Yoshinori Niwa
Resending postcards sent during the Cold War to the intended recipients, 2017
Single-channel video plus 300 postcards
20'15 min
Edition 5 plus 1 artist's proof
Copyright the artist
This project documents Niwa visiting flea markets in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary as if retracing the former Cold War boundary to search for postcards from the Cold War period....
This project documents Niwa visiting flea markets in Vienna, Austria and Budapest, Hungary as if retracing the former Cold War boundary to search for postcards from the Cold War period. Hundreds if not thousands of personal messages that never found their recipients sit in boxes every Sunday, many of which are lost forever when the streets are cleaned up at the end of the day. Niwa buys what he can and attempts to resend the postcards through the Austrian postal service.