Migrations: an International Mail Art Project
Thursday 15 May 2025, 3:00pm to Monday 26 May 2025, 5:00pm
Venue
LICA Foyer, Lancaster, United Kingdom, LA1 4YW - View MapOpen to
All Lancaster University (non-partner) students, Alumni, Applicants, External Organisations, Families and young people, Postgraduates, Prospective International Students, Prospective Postgraduate Students, Prospective Undergraduate Students, Public, Staff, UndergraduatesRegistration
Free to attend - registration requiredRegistration Info
There is no registration. Further details can be had from Gerry Davies g.davies@lancaster.ac.uk
Event Details
The exhibition is the result of an open call for artworks to be sent through the post on the theme of MIGRATIONS (human, animal, vegetal, geologic and more), it displays 382 artworks from 43 countries.
Please join us at 5.00pm on Thursday 15th May in the LICA Foyer for the opening of the exhibition MIGRATIONS:
An International Mail Art Project.
The exhibition is the result of an open call for artworks to be sent through the post on the theme of MIGRATIONS
(human, animal, vegetal, geologic and more).Curated by LICA's visiting researcher Professor Sait Toprak from
Doküz Eylul Üniversitesi, Izmir, Turkey, and LICA's Gerry Davies. The exhibition will display 382 artworks from
43 countries.
'Mail Art' as an art genre emerged in the 1960's as a way for artists to use postal services to share artworks,
collaborate and curate international exhibitions. It continues today as quick and democratic means to create
and communicate across countries and continents.
The exhibition is open to the public and runs 16th - 26th May
Contact Details
| Name | Gerry Davies |