CONFERENCE PUBLICITY RESOURCES FOR NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
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PRESS RELEASE - UPDATED OCTOBER 7, 2005
CONFERENCE WEBSITE:
http://web.utk.edu/~imprint/default.html
IMPACT PHOTO GALLERY FROM THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE:
http://web.utk.edu/~imprint/photos.html
IMPACT PHOTOS FROM THE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, POZNAN WEB SITE:
http://grafika.asp.poznan.pl/impact/
IMPACT PHOTOS FROM THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF POZNAN WEB SITE:
http://www.mnp.art.pl/impactphoto/index.html
IMPACT PHOTOS FROM APRIL VOLLMER'S WEB SITE:
http://www.aprilvollmer.com/berlin05/
The IMPACT International Printmaking Conference serves as an international forum for print artists, curators, critics, collectors and suppliers of art printing materials and presses. The conference program is conducted in English, and includes lectures, panels, technical demonstrations, exhibition, and portfolio showings. The conference is held every second-year in August or September. IMPACT 4 took place September 5-10, 2005 in Berlin, Germany and Poznan, Poland.
IMPACT 4 addressed the theme of “Kontakt.” The word is the same in both Polish and German, and stresses the collaborative and populist nature of the multiple. “Kontakt” also implies the bridging of cultures and nations. We think of the term in the context of the connections between history and the present, connections between artists and systems of patronage, connections between curatorial practice and the artist. “Kontakt” also poses issues of globalism, trans-nationalism and regionalism in the context of and the expanding European Union. Structuring the conference around two cities from two nations served to provide a broad perspective on printmaking and book arts.
The conference was attended by over 300 delegates from 28 countries. Through the two conference sites, delegates had an opportunity to compare and contrast the arts of Poznañ and Berlin. The international scope of the conference venues, as well as the broad international background of the delegates allowed us to examine the essential characteristics that printmakers from different cultures have in common. We also considered how the print traditions of Poznañ and Berlin reflect broader cultural patterns in the European Union. One goal of the conference is to foster stronger personal and institutional contacts between artists from different countries. The conference will result in exchange exhibitions, collaboarations and portfolio projects of international scope for many of the delegates.
Keynote speakers were Ruth Weisberg (Los Angeles, USA) on "Syntax of the Print: Revisited", Thomas Kilpper (Berlin, Germany) on “Cutting, Inking and Printing: Historical Impressions”, and Richard Noyce (Powys, Wales) “Beyond Printmaking: Printmaking from the Outside.” Sessions addressed a variety of issues, from the international scope of many print workshops to the history and future of international print competitions. Panel sessions also addressed "Printmaking and an Enlightenment Aesthetic", "Kontakt with the Book", “Student Kontakt” (educational panel), "Posters & Prints" and “Body Kontakt”, a session addressing the body as subject in historical and contemporary printmaking.
In conjunction with the conference The Institut fur Auslands-Beziehungen supported the installation of Thomas Kilpper's banner "Don't Look Back" on the exterior of the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. The banner was made from a woodblock Kilpper carved into a wooden basketball court at Camp King, in the vicinity of Frankfurt/Main, which was used for military purposes during and after WWII.
Numerous exchange portfolios were organized in conjunction with the conference, including a portfolio tribute to Käthe Kollwitz organized by Beth Grabowski of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This portfolio was exhibited at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum in Berlin in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition marking the 60th anniversary of Kollwitz’s death. Special thanks do to Dr. Gudrun Frisch of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum for her support of this project.
The conference included a mid-cycle discussion of the conference on Thursday September 8th and a final plenary session on Friday afternoon September 9th that served to provide a culminating discussion of issues that came up during the conference. A record of comments made during these sessions is posted at: http://web.utk.edu/~imprint/discussion.html
Plans for the IMPACT 4 conference started during a Fulbright Lectureship that Beauvais Lyons (University of Tennessee, USA) held in the Fall of 2002 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. A small grant from the Goethe Institut in Krakow and funding from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville made it possible to hold planning meetings in Berlin and Poznan in the summer of 2003. A $10,000 grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding helped to fund several planning trips and participation by four American delegates to the conference. Host institutions include the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu; the Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan, the Universität der Künste Berlin; and the Druckwerkstatt, Kulturwerk of bbk Berlins. The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of West England, Bristol supported the mailing of conference postcards. Direct grant support has come from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; the United States Mission to Germany; the United States Mission to Poland; the Institut für Austlandsbeziehungen e.V.; and the Pienkow International Art Workshops. The conference is also self-funded with over half of the budget coming from registration fees paid by the delegates. The conference will result in a set of full-text published proceedings.
