In the spirit of collectivity despite geographical distance, post invites your contributions to create a “collective poem” for our moment based on the 1981 project Poema Colectivo Revolución by the artists’ group Colectivo 3. The Mexico City-based group sent sheets of paper with blank space to members of an international mail art network, inviting responses to the theme of revolution. In 1981, the results were mailed back to Colectivo 3 from forty-five countries.
Today, as localities around the world are affected by the global spread of COVID-19, we welcome your contributions, thereby enacting the contemporary possibilities of international collaboration in the absence of proximity and travel.
To add your contributions in text, image, or video, please fill out the PDF below and share it with us by email contact_c-map@moma.org; mention us on twitter @postatmoma; or share on instagram with #PoemaColectivo2020 and tagging MoMA. Check back here and on social media as our international network weighs in.
Nene Diallo, United States of AmericaMarta Dansie, United States of AmericaLéllé Demertzi, United States of AmericaOsmar Domingos, BrazilMaría Pía Harboure, ArgentinaSara M, Kingdom of BahrainSara M, Kingdom of BahrainYan Patsenko (Bardo), SpainThe Revolution Colors, Issac Furtado, BrazilThe Revolution Colors, Issac Furtado, BrazilThe Revolution Colors, Issac Furtado, BrazilTodos contra el coronavirus, Aude Guitiérrez, ChileMimi Shapiro, United States of AmericaEnrico Mortola, ItalyMariana Halpern Diniz, PortugalAnne Livingston, United States of AmericaPatricia, United States of AmeriaLarissa Magalhães, BrazilArmando, NetherlandsMina Ouros, MexicoMina Ouros, MexicoMina Ouros, MexicoLaurenAna, BrazilKhanze, IndiaChristina Goumourian, GreeceCaro Zúñiga, Costa RicaLhean Storm, PhilippinesAnonymous, IndiaBy Vo Thuy Tien, VietnamAlana Pancyr, CanadaYaksh Verma, IndiaAlex Manea, RomaniaGaby BorgesToni Tenenbaum, SpainToni Tenenbaum, SpainPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsPeim Van der Sloot, NetherlandsMary Kroetsch, United in Hope, Together We Will Find TomorrowColeen Tyler, United States of AmericaAubree Tillett, United States of AmericaUnited States of AmericaAndrea Tapparo, ItalySheila Forde, CanadaSusan Miller, United States of AmericaAsher CohenSérgio Leitão, O CONFINADO_THE CONFINED MAN _ DER EINGESPERRTE MANN, PortugalMartha, MexicoRebeca Blanco, United States of AmericaMarian Calvorrey, Wanted, SpainZsymon Hernik, PolandSuzanne Harkhoe, the baby is born, NetherlandsItalySandra Hernández López, SpainHector Ivan Valencia Zapata, ColombiaSara M, Kingdom of BahrainSara Favali, ItalyOrlando D., MexicoNiño Jakk, VenezuelaNiño Jakk, VenezuelaNiño Jakk, VenezuelaRuth Henriques, LOVE, PortugalMoiz Rana, PakistanLindsay Brown, United States of AmericaMaria Anagnostopoulou, United KingdomGloria Garrastazul, SpainShaheen Rashid, BangladeshDaniel Patricio, SpainJulia Wolfe, United States of AmericaJulia Wolfe, United States of AmericaArlette ManassehAndres Gonzales, United States of AmericaRiccardo Beltrán, United States of AmericaViktoriya Gaponski, United States of AmericaMami Takahashi, United States of AmericaLaiden Ludonchakra, MexicoAnnarita Liguori, ItalySebastian Lalaurette, ArgentinaJuliana Ernst, BrazilGiulia del Gobbo, ItalySandro Rodrigues-Barbero, SpainRicardo RufiniLoan Diaz, FranceMaria Schiffman, United States of AmericaMartin Harries, United States of AmericaWill de Black, ItalyCandelaria Penido, Miedo, ArgentinaBruce E.Whitacre, A New Shore, United States of AmericaPerpetuo, BrazilSeymour Hersh, Ode to Hope, CanadaJulia NonellSara Confronto, No More Borders, ItalyMohammed Aashiq K M, IndiaFinlandMarko Barron, United States of AmericaUnited States of AmericaLin Calle, SpainJorge Perez, SpainJinna Z. Kim, United States of AmericaIshaniIsabel Albornoz, EcuadorMiguel Sainz Ojeda, SpainMomina AliAll Guts No Glory, United States of AmericaYael Lotan, IsraelJoana Corso Penteado, BrazilPatricia, United States of AmericaFredrick Veith, United States of AmericaGabriel GoloDevin Cohen, SpainCrystal DavisElisabeth Moreno, SpainAlien ArchitectAbigail Honor, United States of AmericaMindfulness Based Art Therapy Center in Milano, ItalyParker Wolverton, United States of AmericaViktor Tejada, PhilippinesDavid Joez Villaverde, United States of AmericaMateus Bonini, BrazilGuilherme Vasconcellos, BrazilAnna Arampatzi, GreeceStela Diplacheili, GreeceA.B. Wasalinko, United States of AmericaE. I. Reily, United States of AmericaZeineb Lassoued, SwitzerlandZeineb Lassoued, SwitzerlandZeineb Lassoued, SwitzerlandZeineb Lassoued, SwitzerlandElise Muller, CanadaRed Barnes, United States of AmericaPaula Madrigal, Costa RicaDeborah Palmer DodgeDeborah Palmer DodgeMelissa Siles, PeruJuan Dies, SpainLaraco, 11 years oldFlavio Tiberti, ItalyEmily E. Dave, United States of AmericaUnited Kingdom
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