In a moment when we live surrounded by notifications, photos that disappear in 24 hours, and messages that are forgotten in seconds, writing and sending a postcard is almost a revolutionary act. The truth is that finding the time to look for a postcard, write a thought or an experience on it, buy a stamp, and go to a post office or a mailbox to send it forces us to slow down, to connect with the here and now. And that is precisely what we at ARA wanted to propose to you with the initiative A postcard summer, in which we asked you to send us a postcard telling us about your summer, and in return, you could participate in the raffle for three analog cameras, thanks to the collaboration with Carmencita Film Lab.

For a few months now, I've been looking forward to checking the mailbox again. Sometimes I stand in front of it and open it. Other times, I glance at it with the hope of finding what I'm waiting for. There are days when it even plays tricks on me and makes me believe that what I'm waiting for has already arrived, and when I open it, I only find a bill or a рекламный leaflet. The people responsible for me suddenly having this "dependence" on the mailbox – until a few days ago I didn't know this could happen to me – are the illustrator Laura Agustí (Teruel, 1980) and the photographer Arnau Sidera (Vic, 1985).