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It occurred to me after posting my new Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) that not everyone knows what they are! So here’s an ATC primer (courtesy of the official site) for anyone seeking fun, collaborative, democratic, community-based creative practices:
- ATCs are miniature works of art created on 2 ½ X 3 ½ inch or 64 X 89 mm card stock;
- they are originals, small editions and, most importantly, self-produced. Anybody can produce them;
- the idea is that you trade them with other people who produce cards, either at trading sessions or wherever you meet another ATC trader in person;
- it is important that you meet other people in person to trade – i.e. it is ok to trade by mail or to participate in editions but the main purpose of this performance is the trading session and the personal meeting;
- it’s not about money: participants in trading sessions and editions should not be charged any money: the point of the project is the exchange of cards as well as personal experience;
- there are monthly trading sessions at different places and you can start your own trading session wherever you live;
- the project was initiated in 1997 by zurich artist m.vänçi stirnemann; and was brought to North America the same year by Don Mabie/Chuck Stake.
More ATC goodies:
- Visit the official site, at www.artist-trading-cards.ch
- Check out the Canadian magazine ATC Quarterly at www.atcquarterly.com
- Look at more of my ATCs at www.goodgirl.ca/atc.html
Some recent Artist Trading Cards I made:
Says he: “I wouldn’t trade places with anyone.”
In our hearts there was more.
Man in an orange sweater
So I says to the guy…
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