What is the Mail art Stigma Project (2005-2013)

 In this Pavillion #Uaremyproblem we want to shiw again some mailart's artworks. From 2005 to now 2023 no many thigs had changed for mental health rights and social integration. 

The differences enrich society rather than impoverish it.

The Social Stigma as Seen through Mail Art, in an international project created by the artist in the biennium 2005/2007 and exhibited at the VI Independent Film Festival of Foggia in 2007. For mental health experts, the "Stigma" is the primary obstacle to treatment as it creates a vicious cycle of illness and prejudice 

"Mail Art Stigma, where seeing is thinking, and thinking helps us see ourselves better"  curated by Luigi Starace 

The Multimedia exhibition was promoted by Stigmamente Arte, Media, and Psychiatry aps, and cinecircolo UICC Sponsorship: Independent Film Festival of Foggia, Chair of Psychiatry at the University of Foggia, Italian Society of Social Psychiatry (SIPS) 

The Mail Art Stigma exhibition showcases artworks received by mail from around the world, focusing on the themes of psychological distress and the many prejudices that still affect people with mental disorders. Over 150 artists from 35 nations responded to the invitation initiated by the mail artist Luigi Starace of Manfredonia. The response was astonishing: a tempera on cardboard from Russia, a photomontage from Hungary, an artist's book made from recycled materials from Australia, a collage of stamps from Japan... Among others, the exhibition features the first historic Italian mail artists Tiziana Baracchi, Vittore Baroni, and Anna Boschi, as well as well-known Italian artists like Ruggero Maggi. The exhibition, both in its content and the media used, is a celebration of diversity, revealing the beautiful face of globalization capable of weaving networks of solidarity through the simple, immediate, and universal language of images.

About the book Mail Art Stigma 

"Mail Art: The Last Frontier of Freedom In the realm of art, Mail Art has presented itself as the last frontier of creativity outside the system. It's a freedom that's built on the choice not to commercialize works. The mail artist has chosen to exist. And this is more fulfilling than having. There's always a way to express, to assert that we want to be ourselves and not faded photocopies. Mail Art is a dream. An aspiration, an ideal goal, the Star Gate of a network without nationality, without boundaries. It's an example of the positive globalization of art. Now more than ever, the art system is a cause of conformity and consumerism. It's a cause and effect that turns collectors into lazy consumers of non-values. After all, the biggest deception of our time has occurred in the transformation-devaluation of language. The complementary has been equated with the fundamental, creating a babel of non-values increasingly at the core of the choices of new generations. Mail Art also makes us reflect on the non-commercial use of art. In fact, it's a phenomenon that many art historians have underestimated, as they were busy pursuing the goals of the market and political correctness. It highlights social issues through communication as a fundamental need of the human dimension. The mailbox is always available, and it gives us hope that someone up there loves us." Giancarlo Da Lio

 

Artists: Claudio Grandinetti Adolfina De Stefani Pasquale Amoruso Raluca Oana Baciu Tiziana Baracchi Claudio Gavina E. Sündermann Michel Della Vedova Domenico Di Caterino Antida Tammaro Christian Alle Pierpaolo Limongelli Maria Wosik Luc Fierens Giovanni Vanoglio Emily Joe Willi R. Melnikov Rolando Zucchini (Studio ZetaU) Vittorio Baccelli Wilhelm Schramm Umberto Basso Luigi Ardò Lavio Piemontese Lamberto Caravita Tony Kennedy Gioacchino Bragato Fidelia Clemente e Mary Armiento Carlo Volpicella Aldo Scorza Claudio Jaccarino Giovanni Strada Lothar Trott Oronzo Liuzzi Lucia Leone Renee Bouws Daniele Davalli Roberto Scala Susanna Lakner (Planet Susannia) Gianni Noli Mara Puglia Giuliana Bellini The Simon Warren Journal Project Salvatore Starace Elena Rondini Enzo Salanitro Giorgio Rigon Emilio Morandi Ruggero Maggi Emilio De Tullio Maria Pia Troiano Pasquale Lubrano Lavadera Emilio de Tullio Jaromir Svozilik Carmela Corsitto Karl-Friedrich Hacker Emerenciano Yves Maraux Mario Manzoni Sala Claudio Bozzaotra Paul Tiililä Giuseppe Riccetti Markus Steffen Barend G. van der Gracht Fabiola Cenci Marc De Hay (Stardust Memories) Katerina Xarchopoulou Antonio Grassi Eugenia Serafini Schoko Casana Rosso Luis Díaz García Luciano Bovina Stefaan Loncke RLProject Guy Bleus (The Administration Centre) Mart Dabrowski Antonio Sassu (Gruppo Sinestetico) Domenico Severino Luigi Starace (Luistar) Rossana Cagnolati Raffaele De Martino Beppe Andriola Claudio Romeo Sophie Dussidour Tatjana Neuber Michael Fox Salvatore Favia Sghinopaullimo Sinasi Günes Antonio Amato Marcello Diotallevi Marie Hardouin Massimo Quaglia Gaetano Vicari Dmitry Babenko Miguel Jimenez Zlatko Krstevski Branko Acimovic Piet Franzen / SIDAC Mariano Bellarosa Gianluca Umiliacchi Servane Morel Yolaine Carlier Ivan Preissler Weef Monica Carbosiero Alan Brignull Bruno Capatti Vittore Baroni Anna Boschi Keiichi Nakamura Ryosuke Cohen Shin Oh!No odera Peter Murphy Suzlee Ibrahim Francis & Leonie Osowski Kurt Beaulieu Antonio Cano Krüger Buzz Blurr (Russell Butler) Dórian Ribas Marinho Clemente Padin Carol Reid Diane Bertrand Elaine M. Rounds Kala Vilches Emilio Carrasco Javier Almeida Eva W. Christopherson Steve Hodges Jesse Edwards (Jesarchives) Jeffrey Errick John M. Bennett Johnny Jane Maria Maddalena Signorelli Maria Cardine M. Machado Nena Rampazzo Rosa Maria Sartoratto R. Teixeira Annunciata Morelli Omar Gonzalez Peter Herley (Little Petey) Orlando Nelson Pacheco Acuña Ron Omlin Reid Wood (State of Being) Ulartistamps Sidney Tome Norberto Jose Martinez