Ladies and gentlemen, friends, good friends, less good friends and strangers!
I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming exhibition theRED_archive[expanded] and look forward to your visit.
Sincerely yours
Gue Schmidt
MAIL ART PROJECT/-EXHIBITION: theRED_archive[expanded].
VEBIKUS KUNSTHALLE SCHAFFHAUSEN
Baumgartenstrasse 19, CH-8201 Schaffhausen, SWITZERLAND
OPENING: 18.12.2015, 7:00 p.m.
Wellcome speech: René EISENEGGER
To the project: Gue SCHMIDT
Opened by: Martina HERMANN (Directress, Austrian Cultural Forum, Bern)
DURATION: 19.12. - 24.01.2016
OPENING HOURS:
Thursday: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Friday: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Sunday: 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.
(Closed on Friday, December 25th 2015 and January 1st 2016.)
The exhibition at VEBIKUS KUNSTHALLE SCHAFFHAUSEN is for the present the last presentation of theRED. Planned at the end of the year 2012 and started in the year 2013 with the first presentation in the project room MAG3 in Vienna.
The current presentation of theRED_archive[expanded] can in a way be regarded as a continuation of the theRED project. What was originally conceived as a mail-art project, eventually surpassed the concept in terms of intention as well as extent.
The conditions for to participate in the project have been as followed: FREE TECHNIQUE, FREE SIZE, NO RETURN, NO CENSURE and DOCUMENTATION TO ALL. […]!
The thematical initial was a text excerpt from On the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx: »… particular attention should be drawn to the aesthetical properties of gold and silver, which make them the natural material for pomp, ornament, glamour, the requirements of festive occasions, in short, the positive expression of supra abundance and wealth. They appear, so to speak, as solidified light raised from a subterranean world, since all the rays of light in their original composition are reflected by silver, while RED alone, the colour of the highest potency, is reflected by gold. Sense of colour, moreover, is the most popular form of aesthetic perception in general …«
theRED_archive[expanded] contains sound and video objects, paintings, textual and conceptual works as well as installations. More than 270 artists with more than 700 works are participating.
Superficially regarded MAIL ART refers to the letters, cards, objects and documentations of art actions, sent within the net of a postal service, which are produced, posted, collected and archived by the participating artists. However, the material objects are significantly less important than the process of a continuous collective self-creation of the network by its participants, in other words acting and communication. It is all about networking and exchange, whereby the net is open, democratic and egalitarian and the channels autonomous and transnational. A major factor here is that this “net art” has a non-commercial character. It does not represent museum art by post but an exchange. It is an aesthetic form of communication.
The paritcipating artists:
A.T.M.O.T.W, Abbé J. LIBANSKY, Achille de MOEWALD, Adriana MARMOREK, Alexander LIMAREV, Alfred GRASELLI, Amanda Van MUNSTER, Ana GARCIA, Ana Marta AUSTIN, André BLESS, Andre PACE, Andreas HORN, Andreas KARNER, Andrej SKRBNIEK, Andrew Maximilian NISS, Angela BEHRENDT, AngelaSCHWANK, Angelika THON, Ángels VILADOMIU, Anita ENDRZZE, Anita FUCHS, Anja MATTILA-TOLVANEN, Anja WIESE, Anna BANANA, Anna NINCK, AnnaUSOVA, Anne NOWROWSKI, Annemiek MULLENDERS, Annette WIRTZ, Antoni MIRÓ, Armin BARDEL, Arpad TOTH, Barbara HOELLER, Barbara KEATING,Beba FINK, Bernard HEIDSIECK, Bernd SALFNER, Berty SKUBER, Bibi HAAG, Brigitte SASSHOFER, Bruno CHIARLONE, C Mehrl BENNETT, Carlo MariaGIUDICI, Carola Van der HEYDEN, Cesar FIGUEIREDO, Chilo ERIBENNE, Christian ALLE, Christian BACHLER, Christian KRI KAMMERHOFER, ChristianeBAENNINGER, Christiane SPATT, Christine HUEBSCHER, Christine ULM, Christoph LISSY, Claudia PLANK/, Claudia SCHUMANN, Claudia-Maria LUENIG, Claudio