f u t u r i s t a n b u l

Katerina Nikoltsou, Greece

2012-02-13T04:32:00.001-08:00

Manoel Bonabal Barreiro, Spain

2012-02-10T03:49:00.000-08:00

Herve Alexandre, France

2012-01-06T11:33:00.000-08:00

Jose Vicente Royo Diez, Spain

2012-01-03T13:39:00.000-08:00

Chantal Casamayor de Planta, France

2012-01-03T01:52:00.000-08:00

Katerina Nikoltsou, Greece

2012-01-03T01:47:00.000-08:00

Maximum (A4) size cards from Simon Warren, the U. K.

2011-12-02T12:09:00.000-08:00

Collaged card to Shahrul Sahee, Malaysia

2011-12-02T12:00:00.000-08:00

Cards in envelope from Katerina Nikoltsou, Greece

2011-11-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

More A4 sendings from Simon Warren, the U. K.

2011-11-30T13:39:00.000-08:00

Maximum size sendings from Simon Warren, the U.K.

2011-11-14T15:02:00.000-08:00

Daniel de Culla, Spain

2011-11-14T14:33:00.000-08:00

Maximum size (A4) pieces from Simon Warren, the UK

2011-11-10T13:41:00.000-08:00

The last piece arrived in a bag of apology:

Futuristanbul card arrives from Cuan Miles, South Africa

2011-10-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

Pedro Bericat from Spain sends a strange plastic bag again

2011-10-30T07:50:00.000-07:00

I wonder whatever Mr Bericat is imprisoning: not mute sound I'm afraid. Any association with the futuristanbul idea?

More cards from Katerina Nikoltsou: Istanbul Modern 1 - 2

2011-10-25T09:09:00.000-07:00

Futuristanbul mailart from Katerina Nikoltsou, Greece

2011-10-25T08:55:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Nico Van Hoorn, Belgium

2011-10-08T07:28:00.000-07:00

Futuristanbul card in envelope from Roberto, Puerto Rico

2011-09-30T13:22:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Eni Ilis, Brazil

2011-09-26T12:10:00.000-07:00

Futuristanbul card in envelope from Cathérine Petré, Belgium

2011-09-24T08:08:00.000-07:00

Cathérine Petré, the Belgian mailartist friend, has painted how Istanbul would emerge in a 100 year's time: the Golden City! With best of all wishes as well. Many thanks Cathérine.

Collaged card received from Lindenhof, Germany

2011-09-24T05:08:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Serse Luigetti, Italy

2011-09-23T02:41:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent for the exhibition at Galeria Krabbe, Spain

2011-09-20T09:48:00.000-07:00

Art Postcard Exhibition at Galería Krabbe
- for supporting Multiple Sclerosis research.
The art postcards will be exhibited at the Galería Krabbe
between the 6th and 22nd of October 2011,
with an opening on Thursday, October the 6th., at 18-20 h.
(Size: 15 x 21 cm)
http://www.galeriakrabbe.com/
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150285523691510.333195.31186616509&type=3

Collaged card sent in envelope to Torma Cauli, Hungary

2011-09-17T13:13:00.000-07:00

Collaged card in envelope to Elena Gjorgjievska, R. Macedonia

2011-09-16T03:20:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Lutz Beeke, Germany

2011-09-14T12:15:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Roland Halbritter, Germany

2011-09-11T03:00:00.000-07:00

Collaged card sent in envelope to Giovanni StraDADA, Italy

2011-09-10T05:50:00.000-07:00

Collaged card in envelope to Samuel Montalvetti, Argentina

2011-09-04T07:19:00.000-07:00

Mailart exhibition in Italy: No Commercial Potential phaze II

2011-08-27T13:27:00.000-07:00

No Commercial Potential phaze II, the Show
dal 08 al 16 Settembre 2011
presso
Sale espositive
Centro Culturale Candiani
Piazzale Candiani
30174 VENEZIA MESTRE
Italia
inaugurazione
Giovedì 08 Settembre ore 18
Presentazione critica di Giancarlo Da Lio.
***
For more information and see all the works visit: http://itsonlymailartnocommercial.blogspot.com/

