Call for Mail Art submissions, November 17 deadline
Mail Art Call For Submissions
Title: Signed Sealed Delivered: Fact And Fiction
Theme: Fact And Fiction
Deadline: Mail Must Arrive On Or Before November 17, 2003
Exhibition Dates: November 17 - 22, 2003
What is Mail Art? Mail Art is a celebration of non-hierarchical art forms. Anyone is invited to create an artwork that can be sent through the regular postal system. This artwork can take the shape of collage, rubber stamps, prints, poems, appropriated images – you name it! Normally the art would be exchanged between two individuals through the post, but exhibitions have periodically been organized to promote, display and educate individuals about this exciting art phenomenon!
Signed Sealed Delivered: Fact and Fiction is a Mail Art exhibition that will be facilitated by artist Tammy McGrath and displayed in the Fifth Parallel Gallery at the University of Regina. The theme Fact and Fiction is in response to the hundreds (and perhaps thousands) of artists that use pseudonyms and AKAs within their art practice. "The artist, mail or not, is a microcosm of larger social functions. That is, the artist is not only the doer and maker, or romanticised idea person, but is also his or her own producer, fund raiser, labourer, shipper and receiver, records keeper, salesperson, marketing and publications person…The most common type of a.k.a. on the network is the personal identification or mail art alter ego."1 Artists are invited to interpret the theme Fact and Fiction in any way they see fit. All of the Mail Art will be catalogued, documented and presented within the gallery space. Every effort will be made to ensure that ALL of the art is hung. In the event
that we receive more Mail Art than the gallery walls can hold, the remaining works will be placed in binders that will available to the public and placed in the gallery space. In keeping with the philosophy of non-hierarchical art forms and correspondence art in particular, the Mail Art will then be re-sent to the participants (so your Mail Art that you sent us will be sent to someone else – and you will receive another Mail Art piece produced by someone in the exhibition in exchange). Please note that I will be working with a very limited budget – so it could take up to one year after the exhibition to receive your mail art gift after the exhibition is dismantled. There will be a closing reception November 22, 2003 at the Fifth Parallel Gallery where an Artist Trading Card (ATC) session will also take place. Artists are invited to bring their miniature works of art to trade! Artist Don Mabie a.k.a. Chuck Stake will be visiting Regina from Calgary.
For more information please email: Tammy McGrath at: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
PLEASE SEND YOUR MAIL ART TO:
Visual Art Department,
ATTENTION: Tammy McGrath,
RC 247 University of Regina,
Regina SK S4S 0A2
Canada
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