June 8, 15, 22 | 7-8 PM 

As part of Press Print!, the reading group titled Printmaking and Social Movements will consider key technical, historical, and intellectual frameworks for the development of printmaking practices in contemporary art and art history. Using a thematic approach each session will be structured around terms which comprise a print vocabulary.
 
Participants are required to commit to three sessions. Spaces are limited, to register, fill out the form.

⚡8th of June | The Dissenting Print

Led by Ivan Knapp, the first session will consider the relationship between printmaking and social movements. Participants will explore how prints have been significant to the emergence and formation of political groups and why they continue to provide a vehicle for dissent across different geographical and historical contexts.

⚡15th of June | Printmaking in the Mexican Revolution

Led by Diego Mendoza, the second session will focus on printmaking in the context of the Mexican revolution, in particular the ways in which print technologies facilitated the participation of women in political discourse.

⚡22nd of June | Printmaking the Present: Piotr Szyhalski's COVID-19 Reports

In the third and final session, Brian Gonzalez will lead a discussion of the Covid-19: Labor Camp Report, a poster project by US based Polish artist Piotr Szyhalski during the 2020 pandemic. The project opens up questions about how new printmaking practices can respond to present crises and interact with digital technologies and platforms.