On April 18, we opened the new edition of our curated poster art exhibition “Spazio Portici,” a project of Fondazione Contrada in Corso San Martino and Piazza Statuto.
On display, some of the winning works from Plug Association’s Posterheroes contest “MINDFUL OR MIND FULL? Shifting the learning paradigm”: visual design projects that investigate and narrate the concept of slow learning.
On April 17 we inaugurated our outdoor exhibition located on Via Po between Via Rossini and Via Sant’Ottavio.
Walking under the arches you can read verses from “Io non ho bisogno di denaro,” the poem by Alda Merini that we wanted to bring to the city to share with all citizens the beauty and its poetic message “that awakens emotions and gives new colors.”
What is the line between analog and digital? The difference between tangible and intangible is often so imperceptible as to make the viewer question the process of constructing an image. Analog Abstractions, projected on the screen, highlights how this boundary is increasingly thinning, creating unexpected expressive spaces. Within motion graphics field, more than in others, experimentation with languages allows the reproduction of textures to be so organic to appear real, altering sensory perception. If in the 1950s Saul Bass revolutionized cinema by using graphic elements and analog images on film, in motion graphics this analog-digital integration is now a stylistic feature of some artists and in part a response to the need to insert real elements within an artificial world: an analog nostalgia for what seems to be lost in the process of digital creation and is repurposed in a new aesthetic that simulates its materiality.
Within Analog Abstractions, also a programming of short films screened daily from 3:00pm to 5:00pm in Spazio Arena.
International artists selected by Graphic Days®: Hiromu Oka, Studio Fishball – Yiting Nan, Julia Schimautz, Alexis Jamet, Adolfo Correa, Gianluca Alla, Jordan Coelho, Tim Romanowsky, Ruff Mercy, Stefano Colferai, Lobster Studio, Joseph Toereki, Megan Chong, Raj Jeshang, Irene Suosalo, Maragux Bigou, Jamie Wolfe, Phoebe McCaughley, India Hogan, Inger Bierma, Art Camp, Liang-Hsing Huang, Bryan Lee, Yu Sun
Curating a publication is a cultural act, revolutionizing editorial standards, from the materiality of the book as an object, to the graphics and content.
It is from this starting point that three ambitious brothers decided to come back to their hometown – Turin – to found Paint It Black, a publishing house and an art bookstore that embraces the world of print relating it to the intersections of other expressive languages. Unusual forms, sophisticated materials and unconventional use of typography characterize the books that fill the shelves of their store, opened to the public since 2022. The display of a variety of national and international publishing houses which are accurately selected by the Turin based publisher, demonstrate how a book is a powerful experience of sensational, tactile, visual and olfactory impact, as well as an important tool to convey current cultural and social thematics.
Galleria Caracol is proud to present Manuele Fior in an unreleased selection of limited edition giclée prints. Born in Cesena in 1975, Manuele Fior has lived in Berlin, Oslo and Paris; he now resides in Venice. Artist of international scope, he is one of the most appreciated comic book artists in Italy and abroad. He collaborates with his illustrations in magazines such as The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, in newspapers such as la Repubblica, Le Monde and Il Sole 24 Ore, in publishing houses such as Feltrinelli, Einaudi, EL.
With the graphic novel Five thousand kilometers per second (Coconino press 2010) he won the Fauve d’Or award for Best Album at the Angoulême International Festival 2011. His latest graphic novel is Hypericon (Coconino Press 2022).
The exhibition will be open to the public until June 9, from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.
Meet the author and signacopy on Friday, May 19 at 6:30pm.
On the occasion of Print Parade, Tembo presents the exhibition-event dedicated to the Giphoscope, a project in collaboration with OKKULT Motion Pictures.
The Giphoscope is the world’s first analog reproducer of animated GIFs, transforming what began as a digital file into an analog, interactive sculpture: 10 unique and numbered pieces, entirely handcrafted by skilled artisans.
Based on the Mutoscope, invented by Herman Casler in 1890, the Giphoscope works on the basis of a sequence of 24 frames mounted on a wheel that is turned by a crank, thus recreating the illusion of movement. The analog device is hand-built from the first to the last component with passion, precision and patience using materials such as aluminum and brass for the metal frame and wood or marble for the bases.
