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Ludic action 1 and 2 [Digital print]
2009
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Abstract
Research Background
Contemporary Printmaking has seen how advances in digital technologies have offered new approaches to previous traditional printmaking processes. The combination of digital and analogue printmaking has changed the medium, allowing for simultaneous difference and similarity within the print to occur.
The focus of this research is on how merging these technologies explores the process of variation through replication and questions the concept of the original print in relation to the multiple. The research exploits the power of variation in reproductive methodologies to develop auratic encounter with personal archives as a form of self-expression. Further to this, examining how the use of both old and new technologies together can foster innovation in print media.
Research Contribution
The research utilises this merging of analogue and digital technology to focus specifically on issues of identity connected to inherited stereotypes and myths. In this body of work, digital processes used together with analogue methods are proposing new ways to re-contextualise source material that seductively played into my own childhood imagination as symbols of Australian masculinity. Works in this folio combine traditional print process and new technology to form a hybrid practice, investigating inherent tensions of print process and imagery utilised.
Research Significance
The significance of this research is that it references the cut and paste graphics of magazines combined with grey scale inkjet printing and embossing. The significance of this research is that it overcomes barriers for visually understanding the complex nature of identity alongside printmaking and new digital printing possibilities, reflecting similarities in traditional print composition over the centuries. The work’s significance is indicated by:
1) Inclusion in several peer-reviewed group shows, including 2009: 7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, Printmakers Council, England (Tour of UK).
2) Awarded in 2009 the London Print Studio Prize and Printmaking Today Prize.
3) Representation of the work in a peer review journal by Jan Davis, Miniature marvels, Printmaking Today, Cello Press, Vol.18, No.3, autumn, England, (2009): 11. Darren Bryant scoops UK prizes, Imprint,Vol., 44, No.2, Winter 2009, Australia, (2009): 48. The 7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition, (ex.cat. National Tour of UK, Printmakers Council, London, England, UK, 2009): 6 & 39.
Other Notes - Artist Statement
‘These two prints titled ‘Ludic Action 1’, ‘Ludic Action 2’, explore and question ideas about social, cultural, and historical inherited gender stereotypes informed through child’s play and collecting. The images used are sourced from green plastic toy soldiers, referencing my childhood from my own collection. These digital prints presented in the form of a portrait advertisement, provide the context to this series of prints, in my effort to subvert the constant stream of messages aimed at conditioning behaviour’. Darren Bryant 2009.
Details
- Title
- Ludic action 1 and 2 [Digital print]
- Creators
- Darren Bryant
- Identifiers
- 2361; 991012821100002368
- Copyright
- © Darren Bryant, 2009
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts; School of Arts and Social Sciences
- Resource Type
- Other creative works; Digital print