| Length | 17:30 |
| Licensor | Nicole P. |
| Producer(s) | Nicole Pietrantoni |
| Formats | Documentary |
| Topics | Art, Education, Technology |
| Produced | May, 2008 |
| Added to PRX | May 15, 2008 |
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The digital is expanding the definition of the print and creating a complex relationship between artists, their work, and the tools they use to create it. But as the tools and venues for generating digital content become increasingly affordable, and offer faster and easier ways to make images, what will continue to draw artists to the field of printmaking? This radio piece is a conversation with printmakers across generations: they discuss their relationship to traditional and digital forms of artmaking and where they envision the field of printmaking heading.
Informational, Intriguing, Sound Rich
English
The graphics on a cereal box, newspapers and glossy magazines, the logos on t-shirts: you can find prints everywhere, from the shelves of your grocery store to the white walls of a fine art museum. We live in a print culture in spite of our increasing use and reliance on digital technology.
Although we are surrounded by printed material, most people aren't aware of the world of fine art printmaking and the community of artists using centuries-old techniques and ancient printing presses to make art. Instead of being the demise of printmaking, the integration of commercial processes and digital technology is situating it as a major force in the contemporary art world. The digital is expanding the definition of the print and creating a complex relationship between artists, their work, and the tools they use to create it.
But as the tools and venues for generating digital content become increasingly affordable, and offer faster and easier ways to make images, what will continue to draw artists to the field of printmaking?
Artists rely on the tools of industry to make their work, but industry constantly creates new tools and technologies. When the means of production shifts, does the culture's mind set also shift? Will the culture decide there is no value in teaching certain traditions or craft?
This radio piece is a conversation with printmakers across generations: they discuss their relationship to traditional and digital forms of artmaking and where they envision the field of printmaking heading.
