An exhibition by Diana Ali in Manchester. 'Gift'.

Concept
Artists, writers and thinkers from opposite parts of the world translate and exchange the verbal into the visual, the local to the global in an exploration of collaborative postcard collecting and interchanging. The transmission and retrieval of these responses will create the emergence of new narratives that will be shared and reacted upon through hybrid texts, images and temporary ownership. The authors will be a global network of artists.

Process

Theme
"The purpose of art is to force us to notice" according to Viktor Shklovsky,
a Russian Formalist who explored the technique of 'defamiliarization'.
Through this technique one can step back from the habitual way of thinking
to make the familiar become more interesting by promoting an awareness of ones perception. Defamiliarization allows us to engage more with art and re-enhance the world around us.

Instructions

As part of this exploration the instructions below were given to artists locally and globally.