PostSecret

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PostSecret is a long-running community art project and online initiative where people anonymously mail in their personal secrets on decorated postcards, which are then publicly shared in books, exhibits, and on the web.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf community art project
online initiative
website
associatedWithOrganization 1-800-273-TALK (National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) NERFINISHED
basedOnConcept anonymous communication by mail
contentFormat decorated postcards
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Frank Warren NERFINISHED
curatedBy Frank Warren NERFINISHED
foundedBy Frank Warren NERFINISHED
hasAudience general public
hasCharitableAspect support for mental health organizations
support for suicide prevention
hasExhibition PostSecret live events
museum exhibitions of postcards
hasGenre confessional art
mail art
participatory art
hasMedium art exhibition
book
postcard
website
hasMotto “Everyone has a secret that would break your heart if you knew what it was.” (associated quote)
hasOnlinePresence blog
social media
hasPublication A Lifetime of Secrets: A PostSecret Book NERFINISHED
Confessions on Life, Death, and God NERFINISHED
My Secret: A PostSecret Book NERFINISHED
PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death, and God NERFINISHED
PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives NERFINISHED
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book NERFINISHED
hasUpdateFrequency weekly (website posts)
inception 2004
inspired similar anonymous secret-sharing projects
methodOfContribution anonymous mailed postcards
online submissions (historically, limited)
notableFor collecting anonymous secrets by mail
inspiring confessional art
officialWebsite https://postsecret.com
primaryLanguage English
publishesContent anonymous secrets
subjectOf academic studies
documentaries
news articles
theme anonymous confessions
community art
mental health
personal secrets
usesAnonymity no sender identification on postcards

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