Cartão convite para Target Earth, exposição internacional de arte postal organizada em Los Angeles, Califórnia, Estados Unidos, em 1982.

Target - Earth Mail Art Exibition - California 1982 - Neal Taylor e Lon Spiegelman

03727 - 1982 - Cartao

10,4 x 15,5 cm

Cartão convite para Target Earth, exposição internacional de arte postal organizada em Los Angeles, Califórnia, Estados Unidos, em 1982. A convocatória propunha uma mostra de mail art contrária à proliferação nuclear e ao militarismo, examinando suas causas e motivações e defendendo um futuro sem armas nucleares dedicado à preservação e à celebração da vida. A exposição seria realizada em conjunto com Target L.A. The Art of Survival, evento de dois dias programado para maio de 1982 no centro de Los Angeles e patrocinado pela Alliance for Survival.\n\nA data limite indicada para o envio das obras era 30 de abril de 1982. O regulamento informa que não havia taxa de participação, que os trabalhos não seriam devolvidos e que seria encaminhada documentação aos participantes. As contribuições deveriam ser enviadas a Neal Taylor e Lon Spiegelman, aos cuidados do endereço 1536 Elevado Street, Los Angeles, Califórnia, código postal 90026, Estados Unidos.\n\nO texto também solicita autorização para que a Alliance for Survival pudesse reproduzir as obras recebidas em publicações futuras, sempre com o devido reconhecimento da autoria. A permissão seria considerada concedida, exceto quando o participante declarasse expressamente o contrário. A comunicação é assinada por Neal Taylor e Lon Spiegelman.\n\nO cartão foi enviado a Falves Silva, artista brasileiro relacionado ao Poema Processo, à poesia visual, à poesia experimental e às redes internacionais de arte postal. O endereço manuscrito registra Rua Engenheiro José Rocha, número 16, Candelária, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. A correspondência documenta a conexão de Falves Silva com iniciativas internacionais de mail art comprometidas com o desarmamento nuclear, a paz, a sobrevivência humana e o ativismo artístico no início da década de 1980.\n\nTEXTO DE OBSERVAÇÃO EM PORTUGUÊS\n\nA frente do cartão apresenta um mapa múndi cercado por uma estrutura geométrica em preto e branco semelhante a um tabuleiro ou padrão óptico. Sobre o mapa foi aplicada uma sequência de círculos vermelhos concêntricos, formando um alvo centralizado aproximadamente sobre o continente africano. Setas impressas indicam fluxos atmosféricos e movimentos ao redor do planeta. A imagem estabelece uma relação visual direta entre Terra, alvo, circulação global, ameaça nuclear e vulnerabilidade ambiental.\n\nO verso reúne o título Target Earth, a descrição política e conceitual da exposição, as condições de participação, o prazo de 30 de abril de 1982, o endereço para envio e o pedido de autorização para reprodução das obras. Também aparecem os nomes Neal Taylor e Lon Spiegelman, a identificação da Alliance for Survival e um endereço institucional em North Hobart Boulevard, Los Angeles. Uma anotação manuscrita na margem parece solicitar que Falves Silva enviasse suas peças para a mostra.\n\nO cartão possui selo postal norte americano de 28 centavos e foi encaminhado a Falves Silva em Natal. A data de 30 de abril de 1982 impressa no documento corresponde ao prazo final para envio das obras e não pode ser considerada, com segurança, a data de postagem do cartão. A peça possui importância documental para o estudo da arte postal política, do ativismo antinuclear, das redes alternativas de comunicação e da participação de artistas latino americanos em projetos internacionais dedicados à paz e à sobrevivência planetária.\n\nTEXT FOR THE SALSA PROGRAM IN ENGLISH\n\nInvitation postcard for Target Earth, an international mail art exhibition organized in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1982. The call proposed a mail art exhibition opposing nuclear proliferation and militarism, examining their causes and motivations and promoting a non nuclear future devoted to the preservation and celebration of life. The exhibition was planned in conjunction with Target L.A. The Art of Survival, a larger two day event scheduled for May 1982 in downtown Los Angeles and sponsored by the Alliance for Survival.