Transforming Trauma mail art submissions were received between April and May 2023. The writer-in-residence project explored themes of family, identity, immigrant experiences, healing, and reconciliation. Thank you to the contributors and the Historic Joy Kogawa House.
Transforming Trauma mail artsubmission by Effie Pow
Mail Art Project Contributors
- Bernhard Zilling (Germany)
- Lea Love (Canada)
- Mzia Valerian (Belgium)
- Lorenz Mueller-Morenius (Germany)
- Simon Warren (United Kingdom)
- The Wasted Angel (Belgium)
- Veronique Pozzi Paine (Italy)
- Brigitte Volz (Germany)
- Vida Soraya Verzosa (Canada)
- Horst Tress (Germany
- Gerald Jatzek (Austria)
- Ann-Marie Metten (Canada)
- Adishi Gupta (Canada)
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Bernhard Zilling
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Lea Love
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Mzia Valerian
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Mzia Valerian
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Lorenz Mueller-Morenius
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Lorenz Mueller-Morenius
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Simon Warren
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by The Wasted Angel
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by The Wasted Angel
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Veronique Pozzi Paine
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Veronique Pozzi Paine
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Veronique Pozzi Paine
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Brigitte Volz
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Brigitte Volz
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Vida Soraya Verzosa
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Vida Soraya Verzosa
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Horst Tress
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Horst Tress
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Horst Tress
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Gerald Jatzek
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Gerald Jatzek
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Ann-Marie Metten
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Ann-Marie Metten
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Adishi Gupta

Effie Pow (she/they) is a writer/editor and cultural connector who lives and works in Vancouver on the unceded traditional Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Effie Pow was writer-in-residence at Joy Kogawa House in April 2023.
Effie is interested in interdisciplinary arts and storytelling, and is supporting the spring queer Asian writing circle at the Joy Kogawa House and collaborating with Theatre as a Second Language to produce a storytelling workshop and performance.