The Americas | Transnational Histories and Non-aligned Networks

Poema Colectivo 2020

Nene Aissatou Diallo

April 1, 2020

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 America

Nene Diallo, United States of America

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