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ASCI Organizes Public Panel Discussion
for ATOA (Artists Talk On Art)
TOPIC:
How has the Digital Revolution altered the domains of printmaking and photography? Will they survive as distinct fine art media?
Friday, March 3, 2006
7:00-9:00 pm
The School of Visual Arts (SVA)
209 East 23rd Street, NYC
in the Amphitheater
Doors open at 6:30 - $7 Admission;
$3 students/seniors; Free with ATOA Pass
"Rated X" by Eleni Mylonas
digital prints on vinyl, wooden stretchers
each panel 50" x 108" x 2"
installation for Olympic Spirit exhibition 4/2002
PANEL DESCRIPTION:
The "Digital Revolution" challenges the entire production and nature of images. Photography and printmaking bear the brunt of change and challenge because of their very nature: flat, 2-D, reproducible. We have all adjusted by now but to what precisely? What are the challenges, the adjustments and changes? By, to and for whom? What is the impact on artists, academic art departments, curators and collectors? Will printmaking and photography even survive as distinct art media? Are they co-mingling into a new media called 2D digital imaging? If so, what are the standards, if any, among artists who work in digital printmaking and photography, in art schools, and for those who curate and collect? Are there uniform standards? Does this new emergence affect past standards and structures as well as the future of art objects and the ways we approach them? The panel is composed of representatives from each area of expertise and artists from both traditional and digital media.
PANEL FORMAT:
Panel moderator will open the panel by putting our topic in an art historical context before introducing the panelists. Then each panelist is invited to provide a 10-minute a/v presentation. This will be followed by a moderated discussion, ending with at least 30-minutes Q/A with the audience.
"Alpha Helix" by Hilary Lorenz
42" x 50" ; woodcut with chine; 1998
MODERATOR:
Richard Leslie, Ph.D. - art critic, author, Professor at SVA and Stony Book
PANELISTS: (click on names for short bios)
Edward W. Earle – Curator of Digital Media, International Center of Photography, New York City
Hilary Lorenz - traditional & digital printmaker, Associate Professor Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
Eleni Mylonas - visual artist using digital imaging in 2- and 3-dimensions
Michal Smith - Executive Director of The Print Center in Philadelphia, PA
Charles Traub – photographer; director of The School of Visual Arts, MFA Photography Video & Related Media Department
Panel Organizer:
Cynthia Pannucci - Founder/Director, Art & Science Collaborations, Inc.
RESOURCES ON THIS TOPIC:
- "Collectibility & The Digigital Print" - a seminal 1998 ASCI public panel discussion held at Cooper Union, NYC, explored what appeared to be a "glass ceiling" by NYC galleries regarding the showing of digital prints.
- ASCI's Annual, International Digital Print Exhibitions 1998 - 2005. ASCI was one of the first organizations to nurture the field through exhibitions.
- The DAPTTF Glossary of Digital Art & Printmaking was recently created by a 15-person Task Force comprised of photographers, digital artists, gallerists, curators, et al. http://www.dpandi.com/DAPTTF
- Harald Johnson's book, Mastering Digital Printing,considered the bible on the subject of digital printing for photography and fine art, includes sections on the history of digital fine-art printmaking. A short excerpt is at: http://www.dpandi.com/history Also, for the accurate history of the term "giclée" fo here: http://www.dpandi.com/giclee
- Jonathan Lipkin's new book, Photography Reborn, published by Harry N. Abrams, chronicles the rise of digital technology and explores its impact as well as the limits of its possibilities. Available at Amazon.com http://jlipkin.com/writing/
- Archival ratings of digital inks and printers can be found at Henry Wilhelm's website http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ He is a consultant to Bill Gates' 20-million image Corbis-Bettman Archive of Photography Collection, and encourages printer manufacturing companies to join certified image permanence testing and certification program.
- The Print Center in Philadelphia is one of the oldest exhibition spaces for prints in the USA. Its "80th Annual International Competition: Photography" will be on view June 10 - August 5, 2006. The prospectus for their 81st exhibition will be available this summer. http://www.printcenter.org
- The Lower East Side Printshop, established in 1968, is the largest openly accessible print workshop in New York City, with classes and studios open 24/7. http://www.printshop.org
- Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop has a 50-year history of providing classes and studios for traditional and digital printmaking. Has re-opened in the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, NYC. http://efa1.org/RBPW/?Page=RBPW-Home
See you at the event!
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