Connections 2022

Howard Center Arts Collective Presents: Connections

View Translations: Connections | أساليب التواصل | Konekcije | ခ ျိတ်ဆက်မှုမ ျား | Liens | Amahuriro | Hiriirki | जडानहरू | Veze | Xiriirada | Conexiones | Muunganisho | Các kết nối |

Connections is a public art installation by the Howard Center Arts Collective. The Arts Collective is an alternative arts program for people who have lived experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges. We promote wellness, self-esteem, and dignity by creating a safe and nurturing space for artists to make art, exchange ideas and learn new techniques, experience a supportive connection with other artists, and exhibit their artwork in public galleries and spaces.

Art is our way of connecting with one another, so we decided to create an installation about ‘connections’ and the role the postal service has played in connecting people throughout history.

Founded in 1775, the US mail service predates the US Constitution*, and was the primary way that people corresponded for much of this nation’s history. Does “snail mail” continue to be relevant among email, text messages, and social media? This installation invites viewers to reflect on the benefits of old-fashioned mail delivery and consider whether mailboxes have become relics of the past.

This public arts exhibit is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors, and Sterling Hardwoods. The installation will be up from September 2022 through August 24 on the front lawn of 300 Flynn Avenue.

*The postal service was included in the Constitution in 1789, two years after it was originally written.

Join us for the unveiling! 

Where: 300 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT 05401
When: Unveiling on Saturday, September 10 promptly at 3 p.m., with Jazz by Tom Cleary and Amber deLaurentis to follow.

This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Sterling Hardwoods, and Vermont Psychiatric Survivors.
Other Project Partners: SEABA and Pathways VT

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Arabic
أساليب التواصل
تأسست خدمة ال ربيد الأمريكية عام 1775 قبل وضع دستور الولايات المتحدة ي يتواصل
الأمريكية* وكانت بمثابة الوسيلة الرئيسية ال ت
من خلالها الناس على مدار ف بة طويلة من تاري خ هذه الأمة. هل يظل “نظام ال ربيد العادي” يح ى ظ بذات الأهمية وسط أنظمة ال ربيد
ي والرسائل النصية ووسائل التواصل الاجتما ي ع؟ يدعو هذا ال ربنامج المشاهدين إلى
الإلك بو ى ن دراسة مزايا التواصل من خلال نظام ال يد رب
القديم وما إذا كانت صناديق ال ربيد قد عفا عليها الزمن.
ي من قبل مجلس ف ربمونت للفنون )
يح ى ظ هذا الم ر شوع بدعم جز ن Vermont Arts Council ( ومؤسسة المنحة الوطنية للفنون
( National Endowment for the Arts ( ومؤسسة المر ى ض النفسي ي ف ربمونت )
ى الناجون ى ف ري Vermont Psychiatric Survivors ( ومؤسسة Sterling Hardwoods .
*تم إدراج الخدمة ال ربيدية ضمن مواد الدستور عام 1789 بعد عام ر ى ي من صياغته.

Bosnian
Konekcije
Poštanski servis SAD, koji je osnovan 1775. godine, prethodi čak i samom Ustavu SAD*, te je predstavljao glavni način dopisivanja tokom većeg dijela povijesti ove nacije. U doba emaila, SMS-a i društvenih medija, da li je „obična pošta” i dalje relevantna? Ova instalacija poziva posjetioce da razmisle o prednostima staromodne dostave pošte, te da li su poštanski sandučići postali samo tragovi prošlosti.
Ovaj projekat podržali su djelomično Umjetnički savjet Vermonta, Državna zaklada za umjetnost, Savez preživjelih od psihijatrijskih oboljenja Vermonta, te Kompanija Sterling Hardwoods.
*Poštanski servis uvršten je u Ustav 1789. godine, dvije godine nakon što je prvobitno napisan.

Burmese
ခ ျိတ်ဆက်မှုမ ျား
1775 ခုနှစ်တွင် စတင်တည်ထ ောင်ခ ဲ့သညဲ့် US စောပ ုဲ့ဝန်ထ ောင်မှုသည် US ဖွ ွဲ့စည််းပံုအထ ခခံဥပထေ* က်ပင်ထ ှ်းကျပပ ်း န ုင်ငံ၏ သမ ုင််းထကကောင််းက ုကကညဲ့်ပါက လူပုဂ္ ိုလ်မျော်းက ု ချ တ် က်ထပ်းခ ဲ့သညဲ့် အဓ ကနည််းလမ််းတစ်ခု ဖစ်ပါသည်။ “snail mail” သည် အ ်းထမ်းလ်၊ စောတ ုမက်ထ ဲ့ခ်ျ မျော်းနှငဲ့် ု ှယ်မ ေ ယောတ ုဲ့အကကော်းတွင် က် လက်၍ အသံု်းဝင်မှု ှ ထနပါသလော်း။ အ ုပါ စောပ ုဲ့ ခင််း ညဲ့်သွင််းတပ် င်မှုသည် ထ ှ်းကျထသောစောထပ်းပ ုဲ့ ခင််း၏အကျ ို်းထကျ်းဇူ်းမျော်းနှငဲ့် စောတ ုက်ပံု်းမျော်းသည် အတ တ်၏ အထမွအနှစ်မျော်း ဖစ်လော ခင််း ှ မ ှ က ု ညဲ့်သွင််း စဉ်းစော်းရန်အတွက် သံု်းစွ သူမျော်းက ုဖ တ်ထခေါ် ခင််း ဖစ်ပါသည်။
ဤပထရောဂျက်က ု Vermont Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors နှငဲ့် Sterling Hardwoods တ ုဲ့မှ တစ်စ တ်တစ်ပ ုင််း ကူည ပံဲ့ပ ု်းထပ်း ော်းပါ သည်။
*စောတ ုက်ဝန်ထ ောင်မှုအော်း မူရင််းထရ်းသော်း ော်းသညဲ့် ဖွ ွဲ့စည််းပံုအထ ခခံဥပထေ ုတ်ပပ ်း နှစ်နှစ်အကကော ၁၇၈၉ ခုနှစ် ဖွ ွဲ့စည််းပံုအထ ခခံဥပထေတွင် ညဲ့်သွင််းထဖော် ပခ ဲ့ပါသည်။

