Mail art and methods of exhibition after 1970

The aim of this thesis is to analyze Mail art and exhibition methods after 1970 and to design and install these exhibition methods in different spaces in line with the way of thinking of mail art. For this purpose, the history of mail art, the art movements effective in the emergence of it and the exhibition methods after 1970 have been investigated. By emphasizing the impressive and interesting elements of mail art, exhibitions were made in different indoor, outdoor and virtual spaces reflecting the libertarian and expressionist nature of mail art in the exhibition and installation processes. Thus, it is aimed to offer an interesting experience to the audience and to expand the potential of mail art. In this thesis, action research, one of the qualitative research designs, was preferred. Within the scope of the "Emailart2022 International Mail Art Online Exhibition", twenty-two countries are population, whereas 232 participants who attend the exhibition are the sample. As data collection techniques in qualitative research, participant observer and document review were used. Descriptive analysis was used with qualitative research method. With the descriptive analysis method, literature review, data, internet resources, books, journals, brochures and catalogues, and internet-connected and physical libraries of universities were benefited. In addition, the researcher took part in the process as a participant observer. In the implementation part, a digital mail art exhibition was organized. The data of this exhibition were used in a virtual gallery created on the internet and in various indoor and outdoor spaces, and different examples of exhibition methods were created. In the conclusion part, mail art exhibition methods after 1970 are emphasized. As a result of this mail art exhibition, solutions were presented with alternative exhibition methods.