The Giphoscope combines 19th and 21st century technologies, analog and digital, and transforms GIFs, short videos and even a single photograph into a work of art and design with endless possibilities: not only a GIF player, but also a gift suitable for any occasion, a design object, a unique piece of art, a marketing and promotional tool for brands and products, and an analog video player for museums.
The Giphoscope has been covered by The New York Times, The Verge, The Creators Project, FastCo.design, Gizmodo, The Daily Mail, BBC Click, Stuff magazine, Luxurious Magazine and many, many others. Art GIFs and Giphoscopes have participated in many national and international exhibitions and have been exhibited at Tate Britain in London, MIAAO in Turin, Serlachius Museum in Finland and then in Rome, Athens, Ljubljana…
Scuola Comics offers an evening of creativity in a journey between traditional and digital techniques. It will be possible to visit an exhibition of work produced by the best Graphic Design and Photography students. In addition, a window into the field of Illustration will be opened thanks to the Workshop held by Federica Zancato, who will guide participants into the world of collage portraiture.
Divieto d’Affissione is a project designed for a neighborhood in Turin, the Quadrilatero Romano. It measures itself with a double bet: to use the walls of the neighborhood to display, as if they were the walls of a gallery. Hypothesize a new urban space in which the walls of houses, like the pages of a newspaper, become a way to make information, to tell stories, of our home, and also to open – as a kind of street television – windows on the world.
Divieto d’Affissione intends to return the poster to its traditional function, which is not to advertise a product necessarily for sale, but to be an instrument of public utility.
Among the guests over the years: Isidro Ferrer, Mark Gowing, Tomoko Miyagawa, Kari Piippo.
In exhibition: Justyna CZERNIAKOWSKA
The exhibition will also remain open the days following the event.
The places in which we live shape our identity, inviting us to reflect on the reality that surrounds us and of which – inevitably – we are a part of. From this thought originates the artistic work of Johny Hycinte Ngbwa, whose works trace lines that branch out and overlap, offering a play of layers with an almost hypnotic effect, which are multilayer as much in technique as in meaning. On the one hand, they map and synthesize the environments seen and experienced by the artist, representing the indissoluble human-nature bond. On the other, they bear witness to Ngbwa’s cultural identity: his artistic journey mainly explores wood engraving (woodcut), a material traditionally used in Cameroon and thus a symbol of integration and his deep sense of belonging to places.
Graphic Designers, illustrators, cartoonists and visual artists are called to shape artistically the relationship with the Artificial Intelligence. A group will create their artworks starting from the creative ideas suggested by the AI; the other one will give shape to “human” inputs through the interaction with image processing software, managed through prompt and then finalized “by hand”.
All the artworks of this Print Journey will be created in the weeks leading up to the event and will be printed in two colors: one in common for all, plus a different one to underline the different genesis of the work (AI –> Human / Human –> AI). The final output of this process will be an exhibition at Sixeleven on May 9th, all the artworks made by the artists involved in this project will be collected in a limited edition publication distributed during the evening.
A collection of screen-printed designs with character immobile among furniture with character.
Drawings, silkscreens and some inevitable handwriting. Born from the confusing collaboration between Cristina Mandelli and Maria Strachini with the meticulous intervention of Andrea Lace.
Ö is the last letter of the Swedish alphabet and also the word for island, an area separated from the mainland but still part of it.
Ö nordic things is a Scandinavian design studio and shop, but more importantly a survival strategy.in the center of Turin, with views, feelings and memories from Sweden.
It was born from the need to bring small pieces from the far north here to miss it a little less. Nothing more.
A collection of objects for home and everyday life (or almost) carefully selected according to form, function, color and mood.
Manually and slowly is an open workshop with a small collection of vintage furniture and objects that happily coexists with contemporary scanning.
Ten years of activity is a noteworthy period of time. For Graphics Flower Shop – as a cultural reality – it has been a turbulent and eventful era, which led to the creation of a screen printing lab that has now become an open space for interaction and print culture.
“Liberté, Égalité, Serigrafité!” is their motto, which embodies the spirit of Graphics Flower Shop and their dedication to artistic printing. The 32 screen prints on display recreate a small corner of the Warsaw workshop, celebrating the incredible technical mastery of the Polish duo, as well as their collaborative spirit and vast network of artists with whom they have worked over the years.
