Amazon - Ruggero Maggi - Italy

At 1979, after some travels to the South American Forest I planned an Archive dedicated to Amazon to highlight by some art projects (*) the systematic destruction perpetrated by landed proprietors with the connivance of the some governments to build the sadly “famous” trans-Amazonian highroads – real deep cuts on the forest's skin – and for a devastating plan of industrial agriculture which has “taken flash off” the forest. Forest which has not finished crying, has not ended to be sacrificed to favour also today the more wicked interests of unscrupulous persons.

After 40 years the AMAZON ARCHIVE invites you to send one or more works dedicated to this theme exclusively by post.

Intervene as you like, on one on more leaves picked on the ground
max size: 30x40 cms
free technique
deadline: February 29th 2020

The idea is to create an installation (a space/forest) with the help of the mail artist community.
The works will remain in the Amazon Archive
Online documentation and in the Juliet art-magazine.

Send to:
AMAZON
ARCHIVE OF ARTISTIC WORKS AND PROJECT
ABOUT THE AMAZONIC WORLD.
c/o RUGGERO MAGGI – C.SO SEMPIONE 67
20149 – MILANO – ITALY -

On the back of the work indicate your data and email address (data that you will send me also by email to maggiruggero@gmail.com)

Please spread this call to all your contacts ...
THE AMAZON MUST LIVE
THANKS and good job!

Keep in touch.
Ruggero

(*) 1979 “Amazon” at Spazio Sixtonotes, the first Mail Art exhibition in Milan
     1980 “Amazonic Trip” Universidad Catolica di Lima, the first exhibition of Mail Art in Perù
     1981 “Amazonic High Ways” XVI Biennale di San Paolo (Brazil)

Save the museums of 'mothers' - Italy

MAIL ART PROJECT

TITOLO: SALVIAMO IL MUSEO DELLE MADRI
Save the museum of “mothers”
SALVUM MUSEUM MATRIS MATUTAE

Organized by:
The cultural association CAPUANOVA, Palazzo Fazio - Capua
Padiglione Tibet of Ruggero Maggi - Milan
in partnership with: AISLO (Milan and Caserta) and Associazione Aliante (Capua)

Supervision and technical-scientific assistence by Department of Literature and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Contemporary Art Course, of II University of Naples.

Patronage:
- Regione Campania
- Amministrazione Provinciale di Caserta
- Municipality of Capua
- Chamber of Commerce of Caserta


The invitation will be send by the organizators with news and pictures of the museum and the wonderful collection of the Matres that are exposed in the inside.
Theme: Capua’s mothers (visit http://www.capuanova.it/adottaunamadre/)
Free form and technics
Deadline: October 31th 2016
The pieces shall be sent to: Museo Provinciale Campano, Via Roma, n.68 - 81043 Capua (CE) - ITALY.

Cataloging will be made by Associazione Capuanova and the students of Department of Literature and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Contemporary Art Course, of II University of Naples.

All the pieces received will be posted on Capuanova’s website and FB fanpage (http://www.capuanova.it)
Exhibition is expected to be during December’s first week and will be set in Matres Matutae’s Hall in Museo Provinciale Campano, exposed for four whole weeks.

After the exhibition, the pieces will remain in the museum’s archive, which organized a showcase where the pieces will be exposed one after another permanently, creating a mail art background dedicated to mother’s figure.

A printed pamphlet is expected to be sent to all guests.

Info: http://www.provincia.caserta.it/museocampano/ or http://www.capuanova.it/adottaunamadre/le-madri-del-museo-campano-di-capua/
For additional interesting information search “le madri di Capua” , “Mater Matuta” , “adotta una madre” on the web.