This postcard collection is a result of the journey taken with the Stories from the Edge project. The images are an amalgamation of the visual documentation of the journey, whereas the text is comprised of the commentary provided by the locals visiting the itinerant “osmizza” (a simple eating place for social interaction).
Historically, this territory around the Gulf of Trieste has been overlaid with different peoples and cultures – the Illyrians, the Veneti, the ancient Romans, the Slavs, the Venetians, the Austrians, the French. The lands have constantly shifted hands and the peoples have moved across borders and non-borders for centuries, exchanging cultures, food and language.
The sending of postcards reflects and physically maps this movement of people across the land and the sea. They are tangible objects which pass through many hands to arrive at a destination. These objects are manipulated by the maker, the sender and the deliverer (the mail system). The postcards are icons of a quintessential touristic activity.
Cardstock, inkjet prints, transfer prints, postage stamps
size of postcards: 5.75 x 4.25 in.
