A COLLECTIVE POST ART DEMONSTRATION FROM MARK MOTHERSBAUGH & BEATIE WOLFE Legendary musician and composer Mark Mothersbaugh and acclaimed conceptual artist and musician Beatie Wolfe once again joined forces to reactivate Postcards For Democracy — their non-partisan, collective post art campaign in anticipation of the 2024 Presidential Election. Weaving together the power of art and community to underscore the importance of democracy and voting rights, Postcards for Democracy invites people to create a piece of mail art and send it in to become part of a public art demonstration, with an exhibition and book to follow. Participants are encouraged to create postcards reflecting their personal journeys, thoughts and hopes for the future as a symbol of their commitment to democracy. In celebration of USPS — a vital institution — anyone can join the movement (even postelection) by buying stamps, creating a piece of postcard art and mailing it to: Postcards for Democracy, 8760 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069. “Postcards for Democracy is back again! Show your thoughts regarding this election and post a message through the U.S. Post Office to us. Honorary postal delivery man Mark Mothersbaugh!” Mark Mothersbaugh states. Originally launched during the COVID-19 lockdown ahead of the 2020 election, Postcards for Democracy has stirred tens of thousands of people to create and contribute to the public art movement, supporting the USPS while reminding and mobilizing people to vote. Mark and Beatie have received postcards from every part of the U.S. and across the world with the ever-growing collection, which first exhibited at the Bob Rauschenberg Gallery in 2021. In 2022, a selection of the art was taken into the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum. “I believe in the power of art to activate change and that we all have the chance to envision — and create — the kind of future world that we want to live in with much more of a say, both as individuals and as a No. 131
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