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Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 11:01:51 -0300
From: VORTICE ARGENTINA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: MAIL ART DAY : International Call & Exhibition
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MAIL ART DAY - EDITION 2000
BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA
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To conmemorate the Mail Art Day - Edition 2000, we organize two big events
in two differents cities:
1-) in Buenos Aires, at the Central Post Office: December 5.
2-) in La Plata, at the Museum of Contemporary Art of La Plata: December 8.
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INTERNATIONAL CALLS
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1-)
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF ARTISTAMPS
MAIL ART DAY - DECEMBER 5, 2000
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
VORTICE ARGENTINA calls all Argentine and foreign artists and mail artists
to participate of an international exhibition of postal stamps created by artists to
to take place at the Central Palace of the Argentine Mail Office. This exhibition is
among the activities to commemorate the Mail Art Day in Argentina, as this very
year marks the 25th anniversary of the first international exhibition of mail art in
our country *.
STAMPS: We're open to receive series and single stamps. A coupon was designed
for the single stamps to be mounted during the exhibition. ( see attached ).
When you print the coupon, the size of it must be 9 x 16 cms.
Coupons also are available at the VORTICE ARGENTINA website by clicking in:
www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/proyectos/MAD_artistamp_coupon.htm
or, if you want to receive them via e-mail, you can ask for them by writing
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SUPPORTING COUPONS: Supporting coupons help to negotiate the edition
of an official postal stamp by the Argentine Mail. Those who haven't sent their
supporting coupons still can send them. These coupons are essential in order to
complete the project to be presented to the Argentine Mail Office.
Thus, only the originals are accepted by us; otherwise, we won't take any
documentation. You can get your Supporting Coupon at:
www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/proyectos/MAD_support_coupon.htm
or, if you want to receive them via e-mail, you can ask for them by writing
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ARTWORKS RECEPTION DEADLINE: until November 25, 2000
EXHIBITION'S OPENING: December 5, 2000
All materials won't be returned, and they'll become part of the Vortice Argentina
Archive. Once the exhibition ends, assorted documentation will be sent to every
participant, while general information will be featured on the Internet.
Please send your materials and supporting coupons to:
VORTICE ARGENTINA
Bacacay 3103
C1406GEE, Buenos Aires
Argentina
For further information about the MAIL ART DAY project go to:
www.vorticeargentina.com.ar/proyectos/mail_art_day.htm
Organizers: Fernando García Delgado / Juan Carlos Romero
* NOTE: The "Last International Exhibition of Mail Art" took place at Alvaro
Castagnino New Art Gallery, on December 5, 1975. This was the very first
exhibition of Mail Art ever organized in Argentina, by Edgardo A.Vigo and
Horacio Zabala, where 199 artists from 24 countries have participated.
THANK YOU FOR PROMOTING THIS INFORMATION.
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LA PLATA, VIGO'S HOMETOWN
The La Plata City Town Council Culture Department calls all artists to participate
in a Mail Art meeting in Edgardo Antonio Vigo's hometown, where he also developed
all of his art activities.
The exhibition will take place in the old building at Pasaje Dardo Rocha, where the
original post office that Vigo visited to send and receive his Mail Art correspondence
used to be in.
This is one among the many events to commemorate the national Mail Art Day in
Argentina, on December 5, the date the very first Mail Art exhibition happened in
our country.
Free themes, sizes and techniques. Eventually all sent artworks won't be returned,
therefore to become part of the archive of the Vigo Experimental Art Center in
La Plata city. Once the exhibition closes down, all participants will receive related
documentation.
ARTWORKS RECEPTION DEADLINE: until November 25, 2000
EXHIBITION'S OPENING: December 8, 2000
Please send your artworks to:
LA PLATA, CIUDAD DE VIGO
Secretaria de Cultura
Municipalidad de la Ciudad de La Plata
Pasaje Dardo Rocha, calle n° 50, (e) 6 y 7 - 2° piso
1900 La Plata, Pcia. de Buenos Aires
Argentina
This call is organized by VORTICE ARGENTINA, with the coordination of
Juan Carlos Romero and Fernando García Delgado
ANY PROMOTION OF THIS EVENT WILL BE DEEPLY APPRECIATED
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VORTICE ARGENTINA presents a tribute website to fellow friend and
colleague EDGARDO A. VIGO, featuring artistamps, postcards, envelopes,
rubberstamps, visual poems, notes and writings, related to mail art and its
role in "Communication from far".
You can visit Vigo's site at : www.eavigo.com.ar
Thank you for promoting a new website dedicated to Mail Art.
Kind regards...
FGD
" S O W T H E M E M O R Y "
to stop oblivion from growing
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VORTICE ARGENTINA
c/o Fernando García Delgado
Bacacay 3103
C1406GEE, Buenos Aires
Argentina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.vorticeargentina.com.ar
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