my dear friend, i invite you to participate the new mailart project
Emotion in Shanghai, China
more information:
http://mailattack.net/project-emotionProject: Emotion
EMOTIONInvoluntary strikes: Mind and Heart.A lot of things carry
emotional resonance, like paintings, music, poetry, and of course, the human
face.You can express your fleeting or deepest emotions in a way that is not a
self-portrait photograph; texture, color, composition, etc. you can also make it
be a poem, stamp, sketch, drawing, collage or anything that can perfect express
your emotion, Whether it is sadness, happiness, boredom, or something else
completely different, I want to see how you express that feeling. A picture of
your face will be too obvious.we will guess what your emotion is and create
something based on what we think your emotion is and send that to you.You
can send your mailart to the address:Room501, Building83, ShangGang
village7,Changqing road Pudong district, Shanghai, China.
zipcode:200126中国，上海市浦东区长清路上钢七村83号501室 邮编:200126If you want to know more,
please send email to:lazybunnyillus@gmail.com
All the work will be updated on the website:
www.mailattack.netEvent Type: mailart
Time: from now to 2012.9.30
Location:Shanghai, ChinaAddress: Room501, Building83, ShangGang
village7,Changqing road Pudong district, Shanghai, China.
zipcode:200126中国，上海市浦东区长清路上钢七村83号501室 邮编:200126
my best regards
today i mailed three packages that were not precisely flat. one work had a small plastic child's ring attached to it, another contained the wrapper from an eyeshadow package that was re-filled with paper, and the last was a piece of stiff paper that had been folded into a triangle shape.
after being questioned about the contents and their value, i still had to fill out a customs form (i think there may have been a fee in the total, but i didn't get a breakdown) for the ring and the eyeshadow. they let the folded paper pass without customs after i demonstrated the folding with a piece of scrap paper.
in the future, i think i'll stay within the bounds of flat paper unless i'm prepared for snafu. i also wonder if the reverse will apply - if someone sends mailart with irregular shapes/attachments, will it be questioned by customs on the Chinese end (would the artist in China never receive it, or have to pay a customs tariff)?
has anyone tried sending unusual items in envelopes to China? another experiment may be in order!