30-09-2020 08:34 via theguardian.com

'It's up to people to change the system': the artists using stamps as resistance

A timely new project sees 50 artists and institutions designing stamps to make a statement in a crucial year for US politicsIn 2020, artists making political statements have typically done so on the streets, with murals, protest placards or by knocking down old monuments.But much overlooked is the envelope as a place for art. Since a stamp symbolizes the mail-in vote, it has come to represent a form of resistance, a form of direct action. The New York non-profit TRANS> has created a stamp pro
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