The postcard exists--at least in electronic form! We've been trying to get this far for some time, no thanks to server snafus; it has, in fact, existed for some time, but not in a form in which I could access it. Even my hotmail account tossed it into the junk drawer when Jeanne sent it to me--I just knew from experience to look in there for it; it's unclear whether the university server let it get that far since I empty that file out more often than I floss. Words like "gremlins" and "Aarrgh!" were invoked. The opening is a week away and our publicity efforts are behind; we wanted to have these in the mail by now! We're mail artists, dagnabbit, we should be able to get something in the mail, right? Right?
The good news is we are learning a lot. The even better news is that the art coming in to us from around the world is just great; the exhibit itself is going to be very special. Just look at what we have to work with! Here, in a draft of a pose for opening night, is a trio of pieces that came in the mail just this week:
The portrait in the front is ink on cardboard by Suzlee Ibrahim of Malaysia. The standup doll features Urugruayan mail artist Clemente Padin as a trapper; it was made in June 2007 by mail artist John Mountain (aka Joan Puig from Barcelona) and submitted to this show by Dragonfly Dream from Santa Fe, NM. Behind that is a post-card collage by Raymond Furlotte of Quebec. If you come to the show you can open the flap on the collage and see the inside. All I will say here is that you really should because it's totally nuts!
Clemente Padin says that "mail art is a subliminal form of social consciense." While I may be dismayed by how "subliminal" our exhibit may turn out to be, given the challenges we have had in our PR efforts, I am pleased by the vibrancy of our exhibit's social conscience.
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