News
Dear all, We have received a couple of emails from you asking when the book will be out. Well .... It is much longer than we thought due to family reason and my move back in Europe. 2008 is a year and we hope to have better news.
Happy Holidays!! Sophie & Valeria
Chers Tous, Nous avons reçu quelques emails concernant la date de sortie du livre. Malheureusement à l'heure qu'il est, et à cause de problèmes familiaux et mon retour en France, nous n'avons pas ou avancer autant que nous le souhaitions. Néanmoins 2008 est une nouvelle année et nous espérons vous apporter de meilleures nouvelles.
NEWS ... NEWS ... NEWSDiane Arrieta, one of the selected mail artist of our project has a vernissage tonight Thursday, April 5 from 6.30pm to 9.30pm at Hollywood Art & Culture Center 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL Diane Arrieta has been juried by Claire Breukel, Executive Director of Locust Projects and has been chosen among 600 participants. She is award-winner with Honorable Mention !! BRAVO Arrieta
She will have a piece on immigration.
Juried exhibition on view until May, 20 2007. For more info, go to the website: HACC
Une des mail artistes sélectionnés, Diane Arrieta, sera l'honneur lors d'un vernissage ce soir, Jeudi 5 avril, de 18.30 a 21.30 au Hollywood Art & Culture Center 1650 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL Diane Arrieta a été sélectionnée par Claire Breukel, Executive Director of Locust Projects, parmi 600 autres participants !! Elle a reçu une récompense ... avec Mention Honorable: BRAVO Diane !!
Elle présentera entre autre un travail sur l'immigration.
Cette exposition est visitable jusqu'au 20 Mai 2007. Pour plus d'infos, visiter HAAC
Thanks again for having participating to the Mail Art Project| Immigration. Below are the selected mail artists who have been selected to appear on the book.
We do ask selected participants who have not yet answer us to do so as soon as possible, thanks !!
1- Acimovic Branko 2- Adeleke Musiliu Adegboyega 3- Ajder Teodor 4- Anakee Marie 5- Antonana Maria Fernanda 6- Arrieta Diane 7 & 8- Art Class of Sioux Center: Shawn Voss & Joe Van Walbeek 9- Bennett John 10- Beveridge Stephen 11- Bhavna 12- Black. Darrell 13- Blanco Jose 14- Bocca Silvia 15- Bortot Angel 16- Botana Carlos 17- Boutin Johanna 18- BroC 19- Brunet Elodie 20- Burton Laura 21- Agustin Calvo Galan 22- Celik Sabriye 23- Charmot Denis 24- Cholette Marie-Eve 25- Clark Roxanne 26- Coraboeuf Eric 27- Côté Sandrine 28- Csuvic Zivka 29- Davalli Danielle 30- Davis Christina 31- de Vivero Micaela 32- Della Vedova Michel 33- Deo Miranda 34- Dimaki Maria 35- Dirce Missel de Jesus Terezinha 36- Domingos Bete 37- Doval Porto Inma 38- Eippers Nicole 39- Ettore Tomas 40- Farona Roberto 41- Fores F-Xavier 42- Fossé Fabrice 43- Fournier Claudine 44- Fuhrmann Thorsten 45- Gimenez Ramon 46- Giorgio 47- Giron Frances 48- Graindorge Sylvie 49- Gunes Sinsi 50- Hulin Pascale 51- Italiano J-A 52- Jappy Fiona 53- Jimenez Miguel 54- Kaimulainen Tiina 55- Keenan Georgina 56- Kwan Lorraine 57- Lapointe Catherine 58- Leitte Kronbauer Jussara 59- Lindall 60- Lissa Silvia 61- Loumagee Cindy 62- Mali Slavko 63- Bonabal Barreiro Manoel 64- Mertens Adelaide 65- Mo Zayra 66- Montalvetti Samuel 67- Mora Béa 68- Moran Aidan 69- Napala Phil 70- Padin Clemente 71- Pinard Cynthia 72- Poltosi Nadia 73- Porry Martine 74- Quintard Muriel 75- Ribas Marinho Dorian 76- Riccetti Giuseppe 77- Rodi Daniela 78- Rohena Vilma 79- Rondeau Marilyne 80- Rusu Liliana 81- Saltiel Renck Marilia 82- Santos Cespedes Julian 83- Satin Claire Jeanine 84- Schramm Wilhelm 85- Shmuel 86- Simone Gianni 87- Son Yeong T 88- Sonaglio Heloisa M 89- Sperandio Balconi Jane Beatriz 90- Swertz Orfee 91- Thome Neusa 92- Tiilila Paul 93- Tome Sidney 94- Townsend Emily 95- Tucker Robert 96- Vallejo Monica 97- Van Trollebol Kat 98- Vermeulen Guido 99- Young Cesaero 100- Young Lisa
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February 05, 2007
Participants
Since the launch of our mail art call on immigration 231 works have been received from 26 countries :-) Thanks all for your participation, we will soon reveal the selected mail artists.
