Diane Beauchamps 's mail art project "Murmuration Project"
Event Date:Wednesday, April Nineth - Tuesday, May sixth, 2025 (substitute holiday)
Open Time:10:00～17:00
Place:Karuizawa New Art Museum 1F corridor
Conduct:Curator
Instructor:Diane Beauchamps
Target:From children to adults (infants must be accompanied by a guardian)
Karuizawa New Art Museum
Tel. 0267-46-8691
Exhibition Section
The mail art project "Murmuration Mail Art Project" by French artist Diane Beauchamps will be exhibited at Karuizawa New Art Museum.
What is Murmuration?
In English, birds flying in a flock is called "Murmuration." This project was inspired by the image of starlings flying in groups. Anyone can participate for free, and each bird on display is a bird-themed piece of mail sent to Diane from all over the world at her request. There are 140 pieces of mail, from individual artists to groups from Europe, including France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Germany, the UK, Ukraine, Turkey, Greece, and Belarus, to the US, Canada, Brazil, Singapore, Australia, and Japan. This time, Diane brought all of these works from France with her own hands. This flock of birds will be exhibited in museums, galleries, and schools in various countries in the form of an exhibition, resembling the flight of migratory birds, and this is her second attempt.
Birds are symbols of universal humanistic values such as conscience, freedom, peace, and harmony, which have often been abused throughout human history, especially in modern times. They are also universal beings that recall environmental destruction and conservation, and can also be used to read the trends of the times, such as the decline of the postal service. The aim of this project is to experience the invisible connection that connects humans and nature through the creative act of creating your own imaginary bird, sending it by mail, and participating in this large project together with other birds.
For more details about this project, please seeclick here.You can see from the link.
A list of individuals and organizations participating in this project can be found atclick here.You can see from the link.
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REPORT
The exhibition was successfully completed in a day and a half. Each bird was made by a different artist, and some had poems written on them, some had letters in their paws, some had red crests made by children and were painted in unusual colors, some had real feathers pasted on their bodies, and some were made in a prison workshop... The names of various countries, including France, Turkey, Italy, Ukraine, Germany, Belgium, Argentina, and the United States, were written on each bird's mail along with the address and the name of the sender.
A wide variety of birds with different backgrounds. I created a story for each one, as if they had come from the garden of the museum's chapel, and repeatedly exhibited each bird while imagining a flock of birds drawing a realistic line.
This exhibition can be seen on the wall to the left of the chapel in the museum corridor until May 6th (Tuesday, a substitute holiday). After that, it will be exhibited in France, other European countries, and the United States.
Please take this opportunity to take a look!
Diane's Murmuration Mail Art projectclick here.You can follow us via the link.
*Diane is scheduled to visit again on the final week-end in April .
Bottom left: The migratory bird wave is realistic.
Bottom right: Diane's colorful traveling companion, a bird