Postcard Salon Summary | EP9 Subtext & Discourse Podcast

In this episode of Subtext & Discourse I talk about the Jarvis Dooney Gallery collaborative experiment in exhibition making, the Postcard Salon.

2018 Postcard Salon

• Call for entries (Facebook event)
• Preliminary concept text (Linkedin)
• Exhibition text (PDF)
• Opening Night (Facebook album)
• Installation Images (Facebook album)
• Brunch (Facebook album)
• Individual cards (instagram)

2019 Postcard Salon

• Call for entries (Facebook event)
• Opening Night (Facebook album)
• Installation Images (Facebook album)
• Artist Talks and closing event (Facebook album)
• Individual cards (instagram)

Statistics about the Postcard Salon 2018 and 2019

number of artists in 2018 – 35
number of returning artists – 20 (57%)
number of artists in 2019 – 59

male artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 21 (35%)
female artist in 2018 - 20 (57%) in 2019 – 38 (65%)

We are based in Berlin, represent a number of artists from Australia and New Zealand.

DE artists in 2018 - 15 (43%) in 2019 – 15 (25%)
AU / NZ 2018 - 13 (42%) in 2019 – 19 (32%)
Other in 2018 - 7 (15%) in 2019 – 25 (43%)

2018 other demographic: USA & Canada, Austria & Switzerland, Netherlands, France, Bulgaria.
2019 other demographic: All of the above plus, Togo Africa, Greece, Indonesia, Egypt, Denmark, Japan, Belgium, Poland, Slovakia.

2018 – 14 of 35 based in Berlin, 40%
2019 – 18 of 58 based in Berlin, 30%

In 2018 – 10 of the 35 people were living outside their home country, 28%
In 2019 – 27 of the 59 people were living outside their home country, 45% (most were in Berlin) 

JARVIS DOONEY

• http://www.jarvisdooney.com/
• https://www.facebook.com/jarvisdooney
• https://www.instagram.com/jarvisdooney/
• https://twitter.com/jarvisdooney
• https://www.patreon.com/JarvisDooney

MICHAEL DOONEY

• http://www.michaeldooney.net/
• https://www.instagram.com/michaeldooney/
• https://twitter.com/michaeldooney_
• https://www.youtube.com/michaeldooney