Allemagne/ Germany / Alemania Kremz Annett Mildbrandt Christian Fuhrmann, Thorsten Grundmann, Elke
Angleterre / England Warren Simon Scratchmann Max
Argentine / Argentina Antonana Maria Fernanda Bocca, Silvia Lissa Silvia Montalvetti, Samuel Vallejo Monica
Brésil / Brazil Bof Reis, Theresinha Caetano, Sirlei Deo, Miranda De Castro Zanchin, Rejane Do Carmo Toniolo Kuhn, Maria Dirce Missel de Jesus, Terezinha Domongos Bete Ecker Kohler, Jeanete Herbest, Eny Leite Kronbauer, Jussara Mattioli Leite, Neiva Mertens, Adelaide Poltosi, Nadia Presotto, Vera Regina Radé, Mara Eliane Ribas Marinho Dorian Ritter, Iria Ana Saltiel, Iara Saltiel Renck, Marilia Sonaglio, Heloisa M Sperandio Balconi, Jane Beatriz Tome Sidney Thomé, Nevsa
Canada Begin-Larocque, Alexandre Boutin, Johanne Brunet, Elodie Cholette, Marie-Eve Côté, Sandrine Desmarteau, Sabrina Dubois, Karine Dumesnil, Boris Dunn, Elizabeth Dunn, E Filion, Stephane Fournier, Stephanie Kim Thanh Huynk Kwan, Lorraine La Tao Vinh Lapointe, Catherine Levesque, Justine Marie-Sophie ??? Morel, Jean-Francois O'Murphy, Gabrielle Pinard, Cynthia Rondeau, Maryline Secours, Marc-Olivier Vaillant, Raphaele Unknown
Ecosse Jappy, Fiona
Espagne / Spain/ España Blanco, Jose Boek 861 Botana, Carlos I Calvo Galan, Augustin de Culla, Daniel Doval Porto, Inma Fores, F. Xavier Gimenez, Ramon Jesus Manuel Jimenez Miguel Kaos Pro Manoel Barreiro Orihuela, Antonio Santos Cespedes, Julian
Equateur/Equator/ Ecuador Dalgo, Patricio De Vivero, Micaela
Finlande Kainulainen Tiina Tiilila, Paul
France / Francia Charmot, Denis Coraboeuf, Eric Courtois, Vincent Della Vedova, Michel Fiedler Serge (2) Fournier, Claudine Fossé, Fabrice (2) Giorgio Graindorge, Sylvie Hulin, Pascale Madrange, Leila Mora Béa Porry, Martine Potte, Jean-Noël Quintard Muriel (4) Rouch, Valérie Z.A.V
Grece/Greece Dimaki, Maria Papachristou, Ioanna
Italie / Italy Baracchi, Tiziana Bellini, Bibi Davalli, Daniele Ettore, Tomas Giovanni StraDA DA Ravenna Nadia ??? Riccetti, Giuseppe Studio ZetaU Volpicella, Carlo
Japon / Japan Cohen, Ryosuke Simone Gianni
Nigeria Adeleke Musiliu Adegboyega
Norvège / Norway / Noruega Svozilik, Jaromir
Panama Cesareo Young
Pays-Bas / The Netherlands Van Trollebol, Kat Van Haastevren, Kavan
Pologne/ Poland Teodor Ajder Pawel Petasz
Roumanie/Romania Rusu, Liliana
Serbie/ Serbia Acimovic, Branko Suvic, Zivka Mali, Slavko
Turquie / Turkey GUNES Sinasi Sabriye Celik
Uruguay Italiano J.A Padin Clemente
USA Anake, Maria Arrieta, Diane Altemus Reed Art Class of Dordt College of Sioux Center, IA (11) Bennett John Beveridge Stephen Bhavna Bouse Amy Bristow Pati Burton, Laura C Lou Clark Roxanne Davis Christina Giron, Frances Keenan, Nadia Lindall Loumagee Cindy Mo, Zayro Moran, Aidan Napala, Phil Rohena, Vilma Shmuel (4) State of Being Townsend, Emily Tucker Robert Satin, Claire Jeanine Schneider Julie Schildler, Rosalind Petrov Daniel Young Lisa (2) Mead Stephen Yeon T, Son Zunzun Valeria (2) Unreadable
Butterflies Box, received from Cynthia Pinard, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Wood painted box, paper and collage. This is about the Monarque butterfly migration.