Collaged card in envelope sent to Cascadia Artpost, the USA

2011-08-05T11:33:00.000-07:00

Collaged postcard sent in envelope to R.F.Coté, Canada

2011-07-28T12:26:00.000-07:00

Collaged card received from Hélène Lagache, France

2011-07-15T12:41:00.000-07:00

Collaged postcard sent to Clemente Padin, Uruguay

2011-07-07T11:24:00.000-07:00

Collaged drawing on postcard by Miguel Jimenez, Spain

2011-05-26T12:36:00.000-07:00

FUTURISTANBUL by Miguel Jimenez
http://www.eltallerdezenon.com/

Mailart arrives from Carlo Maria Giudici, Italy

2011-05-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

Carlo Maria Giudici, "Istambul - Citta' Futura"
21x15 cm, tempera acquarellata + inchiostro 2011
http://www.carlomariagiudici.it/

Postcard arrives from Diane Bertrand, Canada

2011-04-23T12:38:00.000-07:00

This is how Diane Bertrand envisions the future of the old city. The card is signed on April 5 and the magnificant stamp on it arrives uncancelled. Many thanks Diane.

Grigori Antonin sends my card back just as I assumed

2011-04-16T09:48:00.001-07:00

Why so? Obviously because I send my cards usually in an envelope since the postage is the same here in Turkey for the letter and the postcard to foreign countries. So it is safer in the envelope I suppose. And I usually do not write anything by hand since my handwriting is not so good anymore I think.
Well this way the card lost the opera singer's head, arms and bust as well as the crumpled bottom end of her frock's long skirt. Torn out by the artist or in the post? Yet now the remaining piece somehow reminds me of a natural gas power plant. Also Grigori's logo is labelled the other side so the card is still singing yet another tune: No John Rays! In short, I have received an interesting altered "futuristanbul" card. Many thanks Grigori for your changes and additions.

Collaged postcard from Inez Olude da Silva, Belgium

2011-04-15T14:04:00.000-07:00

One feels the future! Many thanks Ilez. For your project I will study Brazil.
Read about Inez Olude da Silva's mailart project:
http://ilovebrazilianculture.blogspot.com/

Printed and original collaged cards by Domenico Severino

2011-04-09T03:36:00.000-07:00

Domenico Severino sends his printed and original collaged cards in the same envelope with the catalog (2010) I blogged in the previous post. Many thanks Domenico for autographing your catalog and all those artwork that came along.
See Domenico Severino's website:
http://www.domenicoseverino.com/

Catalog from Domenico Severino: Deconstruction of Subject

2011-04-09T03:04:00.000-07:00

Humorous postcard from Nico van Hoorn, the Netherlands

2011-04-08T15:00:00.000-07:00

Interesting mailart comes from Roland Halbritter, Germany

2011-03-18T11:14:00.000-07:00

Roland sends also the museum postcard of his mailart project (the deadline of which has already achieved) to wish me good luck for my project.
Thank you very much, Roland.
See Roland Halbritter's blog:
http://bismarck-mail-art.blogspot.com/

Postcard featuring transportation artifacts from Cascadia Artpost, U. S. A.

2011-03-12T18:00:00.000-08:00

Mailart pieces arrive from Giovanni Strada, Italy

2011-03-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

Mail art pieces two of which are size A4 arrive in the envelope with stamps uncancelled. Many thanks Giovanni.

Postcard arrived from R. F. Coté, Canada

2011-03-11T12:33:00.000-08:00

An haptic art piece with peaks and mountain ranges as well as lakes and meadows I daresay. You could visualise a sea-horse and a kangaroo in conversation or fencing ants the opposite side view: Is it soufflage or what - I mean the technique applied? Reminiscent of marbled paper, the traditional Turkish art. Alluring.

