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.

vol 4 / nr 26 / Stuttgart, Germany (-> Singapore)

Nicole is a 20 year old student from Singapore, who is currently on an overseas exchange program in Stuttgart. She found the print at a flea market in Berlin one April weekend.

The envelope was nestled among some vinyl-covered notebooks, and I almost missed it. I'm glad i didn't though; 'the fragrance of skies' is lovely, as is your project. I will be keeping it as one of my favourite memories of Berlin, and as a reminder to myself to believe in the good of human beings, Nicole wrote.

vol 4 / nr 24 / Tromsö, Norway

Simon found the print while being on easter-holiday in Berlin: Skipping through the bookshop of the Gemäldegalerie, I found the mysterious envelop and decided to find out what it was about. I was positively surprised and regard myself lucky to be rewarded with your print. It reminded me of the cold war days where West-Berlin was an island isolated by the wall - underneath an undivided sky. Now the print has found its new home on the wall of his livingroom in the North of Norway.

vol 4 / nr 85 / Berlin, Germany

Daniela is an Italian illustrator, who has lived in Berlin for three years. She wrote to me: I found your print "The Fragrance of Skies" at Modulor, a big shop for artist materials. I would say only: thank you :) Your project is amazing, I really like your work.

vol 4 / nr 65 / St. Petersburg, Russia

Yulia found the envelope the other day at Boesner between a book on Botticelli. She's going to take the print back with her to St. Petersburg.

vol 4 / nr 76 / Berlin, Germany

Iris found the print in a book shop in Berlin. She wrote to me, that it's now on the wall at her new place.

vol 4 / nr 78 / London, UK

Priya wrote to me: I love the idea of this project and so happy to be participating. I will keep the print, and it will eventually end up in Perth, Western Australia, when I move back there from London in a couple of years.

vol 4 / nr 64 / Los Angeles, USA

Christian writes: Is the world as big as we think? Is anything really "random"?