Unlucky 13: Undeliverable Mail from Nighttime Post
a floating library resource
Packet of postcards
size
9”x12” envelope
date/location
August - September, 2014
Cedar Lake, Minneapolis, MN
Lake Winona, Winona, MN
materials
Mixed media - Plastic folder, laminated postcards, ink, artist-made stamps
Summary
Unlucky 13: Undeliverable Mail from Nighttime Post is a packet of selected undeliverable postcards from Nighttime Post, a mail art project presented at Northern Spark 2014. It was compiled for The Floating Library, a collection of artist-made books and printed matter aboard a raft, on a lake, accessible by boat. These messages were never matched with appropriate recipients at their original Northern Spark debut due to content, timing, inability to find the ‘right’ person, and other unknown reasons - and were repurposed for everyone to enjoy and read in a new setting.
CREDITS
Presenter:
Unlucky 13 was presented in the collection of The Floating Library, a project by Sarah Peters.
https://thefloatinglibrary.org/author/sarahisareallycommonname/
Creators:
Co-Creators (of Nighttime Post and Unlucky 13): Anthony Chapin + Erin Lavelle
Postcard Design: Anthony Chapin, Moonear Khar, Kirsten Sevig
Contributed Words: Anonymous Northern Spark festival-goers
Typesetting: Nighttime Post postmasters