Among the artists: Arobal, Basia Bańda, Roland Barth, Mirella von Chrupek, Sławek ZBIOK Czajkowski, Rafał Dominik, Zosia Dzierżawska, Maurycy Gomulicki, Veronika Hapchenko, Marta Ignerska, Maria Kiesner, Vera King, Henryk Kwiatek, Marta Kwiatek, Stefan Paruch, Karol Radziszewski, Aleksandra Waliszewska, Mariusz M-CITY Waras, Rafał Wilk, Wiur, Marcin Zawicki.
Photos credit: Maciej Krüger
“It makes people laugh but also reflect (“RIFLETTI” OFFICIAL RELEASE)” was born from a collaboration between falcone.studio and Nova Visualis, two realities that proved to be complementary for the realization of the project.
The idea is to create a unique object that can communicate, experimenting with printing techniques on unconventional materials: mirrors.
The project aims to give a new life to vintage mirrors ー thus supporting the theme of sustainability ー making them both objects of design, as they are redeveloped and made pop and original, and objects of communication. In fact just as the name suggests, REFLECTIONS aims to analyze and highlight current cultural, environmental and social issues.
During the event, the creations will be on display, thus giving participants the opportunity to take part in an immersive and special experience made of reflections games.
RIFLETTI is thus a project that starts from common reflecting objects and transforms them into unique products capable of making people reflect.
Expressive and colorful images, sometimes abstract and sometimes more figurative: the artistic research of Atelier Bingo seems to be projected towards an infinite variety of artistic techniques and languages, ranging from illustration to collage, from ceramics to artisanal printing. In this eclectic journey, the fil rouge that links their visual experimentation is an innate passion for the combination of textures and colors, as well as a great attention to details and composition.
These characteristics are well expressed in the collages on display and the wide range of subjects that populate them: architectures, flowers, landscapes, sensations, and everyday objects, created from a library of colorful papers and self-produced patterns using Indian inks, scanners, colored pencils, or even scraps of risograph prints, engravings, and screen prints.
A riot of colors, strass, and disruptive slogans. Like pages of a book to be flipped through, the flags of Bebe Books leave no room for doubt: they are both a manifesto and a celebration of queer culture and history. Born as a publishing project, the Ghent collective has developed over the years as an artistic and social project, with the aim of creating a more inclusive and safer community through events, performances, and publications. The exhibition collects the handmade works that Bebe Books created for the Night Shift project. Created in collaboration with the social artistic organization Manoeuvre, the flags – displayed in a real Parade on the city streets – trace the queer history of the Ghent Opera, underlining the importance of visibility and representation of the LGBTQ+ world in the arts.
Credits: Bebe Books, Coproduction: Gouvernement, Night Shift, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and Manoeuvre.
Ultra Mapping Plotter Vu-07 is a printing device that does not print, but appears to do so.
Thanks to a sophisticated system of analog/digital stratagems Ultra Mapping Plotter Vu-07 a.k.a. Betsy, will be able to print for hours on nothing, despite the fact that cyan is constantly running out and the paper is not properly positioned.
Just when all seems lost, in fact, Ultra Mapping Plotter Vu-07, comes to our aid by revealing the secret to consistently flawless home printing: a non-print.
An exhibition of original paintings by Bianca Maria Bordone made with the Suminagashi analog printing technique taken from two cycles of works.
The first cycle is entitled Fluidi Paesaggi (Fluid Landscapes) and consists of the creation of liquid landscapes that develop on water, on each of them discrete words in red or black appear, almost floating in turn.
These are phrases extrapolated from morning pages written out of the blue during three months of exercises of the path suggested by Julia Cameron in the book “The Artist’s Way.”
Each sentence was printed on the drawings and framed in black, essential frames.
The second, on the other hand, relates to an experiment performed by making 28 Suminagashi on fine Japanese paper to try to follow the rhythms of the female cycle and monitor mood, state of mind, feelings for about a month. One Suminagashi per day was created, even changing places, experimenting and searching for deep listening. Each of the daily Suminagashi was produced on the purest original 80-gram Japanese paper, and a title was chosen for each composition with words that resonated within the artist at that moment.
During the evening we will discuss the philosophy behind the Suminagashi technique and reflect on the rediscovery of this ancient art that is slow, meditative, zen-like, and yet of great immediacy and relevance. In addition, the tools needed to create ephemeral, abstract black ink drawings floating on water and later printed on paper will be described:
– Sumi: the compact bar of black ink to be dissolved slowly with water.
– Hude: the brush.
