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Committed to Print
Centre for Fine Print Research Bristol has been active in working with a broad range of innovative and cutting edge artists and approaches to fine art print for well over a decade. This exhibition represents some of the work produced by artists from its staff and those it has worked in collaboration with.
The exhibition seeks to address the question - does digital artwork have its own stand alone aesthetic or does it seamlessly engage with others? To frame this in relation to the many activities that fall under the umbrella of digital art, the exhibition seeks, through its title ‘Committed to Print’ to focus on work that has been committed to an end product or fixed output ie a print or print related object.
This position is taken in direct contrast to other areas of digital practice where the image remains ephemeral, relying only on the media available to the viewer to mediate the quality of its presentation. The exhibition therefore focuses on how the artists virtual interaction with software can be made physical through the choice and mediation of the hardcopy techniques available.
Committed to Print features the work of five artists commissioned by the CFPR especially for the show.
Working in conjunction with researchers from the Centre, the five artists: Susan Collins, Charlotte Hodes, Paul Hodgson and Neeta Madahar and Jo Lansley all produced a series of ambitious prints that, along with the other pieces in the exhibition, reveal some of the exciting new horizons in print currently being explored by contemporary artists.
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