Donated by: John M. Bennett, 2010 March
[identification of item], Future World Mail Art Exhibition Collection, SPEC.RARE.MMS.0346, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
Contains a compact disc.
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Processed by: Beth Crowner, 2019 March; Finding aid written by: Beth Crowner, 2019 March
Mail art, an artistic movement centered on sending small scale works through the postal service, initially began in the 1950s and started to grow in popularity in the early 1960s. The medium provided a way for artists to combine and experiment with Fluxus, Conceptual, and New Realism movements. It can involve collaborative pieces, and is often tied to political protest and social movements. By the 2000s, mail art was still internationally practiced and exhibitions were held in venues across the world, but the internet age had moved many of the art projects to other communication avenues online.
The Future World Mail Art Exhibition Collection contains materials from "The Future World Mail Art Exhibition" held in the Piazza del Popolo in Arezzo, Italy, from 1998-1999. The collection includes "La Testata no. 47," an issue from a former underground newspaper published from the "urban periphery," a government produced anti-drug awareness booklet, a tourist pamphlet on Arezzo, and a compact disc produced by the exhibition. Materials are dated 1998-1999, and are all in Italian.