In this demo and shop talk I will share the process I used to generate and print the word/image pieces for surfaces murmur. The process is a variation on the four-colour separation method using a polymer photogravure plate as the black printer on top of a digital pigment print that contains the cyan, magenta and yellow information. I will demonstrate creating the separations for each of the gravure and digital components and then the actual printing process. In addition, I will bring other examples of works by myself and David Morrish that layer the distinct qualities of analogue and digital photographic and graphic print technologies. The unique generative possibilities of layering in print underscore the role of convergence in the creative process. The adjacent possible is a term coined by the quantum physicist Stuart Kauffman and describes how “combining things creates new things”. It is my hope that sharing the specific processes I have used can be a catalyst for other combinatory methods that encourage the unlikely to be brought together.
- Date: Sunday November 22
- Time: 2PM – 4PM
- Location: Smokestack Analog Studio (270 Sherman Ave. N)
- FREE
Biography
Marlene MacCallum is an Honorary Research Professor of the Visual Arts Program, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University where she taught printmaking, photography and book arts. She retired from teaching in 2016 and relocated from Corner Brook, NL to Prince Edward County, Ontario. Her practice has also moved, from singular photogravure prints to their integration into book works to the inclusion of writing and interactive digital formats. Her work emphasizes visible phenomena, with particular attention to the poetic potential of the ordinary matters of daily life. Currently, the experience of repeated walks in the wetlands close to her home is explored in new book works. Marlene has exhibited prints, and book works in 147 solo, invited and juried exhibitions in 19 countries. Her works are held in 57 public collections. Marlene was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2006. She and David Morrish co-authored Copper Plate Photogravure: Demystifying the Process (Focal Press) published in 2003.
