The infinite print takes as its starting point the idea that with advances in technology from desktop printing to faxing and the internet printing has never been so ubiquitous or the dissemination of information so easy (too easy?). Just what types of objects are we creating with a desktop printer and what kind of experience is possible in viewing these objects? What is left of what Walter Benjamin called in his essay Art in the Age of Mechanical Production the "aura" of the original art object? With this project you will be creating both the infinitely re-printable and lossless image as well as the unique art object. What experiences result from both will be the focus of our discussion.
Specific requirements:
For the infinite edition, your project should be designed to be printed from any desktop color printer.
The unique object should contain an element of the digital, but should not be re-producable in it's exact form. What that means is up to you to define.
The process:
In creating this work you are free to develop the visual content around your own individual research.
You should have at least five preliminary sketches posted on your blog, as well as a written description of your project that includes examples of artists and/or writers who have influenced your thinking (this is to give us context for your work).
The deadline for the infinite edition is Wednesday, March 25th. I will be out of town that week, so you will e-mail me the print in pdf. format for easy printing.
The deadline for the unique object is Monday, April 6th. Since you have a good amount of time to complete this project be ambitious, think large, think extreme, think pastry!
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