To document the on-going mail art exhibition currently running at the VAC Gallery in Northwich, Cheshire. Thanks to all who took part at such short notice.. 62 pieces of mail from 14 countries.
To document the on-going mail art exhibition currently running at the VAC Gallery in Northwich, Cheshire. Thanks to all who took part at such short notice.. 62 pieces of mail from 14 countries.
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OBRIGADO Jan! I'm intrigued by your postcard.
The phrase "exiled in my own country" perfectly captures the essence of innere Emigration — a term used to describe German and Austrian intellectuals, writers, and artists who remained physically in the Third Reich but withdrew inwardly. They rejected Nazi ideology, feeling profoundly alienated, silenced, or spiritually banished in their homeland due to censorship, persecution, and a hostile cultural climate.
Theuninck's title and the artwork's title literalize this psychological state. The staged "corpse" symbolizes the living death or total defeat of the self in an excluding society, mirroring how inner emigrants often described feeling like strangers or ghosts in their own land.
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