BOOKISH: Matthew Ross Smith's "The Spaces Between Your Fingers"

From analog writing to digital archivization, the community explores the artistic possibilities of the classic postcard.

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BOOKISH: Matthew Ross Smith's "The Spaces Between Your Fingers"

POSTED: Friday, July 27, 2012, 11:00 AM

Filed Under: Arts Books

As the U.S. Mail system slowly becomes obselete, local artist Matthew Ross Smith is finding new ways to make use of the classic postcard in one of his most innovative community-art projects to date.

His plan, entitled "The Spaces Between Your Fingers", is to have participants write a short message or memory on an old-fashioned postcard. In place of a signature, each writer will end the card with a tracing of his hand, highlighting the analog human-ness of postcard exchange. The project returns to the digital era when these postcards become archived in the Free Library's “wisdom library,” where they can be searched by age, location, subject or even a matching handprint. Using the library's archival resources, this is a way to record the tradition of the postcard and share in the diverse wisdom of our community. Saturday's event is a chance to learn more about the project and become an official postcard participant. Read our Q&A with Smith's mom, who received the onslaught of postcards in her mailbox, in this week's A&E section, or by clicking here.

Free and open to anyone interested, the session kicks off at 2 p.m. at the Library's Central Branch (1901 Vine St.).

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