Print is inextricably woven into our daily lives, appearing in art and design works, books, newspapers, posters and other printed ephemera. The Print Symposium 2011 looks at the presence and history of print in New Zealand as well the impacts of technology on the ways in which we create and relate to printed matter.

Friday 15/04:

10:30 - 12:00 Round Table Discussion: directions in print education: Chair Steve Lovett (MSVA), participants: Monique Jansen (AUT), Sonya Lacey (Whitecliffe), Neil Emmerson (Otago Polytechnic) & Marty Vreede (UCOL)
ST PAUL St Gallery Three, 39 Symonds St, Auckland
13:00 - 14:30 History of Print Culture in New Zealand, Donald Kerr (University of Otago) Respondant: Peter Simpson (University of Auckland)
Elam Lecture Theatre, 20 Whitaker Place, entry off Symonds Street, Auckland
15:00 - 16:30 Artists on print:
Elam Lecture Theatre, 20 Whitaker Place, entry off Symonds Street, Auckland

Saturday 16/04:

10:30 - 12:00 Round Table Discussion: Impacts of Technology, Chair: Mike Barrett (Pro Design) ST PAUL St Gallery Three, 39 Symonds St, Auckland

13:00 - 14:30 Activism Through Print: politics and posters, Chris McBride (Wellington Media Collective) and Xavier Meade (Wintec)
AUT Lecture Theatre, WS 114, 34 St Paul St, Auckland
15:00 - 16:30 Working Outside the Mainstream: alternative publishing
AUT Lecture Theatre, WS 114, 34 St Paul St, Auckland

The Print Symposium will be two days of round table discussions and talks on contemporary print practices and future directions for print. It is presented by ST PAUL St Gallery, AUT University in association with Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland.

Melissa Laing

30/03/2011 2:32 pm