Correspondence

Correspondence

Item Detail

One cardboard box with 10 artworks plus stamp (stored separately). These artworks came as subscriptions each month for 10 months as follows:#1 (24700 McBean Pkwy Valencia, CA, 91355); #2 (phone call); #3 Untitled (New York Times); #4 (peanuts); #5 (peanut); #6 (window cleaning); #7 (spin the bottle); #8 (please leave this piece of paper outside for a day); #9 (duvet); #10 (hamper for gathering #1-#9). This example of Mail Art took place during lockdowns necessitated by Covid 19 and was designed to make us consider how people engaged and maintained connections during a pandemic.

Creator
Fiona Connor
Title
Correspondence
Date
2020-2021
Medium
cardboard, pigmented resin, paper, ink, cast pewter, glass, cotton fabric, wicker, leather, metal
Credit line
E H McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, gift of Fiona Connor, 2022
Accession no
RC2013/4/23
Restriction type
Open Access by Appointment
Copyright
Copying restrictions apply

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