Diversion
Seeking diversion, Summers joined the art students at the Jan van Eyck Academie on his days off. Following artist Raúl Marroquín's recommendation, he applied for admission in 1973 and was accepted. He resigned from the RAF, signed his resignation letter, and started working at the academy on the same day. From the beginning, the Bonnefanten acquired works by Summers for their collection, ranging from artists' books to performance videos and audio cassettes.
At the core of the exhibition are the "incoming mail" and "outgoing mail", showcasing the most recently received mail art pieces and the works that Rod Summers will send in response. Once a week, the artist will open and respond to the mail on-site. An old motto of mail art artists states, "My mailbox is a museum." For this exhibition, the motto is reversed for the first time: "The museum is my mailbox."