Collaged postcard sent to Grigori Antonin, Minneapolis, US

2011-03-02T23:11:00.000-08:00

Collaged card in envelope sent to Ivan Zemtsov, Russia

2011-03-02T16:18:00.000-08:00

Postcard both sides collaged with clippings from a broshure of the Eurasia marathon organised in Istanbul every year sent to Ivan Zemtsov for his project "Long Running".

Collaged card sent in envelope to Carlo Maria Giudici, Italy

2011-03-02T13:18:00.000-08:00

Received mailart from Elena Gjorgjievska, R. Macedonia

2011-02-22T23:14:00.000-08:00

Two cards in envelope arrived from Elena Gjorgjievska, Bitola, R. Macedonia. Unfortunately without postal address to reply (That is possibly because of my amateurish call for the project, so now I check the call and add whatever necessary to make it clear). Many thanks Elena for these color drawings of Istanbul viewed from the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus.

"Great Istanbul" card received from Stefano Fossiant Sini

2011-02-14T22:06:00.000-08:00

Really great artwork with style. Many thanks Stefano.

This "BIG ISTANBUL" card comes from Serena Rossi, Italy

2011-01-31T12:29:00.000-08:00

(Collage, acrylic, and glitters on paper 15 x 10 cm)
Many thanks to Serena Rossi, Milano, for this first mailart contribution to "futuristanbul" project.

Mailart sent: Cindy Schmid's project WHO I AM, Germany

2010-12-13T21:49:00.000-08:00

I added my drawing of a selfportrait to make this piece kind of telling about myself. Size A4 (21x29.5 cm). Though not directly related to the future of the city, I still call this a futuristanbul card for the piece of map used; and why not: Nuit Blanche / White Night?
Sent for the mailart project WHO I AM: http://www.swinxgrafix.de/

A personal mail art project with theme: futuristanbul

2010-12-01T11:04:00.001-08:00

A personal mailart project: FUTURISTANBUL
The biggest city in Turkey with a population of about 13 (or 16) million people and increasing each day, Istanbul is celebrating nowadays its year of European Capital of Culture.
How would this historical city look like in 10, 20 or say, a 100 years’ time?
Because I can't promise an exhibition for the time being, I will myself send my images of the city in the future to the mailartists and/or project owners in the world from time to time.
Of course contributions in mail art form are welcome.
Size: Minimum standard postcard (10x15 cm), maximum A4 (21x29 cm).
Technique free. No pornograpy, no offensive images.
All works must be sent by snail mail to:
Kemal Özyurt P.K.407 Sirkeci 34115 Istanbul TURKEY
Please provide your name, surname, nationality and e-mail address.
Received art will be posted at http://www.futuristanbul.blogspot.com/
If realise an exhibition, document to all.

Mail art sent: No Commercial Potential, Italy

2010-11-30T13:06:00.000-08:00

No Commercial Potential

My first piece of mailart is lost in the mail maybe forever

2010-06-25T11:39:00.000-07:00

Here (below) is what I did write about my first creation in mail-art: http://futuristanbul.blogspot.com/2009/10/first-for-me.html .
Well, seems not arrived at the address until now, it must have been lost in the post, just as it seldom happens to mail anywhere. It might be hiding somewhere, under the postmen's desk or else.

A first for me

2009-10-14T13:44:00.000-07:00

The above piece is the first mail-art-work I've ever made and is today mailed to the Second Biennale International of Small Art - Venezuela. Posting cost 0.50 TL and that is all the same for any foreign country. I posted it in an open envelope for the paper is not hard enough to be sent as a single postcard. The piece is smaller than the standard postcard of 10x15 cm and that conforms to the rules of the exhibition. I shall publish this post and show this blog as soon as my work is published in the biennial blog: http://www.bienalvenezuelados.blogspot.com/ . Until then, I hope to have my main PC fixed and write down the regulation for my mail art project FUTURISTANBUL. In one month or so!