent from different places come together in this space. Inside an envelope, on a postcard, on a folded piece of paper, or as a small object that can be held in one’s hands… You only need to consider one question: Is there something small you do not want to disappear? It may be a word. A sound, a daily habit. A childhood memory. A road, a stop, a trace…
All submitted works will remain in the Gezginin Odası (Wanderer’s Room) archive after the exhibition.
The exhibition will be curated in the stone space of Wanderer's Room with a placement that respects the nature of each work, allowing them to exist side by side, equally.
This open call may be considered a small sign we send to one another before things fade away.
Participation Details • Works must be submitted in mail art format. • Maximum artwork size: 20 × 30 cm. • Exhibition dates: 1–16 August 2026 • Submission deadline: 30 June 2026 📍 Mailing Address: İlknur Erk Gezginin Odası Hüyük PTT P.O. Box No: 22 Konya / Türkiye #mailart#mailartist#mailartexhibition
Time: August 1, 2026 at 6pm to August 16, 2026 at 7pm
Mail Art Exhibition "Before Cultures Fade Away"
Organized By: İlknur Erk / Wanderer's Room
OPEN CALL
"Before Cultures Fade Away"
Mail Art Exhibition
Some things disappear.
Not because someone deliberately gives them up,
but because, over time, distance quietly grows in between.
A word is spoken less often.
A habit falters.
A sound, a gesture, a small piece of knowledge slowly withdraws from everyday life.
"Before Cultures Fade Away"
is a mail art exhibition designed to look at these slow and silent disappearances.
Wanderer's Room is a shared memory space founded by a traveler,
located in the stone room beneath a mudbrick village house.
For this exhibition, small works sent from different places come together in this space.
Inside an envelope,
on a postcard,
on a folded piece of paper,
or as a small object that can be held in one’s hands…
You only need to consider one question:
Is there something small you do not want to disappear?
It may be a word.
A sound, a daily habit.
A childhood memory.
A road, a stop, a trace…
All submitted works will remain in the Gezginin Odası (Wanderer’s Room) archive after the exhibition.
The exhibition will be curated in the stone space of Wanderer's Room
with a placement that respects the nature of each work,
allowing them to exist side by side, equally.
This open call may be considered
a small sign we send to one another before things fade away.
Participation Details
• Works must be submitted in mail art format.
• Maximum artwork size: 20 × 30 cm.
• Exhibition dates: 1–16 August 2026
• Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
📍 Mailing Address:
İlknur Erk Gezginin Odası Hüyük PTT P.O. Box No: 22
Konya / Türkiye
#mailart #mailartist #mailartexhibition
Time: August 1, 2026 at 6pm to August 16, 2026 at 7pm
Location: Konya
Street: Gezginin Odası 111267.sokak No 11
City/Town: Çavuş - Hüyük / Konya
Website or Map: https://www.instagram.com/gezgininodasi/
Event Type: mail, art, exhibition