Vol 5 / nr 69 / Bornheim, Germany

Simone found the envelope out of a bunch of magazines in Florence at a record store while waiting for service: Just the imagination of they way the print traveled and who might have considered to take it but put it back so it was waiting for me to take it home thrilled me and I will certainly keep it for myself.

Vol 5 / nr 45 / Firenze, Italy

Jacopo found the envelope at the Paperback Exchange bookshop in Florence. He tells:
Now I may keep it for myself, or i may send it to my Icelandic friend Hlin.

Vol 5 / nr 51 / Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

When Troy found the print, he was thrilled. He was traveling through Italy during his holiday. The invitation to pick up the envelope was irresistible. I knew if I didn't I would be missing out on something special.

The print itself is lovely. It spoke to me vividly. I am the director of an organization called Equality Utah. We are the state's political advocacy group for the LGBTQ community. The image of two people, seemingly adrift, but reaching out to each other resonated with our work.

Here in Utah, the LGBTQ community has historically been at odds with the larger Mormon population. But in recent years many people have been reaching out, extending hands of friendship, and helping each other overcome our divisions.

Your piece reminds me of the need we all have to reach out and help each other along our journey. None of us can make it on our own.

Vol 5 / nr 12 / Chicago, USA

David found the print while he walking with his girlfriend in Florence Italy. She was a little apprehensive about picking it up but I convinced her it was OK and we grabbed your envelope. The print is beautiful and we will keep it as a great memory of our experience in Italy.

Vol 5 / nr 68 / Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, France

Pierre found the envelope in Florence, when he was just going by with his family: Votre peinture est très belle et remplie de poésie. Je suis moi même fils et petit fils d'artistes peintres. Je garderai précieusement cette carte qui nous lie dorénavent pour toujours.

Vol 5 / nr 38 / Florence, Italy

Gabriele found the envelope at the Strozzi museum (Florence): I was with my best friend around for the city. We studied here but now we are finished. I live in Lecce and he lives Madrid. We decided to meet un in Florence because we have a lots of memories here. For me find the print it was a sign of fate. I started to feeling lucky, and i started to be happy. Seriously i think that this project it's very original, addictive and really funny. I'm telling this story to all my friends. I love the picture: Two people who approach again. Like me and my best friend.

Vol 5 / nr 80 / New York City, US

Effy writes: When I first saw the envelope, I took it on a whim, unsure if it was meant for anyone even though it clearly wasn't. The piece itself is breathtaking and wonderfully done. While I know it wasn't "meant" for anyone, I would like to believe it was meant for me. Titled "Arriving" the piece shows one person reuniting with another - at the time, a moment I could empathize with.

vol 5 / nr 26 / Gniezno, Poland

Michał, age of 14, tells: I was just walking with my aunt and cousin through Florence and I saw it. I was so excited! Now, it's one of these stories me and my entire family tell at parties.

Michał also asked me if there has been any younger ones to find the print - and to my knowledge Michał is at least the youngest whose age I know :)

vol 5 / nr 56 / Paris, France

Maxime found the envelope and writes: Très belle initiative! Ce projet remplit le coeur de voyageurs égarés partout en Europe.

vol 5 / nr 29 / London, UK

Katya found the print in Florence Mercato Central while on Holiday: I saw the envelope on a book shelf "To you, whoever you are". I was so excited and nervous, an Artist I met recently said they had put postcards with messages on in various places she'd visited so I thought it was ok to take it. So glad I did!

She've decided to keep it, frame it and put it up for everyone to see.

vol 5 / nr 83 / Florence, Italy

Oriana tells that she received the print by a colleague who found it: She give me this picture because She know I appreciate art.

vol 5 / nr 43 / Mondragone, Italy

Valentina is a Italian photographer, who found the print in the garden of an ice cream shop a few days back. Now the print, full of pathos and hope, as she describes, is hanging in her bedroom. She found the project to be interesting and says: [...] thank fate for choosing me, made me very happy, I felt privileged and fortunate.

vol 5 / nr 10 / Riparbella, Italy

Chloé is French but currently working in Italy, Toscana. She found the envelope in one gelateria, when she was visiting Florence: J'ai décidé de la garder et je trouve votre "art project" vraiment intéressant : c'est bien de pouvoir échanger sur l'art, et le moyen que vous avez trouvé est excellent! Et puis recevoir une carte postale ça fait toujours plaisir, même de quelqu'un d'inconnu! Je ne sais pas encore ce que je vais faire de la carte mais je pense la garder en souvenir de Florence.

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vol 5 / nr 20 / Florence, Italy

Monica was the first one to found the print and send the location of the print this year (2015): It is beautiful and full of love. I appreciated it so much and I am happy to be the person to find it. A very romantic thing!

Random Prints vol.5, 2015

Random Prints project vol.5 is here. I'll start to leave prints around next week. The artwork is titled Arriving, and there will be signed edition of 90 prints, printed on high quality Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305g paper (100% cotton) in courtesy of ‪Hahnemühle.

Follow the project process at Instagram (or share your found picture with the tag:) #randomprints2015

vol 4 / nr 67 / Treharris, Wales, UK

Hayley found the print at the reception area of the Kulturforum at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin.
Recently I moved back to my home country - Wales, UK and I have glady kept it for myself :) The surprise and the intrigue has keep me interested in the print ever since I found it.

vol 4 / nr 18 / Fölsen, Germany

Natascha visited Berlin only shortly during Easter. She found the letter in the Berliner Dom (The Cathedral of Berlin).

