Print culture and distribution part 2

• theres been a return to mechanical methods of production in the modern age, its getting taught now whereas in art school in the 90s it was all digital focus
• why do people maintain an interest in these methods of production when there are easier quicker more reliable methods of production available
• in a world where so much happens through computer screens, touching the raw materials, engaging all the senses can be a soothing release.
• people are discovering that doing things more slowly often means doing them better and enjoying them more. It means living life instead of rushing through it.
• our obsession with speed, with cramming more and more into every minute means that we race through life instead of actually living it.
• slow design - about focusing not on the product itself, not on the output but how your practice relates to the rest of the world. its stopped being fast but is about thinking about the consequences of you actions. It proposes a way of life completely different to the culture of capitalism and you could read contemporary print culture in these terms.
• it adds human and social value to creative practice
• Nicolas Bourriaud 1998 - theres a tendency in contemporary art practice to move away from creating things symbolising a particular word view to artwork that is about forming human relationships which he calls relational art. its about creating a participatory world, based on equality, networking, sharing, participation.
• how many places are there where you can hang out with your friends without having to buy something? even relationships are being comodified.
• Barbara Kruger - I shop therefore I am
• the Glastonbury free press - political newspaper, authored and designed by the people for the people. people come up talk to nick and they include it in the newspaper and teach people how to type set and
• how to print. It's all free. its a relational piece its about cooperation. relational design.
• post print culture? new technologies could create the possibilities for mass sharing of knowledge
• a return to handmade production could be argued to be a re introduction of the idea of 'aura' doing small print runs adds an auratic value and allows you to sell things for much more money.
• what is wrong with creating a world where anyone can be an artist an illustrator a designer, if were angry at the idea of that then are we all still elitist?
• perhaps were in an era now where we've moved beyond print culture again and new understanding and innovation is to be found in  digital print.
• mongrel - hack of the Tate website
  
  
• digital culture kills aura my taking art out of the galleries and delivering it to our homes
• the Tate family were one of the biggest slave owners, their wealth and status is written in blood and oppression
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