Abstract
TRANSMEDIAL — a research project with accompanying international printmaking exhibition examines diverse intersections between art, technology, and science. It considers Ruth Pelzer-Montada’s call for acknowledging the ‘distinct sensory properties of both old and new technologies’ in printmaking and interprets the impact of digital technology in broader terms of ‘institutional, critical and cultural discourses.’ Curated by artists and researchers Monika Lukowska and Sarah Robinson, TRANSMEDIAL asks; in what way has technology embedded itself within the printmaking medium not only technically but also conceptually and what are its implications for audiences, artists and the field? A critical analysis of multisensorial modes of engagement generated by artworks, where aesthetics originate from algorithmic data, sound waves and robotics is situated alongside seminal writing in the field by theoreticians Frieder Nake and Ruth Pelzer-Montada. Sharing an affinity of expanding technologies Marta Pogorzelec’s lenticular prints, Magda Stawarska-Beavan’s soundscapes, and Jo Stockham’s rotating 3D Bot-heads lie between online and material worlds blending digital data with printmaking materiality. In addition, TRANSMEDIAL exhibition showcases Paul Catanese’s performative drone technology with lithography, innovative approaches to matter by Santiago Pérez’s digital design fabrication and chemistry expert Susanne Klein’s reinvention of 19th century Woodburytype, amongst others. TRANSMEDIAL initiates a dialogue about the future of printmaking medium currently navigating from physical matrices to a space that mergers digital data, traditional process and new technologies. By looking at how the viewer’s experience changed and how print as a medium has been challenged this research aim positions printmaking in a rapidly changing global art context.
Presenters
Monika LukowskaSessional Academic/Research Assistant, MCASI, Curtin University, Australia Sarah Robinson
Co-curator, Transmedial: Expanding Technologies in Contempoarary Printmaking Research Project, Western Australia, Australia
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
New Media, Technology and the Arts
KEYWORDS
Technology, Printmaking, Contemporary Art, Materiality, Digital Aesthetics
