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Looking through the eyes of machines as humans (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2017, December). Looking through the eyes of machines as humans. Paper presented at Post-digital printmaking. Redefinition of print., Wrocław, Poland

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 graphic images and objects. Although this statement is somewhat broad and our ab... Read More about Looking through the eyes of machines as humans.

Human automation & the post-digital print (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2016, February). Human automation & the post-digital print. Paper presented at 104th Annual Conference of the College Art Association (CAA), Washington DC, USA

Today we are surrounded by digital systems; machines and devices that offer countless possibilities for producing graphic artefacts that are unique to this period. Similarly the distinction between whether or not something is digital or physical appe... Read More about Human automation & the post-digital print.

Deconstructing digital printing technologies: Towards reinstating artistic ingenuity in the production of digital colour prints (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Olen, M., Parraman, C., & Laidler, P. (2014, October). Deconstructing digital printing technologies: Towards reinstating artistic ingenuity in the production of digital colour prints. Paper presented at Fifth International Conference on the Image, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

This research proposes an alternative perspective to conventional printing workflows. Such workflows are restrictive when standard interfaces conceal self-contained systems, limited by manufacturers’ parameters. This has been observed to inhibit the... Read More about Deconstructing digital printing technologies: Towards reinstating artistic ingenuity in the production of digital colour prints.

Invited lecture by Paul Laidler (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2013, October). Invited lecture by Paul Laidler. Presented at Edinburgh Printmakers Lecture Series, Edinburgh Printmakers

Paul Laidler will talk about the development of a digital print publishing practice entitled CFPR Editions (www.cfpreditions.co.uk) and the recent exhibition that he curated entitled "just press print". This title was chosen to highlight that althoug... Read More about Invited lecture by Paul Laidler.

Talking prints lecture (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, November). Talking prints lecture. Presented at Digital Aesthetic³ 2012, Harris Museum and Gallery, Preston

Dr Paul Laidler was invited to give a lecture at the Harris Museum and Gallery as part of the Digital Aesthetic³ 2012 international exhibition and conference. Artlab Contemporary Print programme - Talking Prints is a series of talks by artists explo... Read More about Talking prints lecture.

Just press print (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, September). Just press print. Presented at 2nd International Printmaking Symposium, Bentlage Rheine, Germany

Paul Laidler will talk about a recent exhibition that he curated entitled "just press print" this title was chosen to highlight that although digital printing has a 'print' button, the significant elements of the creation of the digital print are oft... Read More about Just press print.

Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2012, September). Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age. Paper presented at Industry and genius in the printing trade - The Printing Historical Society, Birmingham School of Art, Birmingham, UK

The collaborative print studio has had profound impact upon the production and realisation of some of the most innovative prints within the discipline of fine art printmaking. Historically an artist with little understanding of the print process or a... Read More about Digital publications and technical innovations: The collaborative print studio in the digital age.

Sympathetic transcriptions (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2010, June). Sympathetic transcriptions. Paper presented at CREATE conference, Gjovik University College, Gjovik, Norway

The technical prowess of the traditional master printer within collaborative printmaking has enabled the artist to produce technically proficient artwork without having to spend years acquiring the necessary skills to realise their ideas in print. Th... Read More about Sympathetic transcriptions.

The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hoskins, S., & Laidler, P. (2010, March). The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace. Paper presented at Higher Education and the Creative Economy Conference, University of Southampton

The British Pop-artist Richard Hamilton has described the benefits of working collaboratively with printers: “Gaining the wide range of technical skills required in many different print media would be absurdly time-consuming, if not impossible. My ha... Read More about The collaborative print studio within a Higher Educational Institution and its relationship to the art marketplace.

Facilitating the fine art digital print (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, October). Facilitating the fine art digital print. Paper presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

The Industrial Revolution of the late 18th – 19th C coincided with art’s Romantic period and its depiction of the ‘great person’ theory. Here, the Romanticists’ solitary creator and autographic distinction were the highest forms of originality in art... Read More about Facilitating the fine art digital print.

Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Parraman, C., Laidler, P., & Wang, Y. (2008, October). Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples. Presented at 'New Ways to use Print Technology ...On Paper', University of the West of England, Bristol

This workshop compared different pre-printed samples on a range of fine art materials, which range from Japanese papers to fine art canvas. These samples demonstrate a very broad range of surface qualities and differences in the gamut of the printed... Read More about Pixel perfect - working with CMYK & RGB - A comparison of printed samples.

The photographic in digital printmaking (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. (2008, July). The photographic in digital printmaking. Paper presented at The Association for Photography in Higher Education: Annual Conference Shifting Perspectives: Photography, Education and the Future, University of the West of England, Bristol

The paper describes the initial felt need to begin investigating the impact of digital technology within the field of fine art printmaking as a practice led PhD study. Then moving beyond the felt need the presentation pinpoints a series of seminal te... Read More about The photographic in digital printmaking.

Recording landscape
Presentation / Conference
Laidler, P. Recording landscape. Presented at Doverodde Book Arts Festival 2010, 14-16 May 2010

A conference workshop on producing and stitching panoramic photographs of the landscape for digital print and books.