– Suzuri: the anthracite-colored natural slate stone in which to dissolve the ink.
– Kami: the Japanese paper on which to imprint the drawing.
Finally, participants will witness an immersive experience in the slow art of Japanese inks whose unique floating shapes on water will be captured and printed on oriental paper by the artist.
The exhibition, “È solo un’impressione” aims to shed light on the footprints left by gender-based violence in the streets, in the daily lives of women and men. Through the cyanotype printing technique, the idea is to imprint on the sheet the shadow of a symbolic object for each of the testimonies of violence, obtained through the collaboration with Break The Silence ITA.
Each shadow will be accompanied by the actual object on display. The immersive visiting experience, with street sounds as background audio and voice of the testimonies, will take the audience into the noisy and confusing atmosphere of “silent harassment.”
An exhibition that, through the artists’ works, aims to be a journey within the use of different graphic and artistic techniques.
The techniques used range from etching to lithography through works in woodcut and linoleum, arriving at techniques of fixing an image on a support using time and the imprint of objects.
Participating artists:
Sara Bowyer, Charlotte Clijsens, Marleen Van Hoy, Benedetta Piovesana, Julia Jarvis, Jan Pieter Cornels, Paolo Jins, Octavio Floreal.
Print Around the World is an exhibition that celebrates cultural and artistic diversity from the five continents. Eleven printing workspaces have been invited to exhibit and share the work created with their own network of artists and illustrators. In this journey around the world, the voices involved offer a taste of their cultural heritage and artistic sensibility, which is reflected in the selection of works from each creative space. From screen printing to risograph, from engraving to fanzine production, the displayed works highlight the mastery of artisanal techniques.
A selection of emerging artists have been involved in the production of some of the exhibited works, demonstrating the importance of collaboration and mutual support within the artistic community. Furthermore, many of the prints on display represent themes near to social design, highlighting the ability of art to address important issues and stimulate social change.
The “WE PRINT YOUR CLOTHES” initiative will be an immersive user journey inside Yssa creative spaces.
Artworks designed specifically for the event will be declined in all printing and embroidery techniques, participants will be able to interact with the working tools used in the creative process and execution, with the possibility of taking home a memory of the experience.
The rhythm of the evening will be dictated by the musical selection of DJs from the Yssa team.
At the event:
Sergio Citossi
Filtenso
Brando
Gregghy
Alessandro Nigro
Poster décollage is an example of spontaneous, unplanned urban art that occurs during the removal of old advertising posters to make room for new ones or by natural process. This layering effect gives rise to unique and unrepeatable works of art. An “unconscious” art, because there is no human intention or intervention of an algorithm in this.
It is chance that teaches us to look beyond the surface of things and appreciate the beauty found everywhere around us, even in the most anonymous or unthinkable places.
IMPRINTING – impression, print. But also a particular form of early learning, fixation of an innate instinct.
I’MPRINTING is a project that speaks to the pet world and combines product and graphic design. But why cats and dogs? It’s always said that our animals look like their masters. This phenomenon seems to be due to the fact that every person tends to choose their dog or cat in their own image and likeness. You do not do it with this intent but it is stronger than us, a real imprinting, we are attracted to what looks like us and for this reason our 4-legged friends are similar to us.
I’MPRINTING is a project born from the desire to play and experiment on today’s printing techniques. We chose to merge two different printing techniques, the 3D printing and the water transfer printing, to introduce on our desks and living rooms the perfect pets. Perfect for us, because through their skin they convey a graphic creativity suitable for all personalities.
Through the installation Quadricromia, Print Club Torino represents an exploration of the potential of screen printing as an art form. The exhibited prints continuously change, with the addition of new layers of ink and color as the days go by, creating a constantly new visual experience for visitors. The exhibition invites viewers to participate in the creative process, observing the prints as they evolve and transform over time.
The eleventh edition of the international contest Posterheroes, promoted by Plug association in collaboration with Favini and ITC ILO, entitled Mindful or Mind Full. Shifting the learning paradigm, addresses the issue of slow learning.
We live in an era of information overload where people must continually reskill, upskill and get new skills. Learning follows the accelerated pace of technological progress, leaving behind those who cannot keep up. It is time to change the paradigm in favour of slow and sustainable learning that aims to train conscious individuals in the name of cooperation, respect, and solidarity.
On display, the 40 winning projects
