Anna Banana, Invitation to “The Pandemic is a Portal,” 2020.
Anna Banana: Invitation to “The Pandemic is a Portal”
Presented as part of The Pandemic is a Portal
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With Invitation to “The Pandemic is a Portal,” Anna Banana solicited responses from her extensive mail art network, asking them to consider how we form communities in response to the myriad upheavals caused by the pandemic. Included here are the responses from 47 artists from her network. The call and response of this performance is an exercise in community building, maintenance and care, and the result of Banana’s decades long commitment to her mail art community.
Participating artists:
Angela Caporaso, Bill Friesen, C. Merhl Bennet, C.T. Chew, Circulaire132 / RF Côté, D.C. Spaulding, Dale Roberts, Domenico Ferrara Foria, E. Varney, EVER ARTS / johan, Francine Desjardins, Frederick Cummings, Giovanni and Renata StraDaDa, Gordan M. Friesen, H.R. Fricker, Harley Spiller, Heather Conn, Helena Handbasket, Henning Mittendorf, Honoria Starbuck PhD, i. gh. Private World, Irene Dogmatic, Jas W Felter, Johanna Drucker, Karen Wood, Kathleen McHugh, Kiyomitsu Saito, LA DADA, Little Shiva, Lois Klassen, Luc Fierens, Marci Katz, Martín La Roche, Mikel Untzilla, Paul B. Ohannesian, Rafael Gonzalez, Robert Kinnard, Rod Summers/VEC, Rolf Soaesman, RoseAnn Janzen, Ryosuke Cohen, Sabela Baña, SHMUEL, Stephen A Caravello, Susan Gold, Tohei Mano, Vittore Baroni
Angela Caporaso, Italy
Bill Friesen, Canada
C. Mehrl Bennett, USA
C.T. Chew, “Patience”, USA
Circulaire132 / RF Côté, Canada
D.C. Spaulding, “Stressful Day”, USA
Dale Roberts, Canada
Domenico Ferrara Foria, Italy
E. Varney, Canada
EVER ARTS / johan, Netherlands
Francine Desjardins, “OMG!”, Canada
Frederick Cummings, “untitled painting”, Canada
Giovanni and Renata StraDaDa, Italy
Gordon M Friesen, Canada
H.R. Fricker, Switzerland
Harley Spiller, USA
Heather Conn, Canada
Helena Handbasket, USA
Henning Mittendorf, Germany
Honoraria Starbuck PhD, USA
i.gh. PRIVATE WORLD, “The Pandemic is a Portal”, USA
Irene Dogmatic, “Corvid Covid”, USA
Jas W. Felter, Canada
Johanna Drucker, “Tabloid”, Canada
Karen Wood, USA
Kathleen McHugh, “Cyberspace is a Portal to Community Space”, USA
Kiyomitsu Saito, “PANDEMIC-PORTAL”, USA
LA DADA, “Blue Angel”, USA
Little Shiva, Croatia
Lois Klassen, “Keep This”, Canada
Luc Fierens, “Free-dom”, Belgium
Lucia Sapienza, Italy
Marci Katz, “Covid-19 Portal”, Canada
Martín La Roche, “The alien repeats (To see the inability to see)”, Netherlands
Marzolla Filippo, Italy
Mike Dickau, “A Walk Through a Future That Never Was”, USA
Mikel Untzilla, Spain
Paul B. Ohannesian, Canada
Rafael Gonzalez, Spain
Robert Kinnard, “In Darkness Signs of Life Emerge”, Canada
Rod Summers/VEC, Netherlands
Rolf Soesman, Netherlands
RoseAnn Janzen, “Behind Bars”, 11x14 acrylic on canvas, Canada
Ryosuke Cohen, Japan
Sabela Baña, Spain
SHMUEL, USA
Stephen A Caravello, USA
Susan Gold, “Pandemic is a Portal”, Canada
Tohei Mano, “My Portal to Change”, Japan
Vittore Baroni, “GHOSTSHIP”, Italy
Anna Banana’s pioneering practice, active since the early 1970s, includes performance, mail art and small press publishing. Banana founded the publications Banana Rag (1971 – 1976), Vile Magazine (1974 – 1982) and Artistamp News (1991 – 1996). Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others. Banana owns and operates Banana Productions, where she is Top Banana. She lives in Roberts Creek.
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