Leo Reijnders: An Antwerp Artist with a Mail-art Project That’s Perfect for Lockdown.

By Nessascityblog @nessascityblog

Leo Reijnders is a local Antwerp artist from Borgerhout, who you may also know as De Wolkenbreier (The Cloudknitter) or from Antwerp’s underground radio station: Radio Centraal.

His current project is just right for the present situation and invites participation from all artists -whether you are a professional or enthusiastic amateur. Perhaps you would like create something artistic for the very first time?

Leo’s mail art project – “ALBENE” – is a collaboration with the Albanian Embassy in The Hague, and Dutch Art Collective, Quartair.

Want to take part?  Design, draw and send a post-card of your own creation to Leo. It won’t be returned, but it will be displayed in an exhibition at the Albanian Embassy in The Hague and in a Youtube film of the artworks. Here’s a film of a previous mail art project –Let’s Sky The Limit .

The theme of the mail art project is THE LAST SUPPER. The address to send your work to is:

LEO REIJNDERS – THE CLOUDKNITTER

Bouwersstraat 9
2140 Borgerhout
Belgium

Participation is not restricted to Antwerp or Belgium: Leo hopes to receive cards from all around the world, so encourage your friends and family in other countries to join in! Previous projects attracted contributions from 30 different countries.

Because of the uncertainty of the current situation, there is no hard and fast deadline, but you definitely have at least until September to get your cards in the post.

Additional links

Cloudknitters.be

Cloudknitters on Facebook

Leo Reijnders on Instagram.

Leo Reijnders on Linked In.

Leo Reijnders on Twitter

An interview with Leo on Borgerhout TV (in Dutch)

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