There are strange goings on at Formby library this morning with ‘The Travelling Letter Exchange'
‘The Travelling Letter Exchange’ is a touring letter writing bureau designed by artist Laura Jamieson. She invites you to sit down, write a letter and create a new archive of letters that shows what it is like to live in the North West in 2017.
Designed to mark the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's death, the bureau celebrates the art of letter writing, everyone who writes a letter will receive a letter in return from another participant.
Laura Jamieson said “Jane Austen is obviously famous for her books, but many people don't now about her prolific letter writing that documented the minutia of her everyday life. These letters now act as documents that give us an insight into the passions and interests of society in the 1800's. In response to today’s environment of digital communications where we can be in contact with someone on the other side of the world instantly, but also where we don't keep or cherish our conversation, the letter exchange is an invitation to sit for a while, reflect on your life in 2017 and commit your thoughts to paper.”
