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last updated on 2025-01-11 17:29:10 / 8 days ago20 open_calls
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My Own Utopia ■
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150 years of impressionism ■
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5 ARGUMENTS ■
In 2025, Ákos Székely, avant-garde artist, visual poet, a leading figure in Hungarian assemblage, mail art and fluxus, would have turned 80. The aim of this mail art call is to pay tribute to Ákos Székely's life's work and personality.
We are looking for works that reflect on the following theme: 5 arguments.
Ákos Székely considered it important to develop the debating skills and critical thinking of his students. Open debates took place in his classes on all literary and artistic questions. A fundamental rule was that participants had to support their points with 5 arguments.
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Yellow is Beautiful ■
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Mail Art about the Legs
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fluxus for 2025 ■
Fluxus is an art movement founded by George Maciunas (1931-1978) in wich it is not the work of art that matters, but the creative idea.
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COLLECTIVELY ■
In Japan, the popular saying 人は人によって成立する (“People are supported by others”) reflects the importance of cooperation and interpersonal relationships in society. In English, “pay it forward” encourages the act of doing something for someone without expecting anything in return, creating a chain of kindness.
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Collectively ■
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Fairytales ■
“The short story offers a model for life, a life-giving and encouraging model that remains in the unconscious containing all the positive possibilities of life.”
- Marie-Louise von Franz
Fairy tales were and are part of the childhood of many of us and are still found today in oral traditions as well as in literary works. I'm an art therapist and I'm passionate about these narratives! For years, I've been using fairy tales as an important and powerful tool in my work as an art therapist.
Creating Art Mail with the theme of Fairy Tales will be a return to the memories of the past and an opportunity to reread a familiar story with a new narrative, after all, stories vary according to the historical and geographical context.
I invite anyone and everyone interested to take part in this call, collaborating in putting together a collection of Fairy Tale-themed mail art for use in studies and research.
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Mandalas and their Universes ■
Mandalas, with their rich history, symbolism and diverse cultural applications, represent an invitation to introspection, self-discovery and connection with the universe around us.
By exploring the world of mandalas, we embark on a journey of personal and collective transformation, seeking meaning, peace and the full realization of our human potential.
I am an art therapist and interested in mandalas. Working with mandalas is a powerful tool in therapeutic, clinical and educational contexts.
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kreiseln ■
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Change ■
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Coffee
Everything about coffee and its culture.
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Stop Sex Colonialism in Ukraine ■
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Open Call for Kindness ■
The curator team will select their favorite works to include in a book. If your work is selected in the book, you will be notified. Proceeds of the book will be donated to Gualala Arts Center.
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MY HOME _ LIFE FLOWS ■
The Healthcare Residence not only a place of care but also a place of life.
Living is an expression of adulthood, empowerment, and inclusion.
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CLOUDS ■
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Angels ■
ENIGMATIC CREATURES, MESSENGERS, GUARDIANS. CREATURES THAT LIVE BETWEEN THE VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE, CLOSE TO US?
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What a theater! ■
Why this Mail Art-call?
Quite simply because we love and appreciate theater. We encounter theater every day e.g., in everyday situations or in idioms that refer to it like “All the world’s a stage”, “to get the show on the road”, “to wait in the wings”, “to steal the show”, “What a drama!” etc. So we encounter “theater” in our everyday lives, and often it makes us smile.
The city of Schweinfurt is one of the lucky operators of a theater building. It is a guest theater and thus offers many different ensembles the opportunity to present themselves to a theater-loving audience through a wide variety of plays.
There are no limits to the joy of experimentation, which can also be borderline for individual spectators.
Schweinfurt has a long theater tradition, first documented in 1572 with the performance of “Comedy of the Last Judgment”.
The venues have changed frequently over the years.
In 1966, a new theater building opened on Roßbrunnstrasse. It was designed by the architect of Prof. Erich Schellig, with a polygonal ground plan and cubistic superstructures. A large staircase connects the theater building with the Châteaudun Park.
All in all, the building looks different in all sides.
Inside we find a piece of art of Gustl G. Kirchner with a turquoise wall in spatula technique; in the staircase Günther Zirkelbach created a relief with cut plasterboards; Prof. Karl Dahmen dedicated himself to the large 130 square meter wall with a dispersion spatula technique. He was an important representative of Tachism. His work is considered a major work of German Informel. The stage designer Trude Karrer designed the hanging light sculpture in the auditorium.
The indirect lighting in this room is also impressive. Its wal, cover with pyramid bodies shining out of themselves, some of which are gilded, creates a wonderful atmosphere. And so it could go on for a long time to describe our beautiful theater.
Since 1973 there have been puppet play day, in regularly recurring intervals. Uwe Brockmüller regularly exhibited parts of his puppet collection in glass showcases.
Thus, one could get an impression of the variety of different puppet theaters — especially in the Asian region.
Our theater will be completely renovated. For this reason, we started this Mail Art-call. We are curious how and what is perceived as theater and what individuals associate with it.
The submitted postcards will be exhibited as part of a mail art installation.
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[e]mailart
do consider what [e]mailart is and could be. consider what's the difference between merely sending a simple attachment or image as an email body or otherwise sending a real piece of art that uses all the capacity of what embodies the digital world and the ancient email technology and protocols.
can a mere attachment be considered a work of art? or should we explore something that resides in the body of the email and is changeable and unique and unable to subsist in any other medium than that?
alternatively, you may also submit some words, your point of view on the matter, or even an essay regarding the "digital world vs mailart vs [e]mailart vs art".
any questions regarding the open call should not be sent to us by email as they won't be replied to.
thanks for your contribution. all valid [e]mailart will be gathered and presented primarily on its digital form and support and eventually within a catalog.
for more open calls, please head to www.mailart.pt and check all documentation available.