Anna Banana, Invitation to 鈥淭he Pandemic is a Portal,鈥� 2020.
Anna Banana: Invitation to 鈥淭he Pandemic is a Portal鈥�
Presented as part of
With Invitation to 鈥淭he Pandemic is a Portal,鈥� Anna Banana solicited responses from her extensive mail art network, asking them to consider how we form communities in response to the myriad upheavals caused by the pandemic. Included here are the responses from 47 artists from her network. The call and response of this performance is an exercise in community building, maintenance and care, and the result of Banana鈥檚 decades long commitment to her mail art community.
Participating artists:
Angela Caporaso, Bill Friesen, C. Merhl Bennet, C.T. Chew, Circulaire132 / RF C么t茅, D.C. Spaulding, Dale Roberts, Domenico Ferrara Foria, E. Varney, EVER ARTS / johan, Francine Desjardins, Frederick Cummings, Giovanni and Renata StraDaDa, Gordan M. Friesen, H.R. Fricker, Harley Spiller, Heather Conn, Helena Handbasket, Henning Mittendorf, Honoria Starbuck PhD, i. gh. Private World, Irene Dogmatic, Jas W Felter, Johanna Drucker, Karen Wood, Kathleen McHugh, Kiyomitsu Saito, LA DADA, Little Shiva, Lois Klassen, Luc Fierens, Marci Katz, Mart铆n La Roche, Mikel Untzilla, Paul B. Ohannesian, Rafael Gonzalez, Robert Kinnard, Rod Summers/VEC, Rolf Soaesman, RoseAnn Janzen, Ryosuke Cohen, Sabela Ba帽a, SHMUEL, Stephen A Caravello, Susan Gold, Tohei Mano, Vittore Baroni
Angela Caporaso, Italy
Bill Friesen, Canada
C. Mehrl Bennett, USA
C.T. Chew, 鈥淧atience鈥�, USA
Circulaire132 / RF C么t茅, Canada
D.C. Spaulding, 鈥淪tressful Day鈥�, USA
Dale Roberts, Canada
Domenico Ferrara Foria, Italy
E. Varney, Canada
EVER ARTS / johan, Netherlands
Francine Desjardins, 鈥淥MG!鈥�, Canada
Frederick Cummings, 鈥渦ntitled painting鈥�, Canada
Giovanni and Renata StraDaDa, Italy
Gordon M Friesen, Canada
H.R. Fricker, Switzerland
Harley Spiller, USA
Heather Conn, Canada
Helena Handbasket, USA
Henning Mittendorf, Germany
Honoraria Starbuck PhD, USA
i.gh. PRIVATE WORLD, 鈥淭he Pandemic is a Portal鈥�, USA
Irene Dogmatic, 鈥淐orvid Covid鈥�, USA
Jas W. Felter, Canada
Johanna Drucker, 鈥淭abloid鈥�, Canada
Karen Wood, USA
Kathleen McHugh, 鈥淐yberspace is a Portal to Community Space鈥�, USA
Kiyomitsu Saito, 鈥淧ANDEMIC-PORTAL鈥�, USA
LA DADA, 鈥淏lue Angel鈥�, USA
Little Shiva, Croatia
Lois Klassen, 鈥淜eep This鈥�, Canada
Luc Fierens, 鈥淔ree-dom鈥�, Belgium
Lucia Sapienza, Italy
Marci Katz, 鈥淐ovid-19 Portal鈥�, Canada
Mart铆n La Roche, 鈥淭he alien repeats (To see the inability to see)鈥�, Netherlands
Marzolla Filippo, Italy
Mike Dickau, 鈥淎 Walk Through a Future That Never Was鈥�, USA
Mikel Untzilla, Spain
Paul B. Ohannesian, Canada
Rafael Gonzalez, Spain
Robert Kinnard, 鈥淚n Darkness Signs of Life Emerge鈥�, Canada
Rod Summers/VEC, Netherlands
Rolf Soesman, Netherlands
RoseAnn Janzen, 鈥淏ehind Bars鈥�, 11x14 acrylic on canvas, Canada
Ryosuke Cohen, Japan
Sabela Ba帽a, Spain
SHMUEL, USA
Stephen A Caravello, USA
Susan Gold, 鈥淧andemic is a Portal鈥�, Canada
Tohei Mano, 鈥淢y Portal to Change鈥�, Japan
Vittore Baroni, 鈥淕HOSTSHIP鈥�, Italy
Anna Banana鈥檚 pioneering practice, active since the early 1970s, includes performance, mail art and small press publishing. Banana founded the publications Banana Rag (1971 鈥� 1976), Vile Magazine (1974 鈥� 1982) and Artistamp News (1991 鈥� 1996). Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among many others. Banana owns and operates Banana Productions, where she is Top Banana. She lives in Roberts Creek.
