Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In 1971, at the forefront of the mail art movement in Canada, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov invited artists to send postcards for the Image Bank Postcard Show, curated by Alvin Balkind, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia.
The Image Bank, conceived by Morris and Trasov, was made up of a network of participating artists who exchanged ideas and information by mail. The intention was to create a collaborative, process-based project, fostering a shared creative consciousness. A boxed edition of 80 original artist postcards was printed to accompany the show, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the picture postcard. This exhibition, developed to travel by mail, was then circulated across Canada by the National Gallery of Canada.
In this video, The Image Bank Postcard Show, 1971, Morris and Trasov introduce viewers to the postcards and discuss this living and ongoing archive as collective artwork.
This video featured in the Mark the Spot: Mediation as Medium exhibit at the Âjagemô art space at the Canada Council for the Arts September 18 - October 22, 2017.
canadacouncil.ca/about/ajagemo
In 1971, at the forefront of the mail art movement in Canada, Michael Morris and Vincent Trasov invited artists to send postcards for the Image Bank Postcard Show, curated by Alvin Balkind, Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia.
The Image Bank, conceived by Morris and Trasov, was made up of a network of participating artists who exchanged ideas and information by mail. The intention was to create a collaborative, process-based project, fostering a shared creative consciousness. A boxed edition of 80 original artist postcards was printed to accompany the show, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the picture postcard. This exhibition, developed to travel by mail, was then circulated across Canada by the National Gallery of Canada.
In this video, The Image Bank Postcard Show, 1971, Morris and Trasov introduce viewers to the postcards and discuss this living and ongoing archive as collective artwork.
This video featured in the Mark the Spot: Mediation as Medium exhibit at the Âjagemô art space at the Canada Council for the Arts September 18 - October 22, 2017.
canadacouncil.ca/about/ajagemo
