GRAPHIC DAYS® PRINT PARADE
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The Graphic Days® festival is an appointment dedicated to Italian and international visual design which since 2016 has involved the most relevant artists, professionals and studios on the international scene.
From May 4 to 14, the Cavallerizza Reale in Turin was transformed into a large laboratory dedicated to printing: exhibitions, performances, talks, live printing sessions and workshops to narrate experiences from the five continents, showing how an idea is transformed into a tangible product.
14 exhibitions to offer a 360° overview of artistic productions; posters and fanzines made in screen printing and risograph alternated with glazed ceramics, collages and cement engravings to show the variety of supports and possibilities that the world of handcrafted printing offers.
3 outdoor exhibitions, with free access:
“I don’t need money”, under the arcades of via Po, dedicated to the lines taken from the homonymous poem by Alda Merini. “Mindful or mind full? Shifting the learning paradigm”, the exhibition dedicated to the winners of the eleventh edition of the international Posterheroes contest, in Corso San Martino, within the Spazio Portici project, and in the courtyard of the Cavallerizza Reale.
“I don’t need money”, under the arcades of via Po, dedicated to the lines taken from the homonymous poem by Alda Merini. “Mindful or mind full? Shifting the learning paradigm”, the exhibition dedicated to the winners of the eleventh edition of the international Posterheroes contest, in Corso San Martino, within the Spazio Portici project, and in the courtyard of the Cavallerizza Reale.
4 live printing stations curated by Print Club Torino with artists and printmakers: Wobby.club, Andrea Serio, Oficyna Peryferie, Kabinet Studio, Mattia Riami, Loes Riphagen, Graphics Flower Shop, Anthony Burrill, Anna Pepe, Vasjen Katro (Baugasm), Mattia Riami, YUK FUN, Vinicius Libardoni, Johny H. Ngbwa, Giancarlo Busato, Xaviera Altena, Floor Rieder, Laboratorio Zanzara, Fábrica de Texturas, Atelier Bingo, Libri Finti Clandestini e 5X Letterpress.
12 workshops and 2 masterclasses in which to experiment with the guidance of professionals from all over Europe on the main printing techniques, from screen printing to risograph, from drypoint engraving to cyanotype. The training calendar also includes experiences to give vent to creative freedom with collages, stencils, models and shapes.
Taking up the legacy of the 2022 edition of the festival, a schedule of workshops was proposed for kids who, during the weekend, practiced papier-mâché, collage, drawing, typographic composition and engraving of glass.
A Design Talk with some of the most influential names in the panorama of contemporary visual communication: Anthony Burrill, Benedetta Crippa, Rejane Dal Bello, Studio GdB e Vasjen Katro (Baugasm).
Numerous meetings with illustrators, printmakers, designers and artists, to encourage the exchange of knowledge and to share a few tricks of the trade.
Many performative moments with artists in the field of calligraphy, street art, engraving and printing techniques and 4 live musical experiences with visual and sound designers highlighting, through projections and sounds, the link between the analog and digital world.
GRAPHIC DAYS® IN THE CITY
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The In the city calendar: 40 appointments spread across 28 locations including design studios, galleries, shops and exhibition spaces. Two evenings, on May 9 and 11, to get in touch with the eclectic nature of the Turin creative scene.
Photo credits Pepe Fotografia
