Who Cares About These Feelings? Mail Art 2009-2015
Artist(s)/Author(s): Mitsuko Brooks, Zoe McCloskey
Format: Book, Paper Document(s), Studio Ephemera, Photographic Material
Keywords: Mail art, collage, Diaristic, emotions, emotion in art, The personal is political
Edition: Edition of 100
Number of Pages: 30
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11"
Publisher: Mitsuko Brooks Studio
Date Aired/Exhibited: 1/29/2015
City Produced/Published: Los Angeles
Venue: The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Reference Number: 28850.BR
Acquisition Date: 8/7/2017
Description:

 

Full color artist book/zine, "Who Cares About These Feelings? Mail Art 2009-2015" by Mitsuko Brooks and introduction by Zoë McCloskey, documents select mail art and emotions Brooks sent out over the years spanning six years. The title was inspired by the graduate seminar class taught by MOCA curator Bennett Simpson "Who Cares About Exhibitions" taken during Brooks' MFA studies at UCLA. This is and the second issue were made for preview at The Los Angeles Art Book Fair 2015 and 2016. Both document diaristic, collage mail art during my graduate studies that capture my experiences.