Mail Art

The Municipality of Borgo Valbelluna, the Workers' Society of Lentiai, and the AUSER of Lentiai promote the Mail Art project.

Mail Art is an artistic practice that uses the postal service to send and receive “works of art,” usually of small dimensions, such as postcards and illustrated envelopes.

In an era dominated by digital communications, the aim is to rediscover the value of postal correspondence as a form of relational art and as a tool for building connections through creativity.

The project is open to every artistic language: painting, poetry, singing, sculpture, writing, illustration, and music.

The young people have created “mini works” that have been sent and will be sent to artists, museums, galleries, cultural associations, radio stations, and record labels, asking them for a creative response and a brief testimony of their activity.

The invitation is not only directed at artists but also to cultural institutions, museums, galleries, and associations that can share their projects and highlight interested artists, or contribute by spreading the attached letter to the artists they collaborate with.

All material received will be collected and kept by the Municipality of Borgo Valbelluna (the Mel fraction - Orange Flag of the Italian Touring Club), with the ambitious goal of transforming the town into the “Municipality of Mail Art,” by organizing public exhibitions of the works received.

“We want this initiative to grow over time and become an opportunity for dialogue between different artistic languages, enhancing the human and creative contact that a simple letter can generate,” explains Marco Bellotto, president of the SOMS.

Organizers of the Mail Art project: Marco Bellotto, Christian Benincà, Lorenzo Durante (President Auser), Annalisa Gasperin, Duilio Maggis, Hane Ponik, Zoe Zanella. Collaborators: Matteo Bellotto, Walter Bernardi, Mauro Bianchet, Patrizia Milani, Barbara Pasa, Alex Pergher, Caterina Pison.

For all information, contact the IAT of Borgo Valbelluna