Hand to Hand Series
2001 - Ongoing![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d6acdb6f76c6c894bdcafd5b2f60073b0b02c5829f21506da21614823c547271/htohand.front.jpg)
Hand to Hand (Allison Peters)
2005Front view. Begun in 2000 this is an ongoing project that consists of delivering a set of two identical letters. Each pair is created and packaged by the artist; and it is delivered without the use of an official postal system. Instead, they circulate by making use of a trust-based system and social relations. There are two other additional parameters for this project. The first is that however identical the contents of these packages are; each letter travels a separate path to arrive at the same destination. The second is that the addressee’s name is included; but aside from a city or a workplace, little to no other information is provided.
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Hand to Hand (Allison Peters)
2005Back view. The package is designed and functions like an inter-office mail envelope. The back includes a roster where the name and location of every participant can be added: this list becomes a trade route that begins with the person whom the artist initially entrusted and every person who relayed the letter en route to the addressee.
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Hand to Hand (Allison Peters)
2005This is a detail of the instructions and sign-in sheet.