14th March 2017 – 20th April 2017 Edward Street, City Campus
Methodology of the Edition: 50×50=75 is an international printmaking project consisting of a box set of 75 editioned original prints by 75 staff and students from three universities and three countries; University of Brighton, Nagoya University of Art (NUA), and King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, Ladkrabang, (KMITL)Thailand.
The project offered students and staff the same task; to produce a printed image on paper dimensions of 50x50cm using any print media from traditional, digital and hybrid processes. This opportunity to share creative learning, through creative approaches to printmaking and to engage with cross-cultural exchange has enabled student-staff interaction through professional educational opportunities and real world challenges. In keeping with ‘Practical Wisdom’ of Strategic Plan 2016-21 this is an example in which ‘our research and learning are informed by real world challenges and opportunities’.
In Brighton 25 graduates, students and staff from the School of Art are involved in the project and the collection includes prints made specifically for the exhibition by all participating artists. The exhibition has been shown in Nagoya and Bangkok ((July – August 2016). Workshop activities exploring the theme of cultural exchange, collaboration and cooperation will take place on Thursday 16th March with a symposium taking place on Friday 1th March.
This exhibition celebrates twenty years of exchange between Brighton and NUA and anticipates the beginning of a new collaborative partnership with (KMITL).
Workshop Activities – Printmaking Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th March 2017.
Symposium – Friday 17th March 2017.
Day trip Saturday 18th March 2017.
I’m sitting up at Edward Street right now surrounded by these fantastic prints. Usually I see one or two items in a show that catch my attention, but there are loads here.
I am super impressed… and going to get some printmaking gear out when I get home.
Inspiring.
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Thanks Robin, the range of work is really impressive isn’t it? There are prints that display technical bravado to those that test the idea of the original printed edition and all engage in drawing in one way or another. I wanted to display the work horizontal on tables to set up a different way of looking to the more conventional wall display. Prints are usual made on the flat bed, but seldom seen that way in exhibition settings.