French
Liens
Fondé en 1775, le service postal américain est antérieur à la Constitution américaine* et a été le principal moyen de correspondance des gens pendant une grande partie de l’histoire de notre pays.
Ce moyen de communication traditionnel est-il toujours d’actualité à l’ère des mails, des SMS et des réseaux sociaux ? Cette installation invite les spectateurs à réfléchir aux avantages de la distribution du courrier à l’ancienne et à se demander si les boîtes aux lettres ne sont pas devenues des reliques du passé.
Ce projet est soutenu en partie par le Vermont Arts Council, le National Endowment for the Arts, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors et Sterling Hardwoods.
*Le service postal a été inclus dans la Constitution en 1789, deux ans après sa rédaction initiale.

Kirundi
Amahuriro
Ryashinzwe mu 1775, igisata ca posita muri reta zunze ubumwe cisunga ibwirizwa nshingiro* nibwo bwabaye uburyo bwambere bwo guhanahana amakuru abantu bakoresheje cane muri kahise k’iki gihugu.
Mbe ” posita yoba” yoba igikoreshwa nk’ubundi buryo bwo guhanana amakuru, ubutumwa bugufi, hamwe n’imbuga ngurukanabumenyi? Ubu buhinga buhamagarira ababukurikirana kwiyumvira ku kamaro k’uburyo bwo gutumatumanako bwa kera no kwibaza nimba amaposakizita yabaye nk’amase ya kera.
Uwu mugambi ushigikiwe mu gice kimwe n’abajejwe utugenegene mu ntara, hamwe n’umugwi w’igihugu w’utugenegene, abantu b’i Vermont bakize indwara zo mu mutwe hamwe n”imbeho zikomeye.
*Serivise za posita zashizwe mw’ibwirizwa nshingiro mu 1789, inyuma y’imyaka ibiri ryanditswe.

Maay-Maay
Hiriirki
May la aasaaseey 1775, atheega boostitha ee Maraykanka may ku horeeyeey Dastuurki Maraykanka, oo haayo qaabki anki horeeyi ee dadki waraaqoo iniski diraan inta bathan taariigta wadankun.
“Atheega boostitha aathiga eh” ma sii haathaasa koo ki haboong imeelada ku midki eh, fariimoo qoraalki, ii warbaahinti bulshaatha?Geliyowkun may ki asuumaasee daawadayaalki inii ku fiirsathang faa’iidooyinki gaarsiiyowki boostitha hora oo tigeliyang hattii sanduuqyitha boostitha nogathang haraaga walaa la hadhaafi.
Mashruu’ung may qiib hang taageerey Golaha Farshahanki Vermont, Hibatha Qaranka ee Farshahanki, Badbaathiyaalki Maanka Vermont, ii Sterling Hardwoods.
*Atheega boostitha may laka dareey Dastuurki guthoo 1789, lama sanna kudib markii asal haang lang qori.

Nepali
जडानहरू
सन् 1775 मा स्थापना गरिएको यु.एस मेल सेवा यु.एसको संववधान* भन्दा पविलेको िो ि यो मेल सेवा नै मावनसिरूलाई िाष्ट्रको धेिै इवििास पत्राचाि गने प्राथवमक िरिका वथयो। इमेल, टेक्स्ट, सन्देशिरू ि सामाविक सञ्जाल बीच “स्नेल मेल” िािी िाख्न सान्दवभिक हुन्छ? यो स्थापनाले दशिकिरूलाई पुिानो फेसनको मेल डेवलभिीका फाइदािरू प्रविवबम्बिि गनि ि मेलबक्सिरू ववगिका अवशेषका रूपमा छन् वक छैनन् भन्ने कुिा ववचाि गनि आमम्बिि गदिछ।
यो परियोिना भमिन्ट आटि काउम्बिल, नेश्नल इन्डोमेन्ट ि द आट्िस, भमिन्ट साइवकएवटरक सभािइभसि ि ्टरवलि िाडिवुड्सको भागका रूपमा समवथिि छ।
*हुलाक सेवा मौवलक रूपमा लेम्बिएको दुई वषिपवछ यसलाई सन् 1789 संववधानमा समावेश गरिएको वथयो।

