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 by Effie Pow

Transforming Trauma mail artsubmission by Effie Pow

Mail Art Project Contributors

  1. Bernhard Zilling (Germany)
  2. Lea Love (Canada)
  3. Mzia Valerian (Belgium)
  4. Lorenz Mueller-Morenius (Germany)
  5. Simon Warren (United Kingdom)
  6. The Wasted Angel (Belgium)
  7. Veronique Pozzi Paine (Italy)
  8. Brigitte Volz (Germany)
  9. Vida Soraya Verzosa (Canada)
  10. Horst Tress (Germany
  11. Gerald Jatzek (Austria)
  12. Ann-Marie Metten (Canada)
  13. Adishi Gupta (Canada)
Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Bernhard Zilling

Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Bernhard Zilling

Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Lea Love

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Vida Soraya Verzosa

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 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 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 Ann-Marie Metten

Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Ann-Marie Metten

Transforming Trauma mail art submission by Adishi Gupta

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.