Mapping post-digital practice in the graphic arts

Laidler, Paul

Abstract

It has been suggested by a range of established commentators that digital technology may have potentially created a ‘mental change’ within the creative process of making images and objects. Although this statement is somewhat broad and our ability to understand change often requires a certain amount of time to have passed (before the significance of an event may be better understood) the compulsion to begin considering these ruminations has been central to my own practice and the subsequent initiation of the ‘Looking Through the Eyes of Machines as Students’ exhibition. The project is an international print exchange between Graphic Arts programmes at UWE (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK); MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, USA) and UCM (Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid).

The curatorial premise for the exhibition is a practice based inquiry that aims to begin mapping a Postdigital response to making in the graphic arts. The exhibition presents a cohort of emergent student and graduate practitioners from the disciplines of Fine Art Printmaking, Graphic Design and Illustration. The exhibition is part of a growing international portfolio of work that selects graphic art students from BA, MA and PhD levels. Current institutions in the project include the University of the West of England, Bristol; Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore and the Faculty of Fine Arts of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 8, 2018
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 18, 2018
• Journal: Printmaking Today
• Print ISSN: 0960-9253
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 106
• Pages: 15-15
• Keywords: post-digital, graphic, printmaking, curation, exhibition
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/867211
• Publisher URL: http://www.cellopress.co.uk/bundle/printmaking-today-volume-27-2018
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the author's accepted manuscript. The final published version is available here: http://www.cellopress.co.uk/bundle/printmaking-today-volume-27-2018.
• Contract Date: Jun 7, 2018