Multi - will be an international centre
for critical debate, production and distribution of contemporary printmaking,
reproducible and digital arts based in the UK city of Bradford. The centre
will be for artists working professionally and will include a printmaking
and digital production studio, a gallery, a printmaking and multiples retail
outlet, an archive and a publishing house.
Why
Multi? The traditional boundaries between Fine Art Printmaking, Multiples,
Photography, Time Based and Digital Media are no longer tenable, contemporary
arts practice has seen their demarcations becoming less distinct. Multi
aims to provide a centre for the changing needs of contemporary arts practitioners
in terms of production, research and dissemination, this includes the exploration
of traditional printmaking integrated with digital arts.
Multi - is
set against the backdrop of Bradford's unique reputation for supporting printmaking
including the series of International Print Biennales held at Cartwright
Hall in the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s.
The hibrida series
of exhibitions and publishing initiatives began in 2001 which built on
the Biennales distinguished history with an extended - at present European
wide - remit to establish the region as a centre for contemporary multimedia
approaches to printm aking.
This site will
be of interest to undergraduate / postgraduate students and those involved
in independent research in the contexts of printmaking, digital media,
new media art and photography. The site will be of equal interest to small
press editors, curators and anyone interested in publishing book works
or exhibiting contemporary media art. It is designed to promote and distribute
critical research and debate around arts practice issues, university fine
arts education, cultural studies, aesthetics and the politics of representation.
