DATE: May 4 to July 1, 2026
LOCATION: Biblioteca da Universidade de Aveiro – Hélène de Beauvoir Room
CURATOR: Miguel Correia

Each book is a world, many worlds, galaxies, multiverses.
With verses, poetry, image, music…

They are portals that open every time a page is turned.
The book contains within itself all the creative ambition of humanity.
Of this it is both witness and messenger.
A book can be of any size and, why not, of all forms.
It is enough that it carries within its words the thoughts of a dreamer.

Saltimbancos Artistlibroj is a traveling exhibition of artist books and mail art, bringing together diverse visions of the book as an object of artistic creation and a territory of graphic expression.

In this exhibition, visitors can view visual journals, artist’s books, book-objects, artzines, and mail art projects from various countries.

The widely accepted definition of what is understood as a book is questioned and rethought by each artist who uses this medium as a means of creative expression.

This exhibition is aimed at the general public, with a greater focus on young adults and the University of Aveiro community with an interest in or connection to the following areas:

  • Archive
  • Architecture
  • Visual Arts
  • Libraries
  • Design
  • Publishing
  • Education
  • Sculpture
  • Illustration
  • Research
  • Painting
  • Publishing

Some of the themes and concepts represented include:

  • Mail Art
  • Assembling Box
  • Artzine
  • Exquisite Corpse
  • Visual Journal
  • Asemic Writing
  • Fanzine
  • Artist’s Book
  • Unique Book
  • Concrete Poetry
  • Visual Poetry

The exhibition, curated by Miguel Correia, will be on display at the BIBLIOTECA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO (Helène de Beauvoir Room), from May 4 to July 1, 2026.
The exhibition features 86 works by 82 artists from 16 countries (Germany, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Spain, United States of America, France, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, and Sweden).

Exhibition Credits:

Art Direction and Curatorship – Miguel Correia

Organization and Production – Fanzineteca de Aveiro

Art Consultants – Inominável homem e Rogério Guimarães

Collection Ownership – Fanzineteca de Aveiro | Mailart.pt | Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora | Coleção Privada dos artistas

Copyright Ownership – Cada artista respetivamente

Design / Communication – Miguel Correia

Support – Mailart.pt | Teatro e Marionetas de Mandrágora | Universidade de Aveiro | Serviços de Biblioteca, informação Documental e Museologia | Departamento de Línguas e Culturas | Departamento de Comunicação e Arte

Photography of the works – Alunos da turma 3FOT do Curso Profissional de Fotografia da Escola Secundária José Estêvão do ano 2025/2026 sob orientação do Professor António Bilelo

Opening – May 11, 2026:

Opening (17:00)

Guided tour by curator Miguel Correia (5:30 PM)

Round table on the theme: “Artist’s Book: A borderless dialogue between Art and Design” (6:30 PM)

With the presence of:

Ana Margarida Ramos – Full Professor and Director of the Department of Languages and Cultures at the U.A.

Ana Flávia Lopes Miguel – Assistant Researcher and Member of the Executive Committee of the Department of Communication and Art at the U.A.

Miguel Correia – Curator of the exhibition and Coordinator of the Aveiro Fanzineteca

Cristina Cortês – Director of the Library, Information, Documentation and Museology Services of the U.A.