She writes: Und obschon Berlin schön war, konnte ich es nicht wirklich genießen. Ich habe mich über Ihren Kunstdruck so sehr gefreut, dass ich mich den Rest der Tages wirklich auf die Schönheit Berlins einlassen konnte.

vol 4 / nr 18 / Berlin, Germany

Nanna found the print from the Alte National Galerie museum shop in Berlin. At the Stuttgart Staatsgalerie there is an artwork by Anselm Feuerbach called "Nanna" and she wanted to browse a new book about the painting. I live in Stuttgart and I always get Nanna-cards from my friens... Well, I stopped browsing, took your letter and went to have a coffee.

vol 4 / nr 64 / Berlin, Germany

Lina received the print from her room mate from Melbourne, who had received it from someone on the streets of Berlin. She also suggests to asks more questions: Irgendwie gute idee das ganze, aber eigentlich wäres auch irgendwie cool wenn du mehr fragen stellen würdest, also mehr infos über die personen einholst, bei denen dein bild gelandet ist. Und bei denen es jetzt in der Wohnung wohnt. Ich wette da könnten interessante Geschichten bei rum kommen.

This print in question is now hanging on one Kreuzberg kitchen in Berlin.

vol 4 / nr 50 / Berlin, Germany

Heiko found the letter at the U-Bahn: I consider myself to be open minded so there was not a slight doubt wether I'll take the envelope or not the moment I discovered it. Therefore it's a really nice way to connect to foreign people in order to show them your art. Actually I had the same idea of connecting people when I was planning a projekt about sustainabilty, but that's another story.

vol 4 / nr 8 / Hannover, Germany

Mara wrote: I love the project and found your art in Berlin. I will probably give it away as a present, so that it will travel to another country.

vol 4 / nr 66 / Berlin, Germany

Waltraud found the print in the Tram M2 on Alexanderplatz, Berlin: I love it. its framed in white and stands next to my desk. Everytime I look on it, I remember how we found it. I am an artist too, and I love such wonderful surprises!

vol 4 / nr 11 / Paris, France

Maria is Spanish, but living in Paris. She was visiting Berlin with her friends. She wrote to me, that finding the letter was like finding a treasure: Nous sommes rentrées à l office de tourisme de la porte de Brandebourg et là mes yeux se sont posés sur votre enveloppe, j ai ressenti un vieux sentiment oublié depuis mon enfance: celui de trouver un trésor! Je suis sortie tout de suite pour me retrouver seule à seule en intimité avec mon " mystère".

Il m'évoque l essence même tu voyage, il me provoque la sensation de groupe, dêtre parmi ses 90 personnes chanceuse d avoir cette oeuvre chez soi...

vol 4 / nr 4 / Amsterdam, Netherlands

Eva wrote me: What a surprise to find your artwork! ...but she didn't actually found it herself: I don't know where it was actually left, but I think a sweet colleague (I work for Oxfam in The Hague) found it somewhere and left it on my desk yesterday. I'll find a nice spot for it in my home in Amsterdam.

vol 4 / nr 41 / Jerusalem, Israel

J. P. Regalado found the envelope at the Boesner Art Shop in Berlin, in between some art books. I have kept it in my bag, and it has since traveled to London, and now I am in Jerusalem. J. P. wrote, that perhaps he will keep the print, or alternatively, give it to someone randomly, or leave the envelope again to see where it travels to next. I have enjoyed it, and why should someone else not?

J. P. is also an artist and writer, and wrote a quick poem in response to the print:


“Fragrance of the Skies”

captured outside a bottle.
an endless sky
only to return to itself
inside the bottle
from whence it came.

-j.p. regalado, 2014 jerusalem

vol 4 / nr 27 / Berlin, Germany

Jooris is an 18 years old painter from Berlin. I found the print in the Boesner store in Prenzlauer Berg / Berlin where it was hidden in a book about Turner. The project is very interesting because the little surprises are no flashy way of spreading the art but so much fun for the lucky finders. I will keep "The Fragrance of Skies" because it's suits so well at bathroom wall. ;)

vol 4 / nr 81 / Berlin, Germany

Olivia was browsing some books at Shakespeare & co in Berlin and found the envelope wedged between a couple of pages. At first I assume it was part of the book so I didn't open it, but then I was just curious so I opened it. Interesting because the day before I was reading an article about someone who had found a similar letter in Paris, although I'm not sure if it was one of yours or another artist's.

(Wow - is there someone else with the same idea? If anyone knows anything - I would love to know about it!)

vol 4 / nr 61 / Venlo, Netherlands

Liel wrote to me: We found your print at the Berlin Zoo, monday 28th of April. We were passing by and we were curious what would be inside the envelope. They will frame the pigment ink print and give it a nice new home in their living room.

vol 4 / nr 39 / Berlin, Germany

Caren decided to keep the print herself. The reason is very simple: ...when I looked at the print, this one was practically made for me. Because of that I really want to thank you for your idea. It makes me still happy, that I found the print.

Caren continues: I never heard of an art project like this before. I think that it's a wonderful idea to bring joy to others, who want to keep one of your prints or give it to someone else.