Serbian
Veze
Osnovana 1775. godine, američka poštanska služba starija je od Ustava SAD* i bila je osnovni način na koji su se ljudi dopisivali tokom većeg dela istorije ove nacije. Da li je „puževa pošta“ i dalje relevantna u vreme e-pošte, tekstualnih poruka i društvenih medija? Ova instalacija poziva gledaoce da razmisle o prednostima staromodne isporuke pošte i razmisle da li su poštanski sandučići postali relikti prošlosti.
Ovaj projekat delimično podržavaju Umetnički savet Vermonta, Nacionalna zadužbina za umetnost, Bivši psihijatrijski pacijenti Vermonta i Sterling Hardwoods.
*Poštanska služba je uvrštena u Ustav 1789. godine, dve godine nakon što je prvobitno napisan.

Somali
Xiriirada
Waxaa la aasaasay 1775, adeegga boostada ee Mareykanka wuxuu ka horeeyaa Dastuurka Mareykanka, oo ahaa qaabka ugu horeeya ee dadka waraaqaha isugu diraan inta badan taariikhda wadankaan.
“Adeega boostada caadiga ah” ma sii ahaanayo mid ku haboon imeelada ka midka ah, fariimaha qoraalka, iyo warbaahinta bulshada?Gelintaan waxay ku casuumeysaa daawadayaasha inay ka fiirsadaan faa’iidooyinka gaarsiinta boostada hore oo ay tixgeliyaan haddii sanduuqyada boostada noqdeen haraaga waxa la soo dhaafay.
Mashruucan waxaa qayb ahaan taageeray Golaha Farshaxanka Vermont, Hibada Qaranka ee Farshaxanka, Badbaadayaasha Dhimirka Vermont, iyo Sterling Hardwoods.
*Adeegga boostada waxaa lagu daray Dastuurka gudaha 1789, laba sanno kadib markii asal ahaan loo qoray.

Spanish
Conexiones
Fundado en 1775, el servicio de correo de los EE.UU. data desde antes de la Constitución de los EE.UU.* y fue la forma principal con que la gente mantuvo correspondencia durante gran parte de la historia de esta nación. ¿Sigue el “correo postal” siendo relevante en medio del correo electrónico, los mensajes de texto y las redes sociales? Esta instalación invita a los espectadores a reflexionar sobre los beneficios de la entrega de correo a la antigua y considerar si los buzones deben convertirse en reliquias del pasado.
Este proyecto es apoyado en parte por el Vermont Arts Council, el National Endowment for the
Arts, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors y Sterling Hardwoods.
*El servicio postal se incluyó en la Constitución en 1789, dos años después de esta haber sido escrita.

Swahili
Muunganisho
Huduma ya barua ya Marekani ilianzishwa mwaka wa 1775 na ilitangulia Katiba ya Marekani*, tena ilikuwa njia ya msingi ambayo watu walitumia kuwasiliana kwa sehemu kubwa ya historia ya taifa hili.
Je, “barua ya posta” inaendelea kutumiwa pamoja na barua pepe, ujumbe mfupi na mitandao ya kijamii? Usakinishaji huu unawaalika watazamaji kutafakari faida za huduma ya kizamani ya kutuma barua na kuzingatia ikiwa masanduku ya posta yamekuwa kumbukumbu ya zamani.
Mradi huu unaungwa mkono kwa sehemu fulani na Baraza la Sanaa la Vermont, Wakfu wa Kitaifa wa Sanaa, Waathirika wa Magonjwa ya Akili wa Vermont, na Sterling Hardwoods.
*Huduma ya posta ilijumuishwa katika Katiba mwaka wa 1789, miaka miwili baada ya kuandikwa.

Vietnamese
Các kết nối.
Được thành lập vào năm 1775, dịch vụ bưu chính của Hoa Kỳ có trước cả Hiến pháp Hoa Kỳ* và là cách chính để mọi người trao đổi thư từ trong phần lớn lịch sử của quốc gia này.
Liệu “thư ốc sên” có còn phù hợp so với việc sử dụng email, tin nhắn văn bản và mạng xã hội không? Công trình sắp đặt này mời người xem suy ngẫm về các lợi ích của hình thức giao thư kiểu cũ và cân nhắc xem liệu các hộp thư có trở thành di tích của quá khứ hay không.
Dự án này được hỗ trợ một phần bởi Hội đồng Nghệ thuật Vermont, Quỹ Quốc gia về Nghệ thuật, Vermont Psychiatric Survivors (Những người sống sót sau bệnh tâm thần Vermont) và Sterling Hardwoods.
*Dịch vụ bưu chính được đưa vào Hiến pháp năm 1789, hai năm sau khi nó được soạn thảo ban đầu.