ROMEO, Clemente PADIN, Collin SCHOLL, Connie JEAN, Consuelo Margarida R. DEBIAGI, COSMO, Daniele PETRUCCI, Daniele PRINCIPE, DarleneALTSCHUL, David Della FIORA, David DRUM, Denis MIZZI, Derek Michael BESANT, Did WALLNER, Dirk FROEHLICH, Don Eisenfusz JONSON, DoraGUZMAN, Dórian Ribas MARINHO, Doris ETTWEIN, Dottie THOMASON, E - Ambassade D'UTOPIA, Edgardo Antonio VIGO, Elke GRUNDMANN, ElsbethGISINGER-FESSLER, Emanuel GLOOR, Emil KRIEGE, Eni ILIS, Eric BRUTH, Ernst FALK, Eva CHOUNG-FUX, Eva HRADIL, Evmorfia RACHOUTI, FelipeEHRENBERG, Fernanda FEDI, FIEREUS, Fleur HELSINGOR, Florian LEIBETSEDER, Francisco LONDOÑO, Frank JOEDICKE, Fritz FRO, Fritz SAUTER, GinoGINI, Giovanni STRADA, Goia MUJALLI, Gottfried BECHTOLD, Gracker Jack KID, Gue SCHMIDT, Gustav BOEHM, Hanna BAYER, Hans BRAUMUELLER, HansGLASER, Hans Joerg LOHN, Hans-Uwe HAEHN, Hans-Werner POSCHAUKO, Harriet POZNANSKY, Hazel JONES, Heike SACKMANN, Heinz JAHN, HorstTRESS, Iegeon MIHAERE, Imaginé par B., Irene DOGMATIC, Irma EBERL, Ivana REZEK, J.LEHMUS, Janice YUDELL, Jaromir SVOZILIK, Jennifer J.SHELBY,Joaquim CANTALOZELLA, Joaquim LOURENÇO, Johannes STOLL, John HELD, John M. BENNETT, John UPTON, José OLIVEIRA, José Roberto SECHI, JudyKLEINBERG, Julia IZMAILOVA, Julian FEYERABEND, Julian PAYAN, Juliea JOULES, Juergen MESTER, Juergen O. OLBRICH, K.Frank JENSEN, KamagiPARASKEVI, Kay L. HARRELL, Keiichi NAKAMURA, Keith A. BUCHHOLZ, Ken MONTGOMERY, Klaus Dieter ZIMMER, Klaus GROH, Klaus PINTER, Ko DeJONGE, Kum Nam BAIK, Kurt HEINZELMAIER, Lancillotto BELLINI, Laurent MOLET, Leo Bettina ROOST, Leo KREISEL-STRAUSS, Leonie LEHNER, LianaSWINK, Linde HOERL, Lindsay MEYER, Lisbeth KAMMERLANDER, Litsa KASCHAU-SPATHI, Lubomyr TYMKIV, Lucas CEJPEK, Luis MARTÍN, M.B.CORBETT,Makario SCIASCIA, Malte SONNENFELD, Manuela FROUDARAKIS, Marc HALTMEYER, Margret KREIDL, Maria HUBINGER, Maria José SILVA - MIZÉ, MariaSFINIADAKI, Mariana SERBAN, Marie FENIANOS, Marina NTOVROU, Marina PAPASTAMOU, Marina SALMASO, Marta NEGRE, Mary ANNE, MaryHAJISOTIRIOU, Michael ENDLICHER, Michael GEYERSBACH, Michael LEIGH, Michael LUMB, Michael MICHELMAYR, Michaela SOELL, Michel Della VEDOVA, Michèle RUFFIN, Miguel JIMÉNEZ, Mike DYAR, Ministry of LAMINATION, Mirjam WYDLER, Mirko MARIC, Monica REX, Monika STRASSER, Moreno MENARIN, Moritz EBINGER, Nicole FINSINGER, Nora BACHEL, Norbert MATH, Ona B., Oskar HUMMER, Osvaldo CIBILS, Patricia COLLINS, Paulo BRUSCKY, PC(TICTAC), Pedro BERICAT, Peter MUELLER, Peti WISKEMANN, Petra KLABUNDE, Piet FRANZEN, Pietro Romano MATARRESE, Pryde SCIASCIA, ReidWOOD, Renate EISENEGGER, Renate LANGGEMACH, René EISENEGGER, Renê MAINARDI, Resa PERNTHALLER, Richard BAUDET, Richardas NORVILA, Richardas NORVILA, Rigby WACHSFIELD, Robert FILLER, Robert SWIERKIEWICZ, Robert ZAHORNICKY, Robert ZNAJOMSKI, Robin CROZIER, RodSUMMERS, Roland HALBRITTER, Romana HAGYO, Rora + Dobrica KAMPERELIC, Rosa Leona SCHMIDT, Roula AKRIOTOU, Royston Du MAUNIER-LEBEK,Ruggero MAGGI, Rupert LOYDELL, Ruud JANSSEN, Ryosuke COHEN, Sabine GROSCHUP, Sabrina Martina MAYR, Sandra FEHR-RÜEGG, Sarah Jo PENDER,Scot GANINGER, Sebastian BRANDT, Serse LUIGETTI, SHIN OH! NO DERA, Shugang WANG, Silke MAIER-GAMAUF, Silvano PERTONE, Simon WARREN,SIMONSON, Skarli-Danikou KONDILIA, Stefan PIETRYGA, Steve DALACHINSKY, Susa KAVALAR, Suzie WONG, Taftaridoy DESPOINA, Tatiana MAKAROVA, Tatjana VALLEJO, Terry REID, The Art Collective: THE ARTHEISTS, Thomas KUSCHNY, Thorsten FUHRMANN, Titia EGGEN, Tiziana BARACCHI, TomSCHNEIDER, Trisiie TIERARTOPS, Tulio RESTREPO, Ulla ROHR, Ursula HERBER, Ute MESCHER, Valérie CÉRAVOLO, Van Breest SMALLENBURG, VÁROSI MUEVÉSZETI Muzeum Gyoer, Vicente CALCAGNO, Vittore BARONI, Viviana CERNJUL, W.Mark SUTHERLAND, Willie MARLOWE, Wolfgang GUENTHER
The steps:
MAG3 | Vienna | AUSTRIA | 03.04.-30.04.2013
LISI HAEMMERLE GALLERY | Bregenz | AUSTRIA | 02.03.-30.03.2014
RUSE ART GALLERY | Ruse | BULGARIA | 05.11.-28.12.2014
MAG3 | Vienna | AUSTRIA | 05.03.-27.03.2015
VEBIKUS KUNSTHALLE SCHAFFHAUSEN | Schaffhausen | SWITZERLAND | 19.12. - 24.01.2016
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