Dearest Tinkebell,

"Dearest Tinkebell," is a collection of hate mail that Dutch artist TINKEBELL has received between 2004-2008. The majority of the messages are a reaction to the "My dearest cat Pinkeltje"(2004) project, which had TINKEBELL making a handbag out of her own cat.

Coralie Vogelaar researched the origins of the messages on the web and besides the actual hate mail that TINKEBELL has received, this publication also includes personal information - photos, blogs, adresses - from those who have sent the hate mail.

In order to evaluete hate mail as both social and artistic phenomenon, this publication features complementary essays by and art critic, philosopher and media specialist. These authors discuss the meaning of the different emails from the perspective of their own disciplines.

With this project TINKEBELL and Vogelaar bring about a huge change: the apparent anonymous practice of online threatening of public or semi-public individuals is confronted head on. Normally the artist is questioned about his or her wprk, in this book the viewing public and critics are also held accountable for their actions.