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PostPac ART II - Sous la Surface

Swiss Post presents the new PostPac ART II (Sous la Surface) by Douglas Mandry – further evidence of its commitment to promoting contemporary art in everyday life.

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PostPac ART II


With the new PostPac ART, which is the result of a competition of invited entries organized by Swiss Post’s Art Committee, Swiss Post makes sending and, above all, receiving mail a pleasure once again. The practical PostPac ART is available in the popular Size 2 (PostPac Eco 2) at Swiss Post branches. This time, the Art Committee jury chose the art of Douglas Mandry, which addresses the themes of sustainability, glaciers, nature and humanity. His work on the Rhone Glacier is particularly impressive.

With the PostPac ART series, Swiss Post demonstrates its commitment to Swiss art and culture. As well as being able to use the PostPac ART in the usual way as packaging, art lovers also appreciate it as a collector’s item or an iconic archive box. Swiss Post deliberately dispensed with additional text to provide sufficient space for the motif. The new PostPac ART is available at the same price as the PostPac Eco 2.

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  • Order PostPac ART II (2024) in the PostShop

Sous la Surface

My proposal for the competition deals with a topic that is very close to my heart – glaciers and their importance for our ecosystem. I am particularly fascinated by the idea that the millennia-old ice in these landscapes holds the secrets of our planet’s history. Glaciers are like time capsules that transport millions of ancient organisms. To reflect this, I took photographs of the Rhone Glacier, concentrating on detailed nature photographs of its surface. The ice is constantly moving. I then processed the motifs with water-based paint and solvents to create a seemingly organic fusion of photography and painting. Starting from the center, an iconic image of the glacier unfolds in all directions – reality becomes fantasy. The interplay of colours encourages you to look at the PostPac from different angles to find other facets. You lose yourself in the twists and turns of ice and rock. We worry about these huge doomed and fragile structures and wonder what our future will look like without them. The PostPac is transformed into a metaphor. The ice crust is a form of protection. It protects the contents of the parcels we send, which travel through space rather than time. It is also an invitation to preserve and collect the packaging, which ultimately means preserving the glacier – or at least an image of it.
Douglas Mandry

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