Making Mail is a documentary showcasing a special group of young artists who make use of mail to share their art with others around the world. With just an envelope and whatever can fit inside as their medium, these incredibly talented people create original and breathtaking pieces of art.
"My name is Mike Polk, the director of Making Mail: A Documentary. My production crew and I are currently working on a feature length documentary exploring the community of mail art, and its social importance." Those are the opening lines of an email I read Monday. Since this Kickstarter project is ending soon, I figured I had to post this here straightaway.
I think I know a person or two that would be interested in a mail-art documentary. They've already met their goal, but the project seems worthy of a dollar, maybe two or times two hundred. I'm excited to see what they do. I suggest going here to watch their video as I could not for the life of me get it to embed.
thank you for sharing this!
Posted by: rachel | March 01, 2013 at 02:32 PM
Love this! When I was in high school in the 80's, our art teacher Mr. Grbich (Frank was his first name, I believe?) had us making mail, among other projects. Of course, the goal for many of us was to see whether we could "hide" the stamp on the envelope, amidst whatever artwork we had created. We had a great time, and those students who really did have a creative gift came up with with some phenomenal mail art.
Currently I work with young women in a residential care facility. Many of them write quite a few letters during their stay; I think they'll enjoy being introduced to this project.
Keep it up!
Posted by: Leslie | June 05, 2013 at 04:30 PM