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Frank warrens postsecret projectturnedphenomenon occupies unique cultural real estate. For the project, which was started in october 2004, warren asked people to write a secret they had never told anyone on a handmade postcard and mail it to him. Postsecret is an ongoing community mail art project, created by frank warren in 2005, in which people mail their secrets anonymously on a homemade postcard. He has received thousands of postcards, and is now setting up a travelling exhibition of the best cards. Not knowing where to turn and feeling like i couldnt stop.
Frank has received over 500,000 postcards since november 2004. Dear frank, today i went to the special archive of secrets as i preordered the book about a month and a half ago. The website won two webby awards in 2006 and this year was named weblog of. Selected secrets are then posted on the postsecret website, or used for postsecret s books or museum exhibits. Since november 2004, warren has received over 1 million postcards revealing hidden fears, beliefs, and habits of people around the world, reflecting a.
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In 2004, local artist frank warren handed out 3,000 selfaddressed postcards to attendees at artomatic, the districts unjuried, weekslong art festival. I bought the entire series of these books by frank warren for my daughter. Secrets can take many forms they can be shocking, or silly, or soulful. Sep 02, 20 warren started postsecret as an art installation in 2004, handing out selfaddressed postcards inviting people to share their secrets with him anonymously.
For the past three years frank warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed. Postsecret is a community art project where anyone can write a secret on a postcard and mail it in. Dear frank, this past friday night i found myself in a black hole of depression and i didnt know how i was going to make it through the night. Working with postsecret creator frank warren over the last few years, creators tj dawe, kahlil ashanti and justin sudds have created a show that not only highlights many of the secrets received over the years, it also offers up some of the stories behind and around them, culled from the websites forums. Frank warren american football 19592002, played for the new orleans saints frank warren promoter born 1952, english boxing manager and promoter francis e.
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Some of these postcards are funny, shocking, littered with confessions, sexual desires. Today, there are six bestselling postsecret books, multiple museum exhibitions, and frank warren s immersive multimedia postsecret live. Forget the cia, frank warren is probably the worlds best keeper of secrets. Sep 06, 2008 a trailer for frank warren s postsecret speaking events.
He has shared these postsecrets on his awardwinning blog. Frank warren brings his online phenomenon of postcard. Mail in an anonymous, decorated postcard with your secret. Postsecrets frank warren is the high priest of the online confessional by austen fiora the postcards in his mailbox keep coming from different zip codes, but none have a return address. You captioned it something like a haunting submission. Frank warren shown speaking during one of his live post secret appearances. Frank warren is a small business owner who started as a community art project. So i saw this book standing on a shelf and decided to look at it.
Dec 01, 2014 in 2004, local artist frank warren handed out 3,000 selfaddressed postcards to attendees at artomatic, the districts unjuried, weekslong art festival. Oct 01, 2009 frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project, which he started in november 2004, and has now attracted over 100 million viewers. In 2004, frank started a project called postsecret, in which he printed 3,000 blank postcards inviting people to mail him their secrets anonymously. Since november 2004, warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to. Warren started postsecret as an art installation in 2004, handing out selfaddressed postcards inviting people to share their secrets with him anonymously.
The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover. Extraordinary confessions from ordinary lives by frank. To date more than halfmillion secrets have landed in warrens real life mailbox and a quarterbillion people have visited the organizations website. Frank warren left 3000 postcards in library books, coffee houses, and other random places. Frank warren, founder of the postsecret website project. New york times bestseller founder frank warren is back with an irresistible addition to his bestselling postsecret series. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. In an era when bloggers and reality tv casts readily tell all, frank warrens postsecret projectturnedphenomenon. Frank warren of postsecret checks his mailbox and briefly discusses the postcards of secrets he receives daily. Frank has received over 1 million secrets in his mailbox with more arriving every day but sunday.
For my secret, a collectible, paperoverboard book that includes a page of vibrant, decorative stickers, warren has personally selected neverbeforeseen anonymous postcards created by teens and. He handed out postcards, asking people to write down a secret and post it to him, anonymously. Over the past 15 years frank warren has received more than a million postcards revealing strangers secrets. Confessions on life, death, and godborn from warrens collaboration with the american visionary art museums all faiths beautiful exhibitionis another provocative collection of neverbefore seen, artistically created postcards from around the world revealing the shocking, soulful or laughoutloud funny thoughts and. Frank warren is the founder and curator of the postsecret project, which he started in november 2004, and has now attracted over 100 million viewers. Postsecrets frank warren is the high priest of the online confessional by austen fiora the postcards in his mailbox keep coming from different zip. It took only a month of weekly web site visits before i went to the bookstore to buy the thickest compilation i could find when i was done with that, i lent it to a.
Frank warren brings his online phenomenon of postcard secrets and stories to gustavus. Cbs news it all started back in 2004, when warren was working at a suicide prevention. Frank lives in germantown, maryland, with his wife and daughter. The world of postsecret by frank warren, hardcover barnes. Frank warren brings his online phenomenon of postcard secrets.
Create your 4by6inch postcards out of any mailable material. Bibliographic information post secret by frank warren, william morrow, 2005, isbn. Jul 27, 2016 over the last decade, warren has kept the worlds deepest darkest secrets as part of his community mail art project postsecret. Frank warren is a keynote speaker with a dynamic presentation tailored for colleges, performing arts centers, technology events and business conferences. The results were dramatic, heartwarming, heartbreaking and funny. Postsecret s founder, frank warren, updates his web site every sunday with 20 neverbeforeseen secrets. Frank warren of postsecret checks his mailbox and briefly discusses the. The postsecret book series by frank warren includes books postsecret. The world of postsecret is the sixth book from frank warren.
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