Paul Coldwell will be/has given the followings lectures:
Title: The personalised surface within fine art digital printmaking
Northern Print – Newcastle
Thursday 29th may 5.00
Paul Coldwell will be discussing the progress of the AHRC funded research project with regards to the principle case studies.
Title: Paul Coldwell-Recent work
Venue: Arts Academy Beijing, China
8th June
Coldwell will be talking about the relationship between his print and sculpture and the role of digital technology within his practice.
Title: “The Surface within Digital Prints”
Time: 18:00~19:30 16th June.
Venue: Event Space at British Council Korea
In connection with the exhibition of his prints at Andante Gallery, Seoul, the British Council are hosting a talk by Coldwell on his engagement with ideas of surface within his printmaking practice.
FADE are pleased to announce that 5 researchers from UWE’s Centre for Fine Print Research will be visiting Chelsea college of art and design on Friday the 16th May.
CFPR is renowned as one of the leading research centers of it’s kind in the world. The centre has a staff of eleven researchers plus doctoral research students researching offering a wide range of practical and theoretical expertise. As their website states, ‘The main focus of research at the CFPR concerns the development of quality fine print, this is primarily undertaken from a fine art perspective. We recognise however, that print is inexorably linked to industrial development so therefore we are also equally comfortable with conducting research from an industrial perspective.’
There will be 5 speakers at the event which will include:
Their research includes:
‘Alternatives to four-colour and the development of photomechanical print processes’
‘The re-examination and revival of the collotype medium (19th century photomechanical printing process) as an ideal means of reproducing digitally generated hardcopy.’
‘Continuous tone photomechanical processes and their application with current technology, particularly in relation to printed ceramics.’
The details for the event are as follows:
16th May 2008
1.30-5.30 Presentations by CFPR members.
Drawing Skirts: New Papercuts
18 April – 30 May 2008
University Gallery and Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Sandyford Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
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The Textile Futures Research Group, University of the Arts London (UAL) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) explore the coded enquiry of three artists and researchers. Rachel Beth Egenhoefer, TFRG Guest Artist, Dr Barbara Rauch, Deputy Director SCIRIA (Sensory Computer Interface Research & Innovation in the Arts), UAL and Nicola Naismith, Lecturer at Norwich School of Art and Design.
http://www.tfrg.org.uk/node/10865
Following presentations, Dr Jane Harris (Director of TFRG), Helen Sloan (Director of SCAN) and Jess Laccetti (Institute of Creative Technologies) will conduct a panel discussion with the artists.
Tickets are £10 / £8 Concessions / £6 ICA Members
Available from the ICA: www.ica.org.uk / Box Office: +44(0)20 7930 3647
Institute of Contemporary Arts, 12 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH. (GOOGLE MAP)
On the 15th of February FADE invited artist Simon Schofield to give a talk exploring the ideas behind his new series of work. He explained the special software developed, and implications for future images, designs and artworks. The talk was held at in the Red room at the Chelsea college of art and design. There was a range of people from the university at the talk including many students from the MA Digital Arts course at Camberwell. Simon talked about his work for an hour then participated in a panel discussion with Dr. Barbara Rauch and Prof. Paul Coldwell. This discussion also included questions from the audience about his his work and relation to the Personalised surface project. A podcast and video of the evening will be shortly made available on this site.
Here is a brief description of Simon Schofield’s work:
“In Simon Schofield’s images constellations of detailed visual elements are aggregated to form expanses of texture, pattern and substance. This method is used to create vibrant and highly naturalistic re-fabrications of the landscape and nature or to construct images that seem to be simulations or observations of microscopic scientific phenomena. He also uses this approach to explore the limits of drawing and pattern using highly detailed fields of drawn elements, or continual reconfigurations of decorative symbols and motifs. Despite their complexity, his images have a quiet, meditative and oceanic quality. In order to produce these images it was necessary for Simon to develop new software and image-making methodologies. The images produced are extremely high in detail, sometimes using literally millions of compositing operations, and are of very high resolution needing to be printed in order to expose their full richness.Simon is fascinated by the intersection of human expression and technology and, over recent years, has developed several software systems exploring the theme. These including the Piranesi 3-D paint system at Cambridge University, now used by architects and 3-D designer worldwide, and an Interactive Music system AudioROM for which he won a BAFTA in 1998. He was awarded a NESTA Fellowship in 2005 to expand his interests in Generative Image Making. He is a Lecturer in Digital Media at London Metropolitan University and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL.”
www.simonschofield.net
Catalogue from this survey exhibition of early computer art, from the Franke Collection at the Kunsthalle Bremen. Recommended for anyone wanting to get an overview of the work of early pioneers of computer art, pre 1979. Well illustrated and features an historical timeline featuring key moments in the development of computer art. Paul Coldwell has reviewed this publication for Print Quarterly to appear in spring.
Imaging by Numbers: A Historical View of the Computer Print
January 18-April 3, 2008
Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
U.S.A.
This groundbreaking new exhibition examines the intersection of
digital technology and the graphic arts. Imaging by Numbers surveys
the use of computers in printmaking and drawing through approximately
60 works created by nearly 40 North American and European artists
from the 1950s to the present. The exhibition focuses on artists who
wrote their own computer code or collaborated with computer
engineers. Beginning with photographs of electronic waveforms by Ben
Laposky and Herbert Franke, Imaging by Numbers includes drawings made
with plotter printers by the likes of Manfred Mohr and Edward Zajec,
explorations of virtual worlds composed with 3-D imaging software by
David Em, and works created with inventive modifications and
combinations of traditional and digital printing techniques by such
artists as Lane Hall and Roman Verostko. Contemporary artists writing
their own computer programs or altering existing software – Joshua
Davis and C.E.B. Reas, for example – are also represented.
Imaging by Numbers is curated by Block Museum senior curator Debora
Wood and artist Paul Hertz.
Information about the show is here:
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/exhibitions/current/imaging.html
Across the Water:Symbolism in the digital wilderness-Paintings by Dan Hays
24 Nov- 23 Dec. 2007 The Nunnery, Bow Arts Trust 183 Bow Rd, London E3 2SL
www.bowarts.org
Dan Hays paintings reflect ‘An interest in the immateriality of digital imagery and the screen, combined with painting’s traditional focus on the paradox of representing light in coloured substance’. They address the issue of the nature of the digital surface, interrogating ‘found’ images that are mediated through digital technology. Highly recommended. Further reference can be found in Dan Hays Impressions of Colorado. Published by Southampton City Art Gallery.
Michael Craig-Martin A is for Umbrella
Gagosian Gallery 6-24 Britannia St. London wc1x 9jd
Dec 1st 2007-Jan 31st 2008
Latest exhibition of Craig-Martin features new computer monitor works which present an ever changing surface to his library of vector drawn objects. Highly recommended. For more information see www.gagosian.com You might also be interested in an interview I did with Craig-Martin in Morandi’s Legacy; Influences on British Art, published by Philip Wilson 2006.
Paul Coldwell
An exhibition of new system-based artworks produced by Simon Schofield during a two year NESTA Fellowship. Slade Research Centre, Woburn Square, WC1H OAB. 1st, 2nd, and 5th November 2007, 1-5pm. Private view 1st November 6-8. For images and more information visit www.simonschofield.net
