THEME: Film, being designated as the 7th Art, translates into the technique and ability to record and reproduce images with sense of movement, the works created called Movies, are produced by recording images of the world around us, with cameras, or using animation techniques and visual effects. Mail Art has no official number that designates it, but are many who adopted it in the past and present, as a manifestation of artistic expression, like in cinema, images, concepts, or other expressions, whether visual, tactile, sound or that explore other senses are developed and shared for a specific audience.
Both Mail Art and Film share a certain longevity, being different in form but not in essence, since both are means of communication and creativity that man has at his disposal. It is this tenuous link that is purported to be explored in this Mail Art Call.

COMA

 

 COMA representa um novo colectivo artístico com base de operação em Portugal, tendo como "background" a Arte Postal.

 Uma das razões de sua criação, deve-se ao facto de o movimento da Mail Art ser ainda muito obscuro em território Luso, seus participantes e activos representam um nicho muitíssimo reduzido de intervenientes.
 COMA pretende ser um emancipador na divulgação cultural da Arte Postal entre portugueses no seu país materno, esclarecendo e aproximando artistas, curiosos e leigos, nesta antiga arte que tem suas principais origens na década de 60.
 Como colectivo, COMA tem como principais funções, para além de dar a conhecer esta expressão plástica:

1- Fomentar à prática artística independentemente da idade, formação, área, conceitos filosóficos ou religiosos e etnia de cada indivíduo.

2- Organizar eventos culturais e consequentemente exposições, tal como alicerçar projectos de ambito Nacional e Internacional.

3- Manter uma rede de contactos universal entre Mail Artists, disponibilizando suas moradas postais e espaços artísticos virtuais, caso sejam autorizados pelos mesmos.

4- Descodificar o percurso histórico e cronológico da Arte Postal em Portugal, estabelecendo assim uma base de dados para futuras consultas de membros e público em geral.

5- Conectar-se Internacionalmente com diferentes plataformas de Arte Postal existentes em outros Países, e criar parcerias culturais com as mesmas.

 Resumidamente, COMA será o elo de todos os presentes e futuros Artistas de Correio portugueses, estabelecendo um diálogo amigável, cordeal e descomplexado entre todos os "amantes" da Arte Postal.



 COMA represents a new artistic collective with its operation base in Portugal, having Mail Art as “background”.
  One of the reasons for its creation, due to the fact that the Mail Art movement is still very murky in portuguese territory, its participants and assets represent a very small niche of players.
  COMA aims to be a cultural emancipatory diffuser on the portuguese Mail Art scene, clarifying and approaching artists, curious and laymen to this art that has its origins in the 60s.
  As a collective, COMA's main functions, in addition to raising awareness of this artistic expression, are:
1 - Promote the artistic practice regardless of age, education, area, philosophical, religious and ethnicity of each individual.
2 - Organizing cultural events and exhibitions, thus underpinning national and international projects.
3 - Maintain an Universal network of contacts  between Mail Artists,providing their postal addresses and artistic virtual spaces, if authorized by them.
4 - Decoding the historical background and chronology of Mail Art in Portugal, establishing a database for future members reference and general public.
5 - Connect with different International Mail Art platforms, and creating cultural partnerships with the same.
  Briefly, COMA will be the place of present and future portuguese Mail Artists, that will establish a cordial, friendly and uninhibited dialogue among all mail art "lovers".





Helder Coelho Dias (COMA President)

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