Exhibition – International Mail Art Call – Exercises to Undo the Judgment of the Body (or to Create a Body without Organs for Oneself)

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Time: December 8, 2025 at 9pm to April 1, 2026 at 11pm
Location: Federal University of Paraná
Street: Rua Manoel Eufrásio, 650
City/Town: Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Phone: +55 42 988756382
Event Type: exhibit
Organized By: Ícaro Almeida
Latest Activity: Jan 24

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Greetings,

To participate, follow these instructions to create your postcard:

Open yourself to creative disorganization.
Break the body’s habitual functions: breathe with your belly, see with your skin, hear with your eyes, touch with your liver.
Practice becoming: experiment with in-between social, gender, and professional roles.
Let yourself be affected by other stimuli—art, music, substances, meditation, or any means that displace your usual sensibilities.
Begin your postcard seeking a living, intensive body. Use pens, pencils, cut-outs, and materialities of your own body—hair, nails, teeth, bodily fluids, or whatever you deem necessary to “undo the judgment of the body.” Create visual poems, object-poems, visual narratives, and other experiments.
Optionally, include a letter describing your experience creating this zone of freedom and intensity.
Send your materials in a sealed envelope to:

Ícaro Almeida
650 Manoel Eufrásio Street
Block B8, Apt. 54
Juvevê
Curitiba – PR
80540-010
BRAZIL

Include: first name, last name, country, address, e-mail, and website (if any).
On the envelope, write: Exercises to Undo the Judgment of the Body (or to Create a Body without Organs for Oneself)

Deadline: April 1, 2026

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Comment by Zorica Obradović on January 24, 2026 at 6:56pm: Hello from Serbia.

🖐️❗

I have sent my mail art in response to your call. Since I could only see the theme through the gallery format, I decided on a compromise and created a triptych (three postcards).

As I am not sure if your rules allow triptychs, I have signed all three pieces. That way, if a triptych is not permitted, please feel free to choose one to display as a standalone work.

Inside the envelope, you will also find something personal for you.

I hope it arrives safely. So far, I haven’t had any issues with mail to your country, although it usually takes quite a while to travel.

I am writing this here because I will be changing my status to 'Attending'."

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 16, 2026 at 12:23pm: Sent to Brazil from Athens, Greece on 1 Dec. 2025...how long will it take this "architectural body" (with no organs) to arrive?

Comment by Zorica Obradović on December 31, 2025 at 3:43pm: It’s a bit challenging for me, but I’ll give it a try! Thanks for the invite!

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