PUBLICITY IMAGES FOR DOWNLOADING:
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Matt Egan, Heather Muise, Mark Hosford and Martin Noll worked at Druckwerkstatt, Kulturwerk of bbk berlins on a mult-authored series of prints (Demographics) during the week leading up to the conference. photo: Diane Fox |
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Print from the Demographics Project by Matt Egan, Heather Muise, Mark Hosford and Martin Noll. |
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Print from the Demographics Project by Matt Egan, Heather Muise, Mark Hosford and Martin Noll. |
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Conference delegates enjoy the beer garden reception at the Unversität der Künste Berlin on Tuesday September 6, 2005. photo: Diane Fox |
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The "Moving Targets" portfolio on display on the train from Berlin, Germany to Poznan, Poland on Wednesday September 7, 2005. photo: Diane Fox |
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Thomas Kilpper's hand-printed woodcut banner (12 x 22 meters) "Don't Look Back" installed on the Art Academy of Poznan. The presentation of this work was supported by the Institut fur Auslands-Beziehungen. photo: Diane Fox |
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Hugh Merrill's project "Pools of Belief" on the steps of the Zamek Center of Culture in Poznan. This project was supported by a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding. photo: Diane Fox |
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40 delegates presented their work at the open portfolio session held on Friday afternoon at the Zamek Center for Culture in Poznan. Promoted on radio and television, the event was attended by numerous people from Poznan. photo: Beauvais Lyons |
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The IMPACT 4 conference logo seen from the atrium hall at the National Museum in Poznan. photo: Diane Fox |
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Izabella Gustowska exhibition "Life is a story" at Gallery Ego. photo: Mirek Pawlowski |
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Held at the Zamek Center of Culture, the exhibition “Transgressions 2005” depicts the process of changes in Polish printmaking as a result of the postmodernist tendencies followed by the thrust of new media and photography. This exhibition was curated by Teresa Soliman from the International Print Triennial Society Cracow. photo: Mirek Pawlowski |
Keynote Speakers
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Ruth Weisberg Keynote Speaker |
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Thomas Kilpper, Keynote Speaker |
Universität der Künste Berlin will be the site of sessions, exhibitions and technical demonstations on Tuesday September 6, 2005.
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Universität der Künste Berlin |
Images from the "Kontakt: Hand to Hand" Portfolio
Organized by Patricia Olynyk and presented at the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Art of Poznan), this portfolio and exhibition will include 21 international artists. The project not only celebrates the vibrancy of print-based media, but stresses themes related to unification, collaboration, and trans-national and trans-generational connectedness. This project is supported by a grant from the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the University of Michigan.
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Patricia Olynyk |
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Lothar Osterburg |
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Malgorzata Warlikowska |
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Karen Kunc |
Images from the exhibition "Beyond the Group: Beyond the Manifesto"
Presented at the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Art of Poznan), "Beyond the Group, Beyond the Manifesto" was curated by Agnieszka Salamon and Michal Haake. The exhibition is comprised of Polish prints from 1918 – 1939 with some examples from outside this time period. It is an attempt to look at the phenomenon across the schematic approaches to the history of art that perceive the art of the time through the prism of groups and manifestos.
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Wladyslaw Skoczylas |
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Stefan Szmaj |
Images from the "Old Graphics from the Collection of the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu"
Presented at the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum of Art of Poznan), this exhibition was curated by Danuta Rosciszewska. The show includes 140 prints by 40 artists of the 16th – 17th centuries, representing the masterpieces from the print collection at the Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu. Among the three graphic schools (German, Italian and Dutch) one can find such names as Dürer, Lucas van Leyden and Goltzius.
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Wit Stwosz (Veit Stoss) |
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Jakob Bink |
Image from Mirek Pawlowski "Prints from the Camouflage Cycle"
This exhibition at the Zamek Cultural Center's Profil Gallery in Poznan will feature screenprints and digital prints by the Dean of Graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan. See website: http://grafika.asp.poznan.pl/pawlowskigaleria.html
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Miroslaw Pawlowski |
Images from the Exchange Portfolio Project:
"The Käthe Kollwitz Tribute Portfolio: Art and Social Action"
organized by Beth Grabowski to be exhibited at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Fasanenstrasse 24, 10719 Berlin-Charlottenburg.
CLICK HERE to learn more about this project.
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Alex Amr
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Eric Avery |
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Manuel Castro Cobos |
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Sue Coe |
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Warrington Colescott |
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Juli Haas |
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Fred Hagstrom |
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Mark Brunier - Mestas |
Image from "Polish Poster – Individualities of Three Generations"
Muzeum Narodowe w Poznaniu (National Museum in Poznan)
Curated by Zdzislaw Szubert
This exhibition presents the complexity and variety of the Polish poster over three generations. Included are works by Waldemar Swierzy, Henryk Tomaszewski, Jan Mlodozeniec and the younger ones, like Miroslaw Adamczyk and Sebastian Kunica.
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Jakub Stêpieñ |
Image from the "Polish National Biennial of Student Graphics"
Stary Browar Gallery on Slodownia Street, Poznan, Poland
This is the fourth edition of a national competition of student prints in Poland. See award winners: http://grafika.asp.poznan.pl/4biennale/nagrody.htm
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GRAND PRIX AWARD OF THE 4th BIENNIAL |
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Monika Niwelinska |