\n\nThe submission deadline stated on the postcard was April 30, 1982. The regulations indicate that there was no participation fee, that submitted works would not be returned and that documentation would be sent to the participants. Contributions were to be mailed to Neal Taylor and Lon Spiegelman, in care of 1536 Elevado Street, Los Angeles, California, postal code 90026, United States.\n\nThe text also requests permission for the Alliance for Survival to reproduce submitted works in future publications, with appropriate recognition of authorship. Permission would be assumed unless the participant explicitly stated otherwise. The communication is signed by Neal Taylor and Lon Spiegelman.\n\nThe postcard was sent to Falves Silva, a Brazilian artist associated with the Process Poem Movement, visual poetry, experimental poetry and international mail art networks. The handwritten address records Rua Engenheiro José Rocha, number 16, Candelária, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The correspondence documents the connection of Falves Silva with international mail art initiatives concerned with nuclear disarmament, peace, human survival and artistic activism during the early 1980s.\n\nOBSERVATION TEXT IN ENGLISH\n\nThe front of the postcard presents a world map surrounded by a black and white geometric structure resembling a checkerboard or optical pattern. A sequence of red concentric circles has been applied over the map, forming a target centered approximately on the African continent. Printed arrows indicate atmospheric flows and movements around the planet. The image creates a direct visual relationship among the Earth, a target, global circulation, nuclear threat and environmental vulnerability.\n\nThe reverse contains the title Target Earth, the political and conceptual description of the exhibition, the participation conditions, the April 30, 1982 deadline, the submission address and the request for permission to reproduce the works. It also presents the names Neal Taylor and Lon Spiegelman, the identification of the Alliance for Survival and an institutional address on North Hobart Boulevard in Los Angeles. A handwritten note in the margin appears to ask Falves Silva to send his pieces to the exhibition.\n\nThe postcard carries a United States postage stamp valued at 28 cents and was addressed to Falves Silva in Natal. The date April 30, 1982 printed on the document corresponds to the submission deadline and cannot safely be identified as the mailing date of the postcard. The piece has documentary importance for the study of political mail art, antinuclear activism, alternative communication networks and the participation of Latin American artists in international projects dedicated to peace and planetary survival.\n\nTEXT FOR THE SALSA PROGRAM IN ENGLISH\n\nInvitation postcard for Target Earth, an international mail art exhibition organized in Los Angeles, California, United States, in 1982. The call proposed a mail art exhibition opposing nuclear proliferation and militarism, examining their causes and motivations and promoting a non nuclear future devoted to the preservation and celebration of life. The exhibition was planned in conjunction with Target L.A. The Art of Survival, a larger two day event scheduled for May 1982 in downtown Los Angeles and sponsored by the Alliance for Survival.\n\nThe submission deadline stated on the postcard was April 30, 1982. The regulations indicate that there was no participation fee, that submitted works would not be returned and that documentation would be sent to the participants. Contributions were to be mailed to Neal Taylor and Lon Spiegelman, in care of 1536 Elevado Street, Los Angeles, California, postal code 90026, United States.\n\nThe text also requests permission for the Alliance for Survival to reproduce submitted works in future publications, with appropriate recognition of authorship. Permission would be assumed unless the participant explicitly stated otherwise. The communication is signed by Neal Taylor and Lon Spiegelman.\n\nThe postcard was sent to Falves Silva, a Brazilian artist associated with the Process Poem Movement, visual poetry, experimental poetry and international mail art networks. The handwritten address records Rua Engenheiro José Rocha, number 16, Candelária, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The correspondence documents the connection of Falves Silva with international mail art initiatives concerned with nuclear disarmament, peace, human survival and artistic activism during the early 1980s.