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February 25, 2008
Lee Mingwei's Letter-Writing Project
Since 1998, Taiwanese-born installation artist, Lee Mingwei has been showcasing his Letter Writing Project in spaces from the Whitney Museum of American Art to galleries in Australia, Korea, and Japan.
The project invites participants to write the letters they have always meant to, but never taken time for. The artist creates 3-sided rooms out of wood and translucent glass, which contains a desk and writing materials. Visitors enter one of three booths, designed for participants to position themselves mimicking meditative postures, and write a letter to a deceased or otherwise absent loved one, offering previously unexpressed gratitude, forgiveness or apology. They may then seal and address their letters (for posting by the museum or gallery), or leave them unsealed in one of many slots on the wall of the booth, where later visitors may read them.
Fingers crossed that this project will be resuscitated, so we can go participate. In the meantime, check out Lee Mingwei's other intriguing projects here.
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