Boîte à papillons, reçue de Cynthia Pinard, Longueuil, Québec, Canada. Boîte en bois, papier et collage. Inspiration sur la migration des papillons Monarque, très importante au Canada.
Caja de mariposas, recibida de Cynthia Pinard, Longueuil, Quebec, Canadá. Caja de madera, papel y collage. Inspirado de la migración de las mariposas ‘Monarque’ -muy importante en Canadá-.
Received from Marilyne Rondeau, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. “Neg’ en boîte” (“Niger” in a box). She criticizes the exploitation of the immigrants. Comments in French below.
Recibido de Marilyne Rondeau, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. “Neg’ en boîte (“Negro en caja”). Crítica sarcástica de la explotación del inmigrante. Ver sus comentarios (en francés) -incluídos en la caja- más arriba.
Sandrine Cote Received from Sandrine Côté, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Plastic cloth shirts. The shirts are tied, and each one has a sticker with the name of an Immigrant and his country of birth.
Reçu de Sandrine Côté, Longueuil, Québec, Canada. Chemises en toile plastique. Les chemises sont liées ensemble, et sur chacune il y a une étiquette avec le nom d’un immigrant et son pays d’origine.
Recibido de Sandrine Côté, Longueuil, Quebec, Canadá. Camisas hechas de tela plástica. Las camisas están atadas juntas, y en cada una hay una etiqueta con el nombre de un inmigrante y su país de origen.
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Unknown... Received from ‘Unknown’, Quebec, Canada. Acrylic on sneaker.
Reçu de ‘Inconnu’, Québec, Canada. Acrylique sur basket.
Recibido de ‘Desconocido’, Quebec, Canadá. Acrílica en tenis.
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Johanne Boutin Received from Johanne Boutin, Quebec, Canada. Painting on plywood.
Reçu de Johanne Boutin, Québec, Canada. Peinture sur contreplaqué.
Recibido de Johanne Boutin, Quebec, Canadá. Pintura en tabla de madera.
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Stephanie Filion Received from Stéphanie Filion, St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada. “Au Québec”. Wood and paper.
Reçu de Stéphanie Filion, St Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada. “Au Québec”. Bois et papier.
Recibido de Stéphanie Filion, St Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canadá. “Au Québec”. Madera y papel.
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Elizabeth Dunn
Book received from Elizabeth Dunn, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Cover and some of the inside pages.
Livre réalisé par Elizabeth Dunn, Longueuil, Québec (Canada). Couverture et quelques-unes des pages.
Libro realizado por Elizabeth Dunn, Longueuil, Quebec, Canadá. Portada y algunas de sus páginas.
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Kim Thanh Huynh Received from Kim Thanh Huynh, Brossard, Quebec, Canada.
Reçu de Kim Thanh Huynh, Brossard, Québec, Canada.
MAIL ART PROJECT 31.12.06/Immigration
Sophie Blachet, director of Art Vitam and Valeria Pouza, independent curator, are seeking Mail Art works for an ongoing Mail Art Project book on the theme of immigration.
The Mail Art Project will proceed in two phases:
Phase One
The Mail Art Project will collect over a period of six months beginning in June 2006, a range of mail art works sent royalty free to be published in book form. Only 100 works will be chosen for inclusion in the book entitled âMail Art Project 31.12.06/Immigrationâ.
All works will be, however, exhibited online at http://ganthine.blogspot.com
Deadline for the project is 31 December 2006.
Phase Two
Beginning of January 2007, Blachet and Pouza will choose 100 works received for publication in the book.
Selected artists will be contacted either by regular mail, e-mail or phone by the end of January 2007.
The Details: The Mail Art Project 31.12.2006/Immigration
Theme: Immigration. Coming, going, staying, living, borders, boundaries, legal, illegal⦠itâs your call.
Format: Anything goes, from postcards, envelopes, to large format works on board and works on paper.
No entry fee.
Works will be juried, and not returned but exhibited and documented online.
Deadline: 31 Dec 2006
The Book
The book will include one full page reproduction of the work with description of the work, name of artist and artist details (in three languages).
Each selected artists will receive a book.
Printer to be announced
If you are interested in participating, please send works to:
Mail Art Project 31.12.06/Immigration
P.O Box 975
Miami Beach, FL 33119 USA
For more information please contact
In English/French: sophie (AT)artvitam.com
In Spanish/ Español: mailart(AT) artvitam.com