Sydney - We Need to Talk! Vol.2

We’ve published the second volume of Sydney - We Need to Talk!

Book Launch
6-8PM
Tuesday 8 October 2024
Damien Minton Presents
50 Buckingham Street, Surry Hills / Gadigal / Australia

This second volume of Sydney - We Need To Talk! is a production of the Urban Crew - a group of people who have been meeting together every week in the Madsen Building at the University of Sydney to talk about cities. We’re academic staff, postgraduate and undergraduate students, and occasionally interested others from a range of academic disciplines.

Vol.2 contributors: Sophia Maalsen, Laurence Troy, Sophie Webber, Alistair Sisson, Wendy Murray, Ellen Burke, Kurt Iveson, Elizabeth Duncan, Pratichi Chatterjee, Dallas Rogers and Chris Gibson.

Future Foundations : Workshop

Future Foundations curated by Troppo Print Studio, celebrates the past, present and future of poster and print making. Bringing together Australian print collectives and individuals from foundational to contemporary practice, Future Foundations aims to empower viewers and participants to build, share and distribute their own ideas via print.

Within this intergenerational meeting of ideas, there will be space for collaboration of new work in reaction to Australia’s contemporary issues. Current and foundational works sit side-by-side to demonstrate that yesterday’s environmental, political and social problems are still proving relevant today, as history repeats itself.

Workshop Details
Date: 11am Saturday 7th September 2024
Location: Counihan Gallery, Brunswick AUS
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Fragile - Poster collaboration

Fragile, 2024
Edition: 10
11.5 x 18 in
Screen print (Wendy) & letterpress (Ed)
Printed in Summit, Oregon USA

Poster collaboration with Ed Rettig. It’s so beautiful here in Summit, Oregon. This is pretty much the view from the print shop!!

Ed had this awesome block (c1950) in his collection & suggested ‘fragile’ could mean the environment …. I looked out the window & thought - that’s it!! I set up a screen print shop in Ed’s letterpress shop & printed this edition.
A few extra’s are up & around the Oregon - on street poles & notice boards.

The block that inspired a poster series! c1950 FRAGILE printed at Ed Rettig studio, Summit, Oregon USA

Indivisible, 11 SEPT - 3 OCT 2024

INDIVISIBLE, Curated by Karen Fiorito

Curated by Karen Fiorito, political activist, artist, and curator, this exhibition explores fragile democracy, its flailing institutions and the threat of an authoritarian nightmare. By partnering with Swing Left Fiorito hopes to engage the public through live political poster printing, voter registration opportunities, panel discussions, and other community events. Fiorito is simultaneously exhibiting a solo collection TAG’s West Gallery space. This exhibition of her political activism, Sign Language, will feature miniature billboards alongside photos of actual billboards she has designed over the past 20 years.

Fiorito states, “These exhibitions are a celebration of Artivism, which is a combination of Art and Activism. Artivism opens dialogues, creates change and encourages growth through awareness and empathy for others, which leads the public towards the greater good.”

VIP Reception with live poster printing: Friday, September 13th, 2024: 5 - 8 PM
Public Opening Reception: September 14th, 2024: 5 - 8 PM
Panel Discussion: TBA

Featured Artists include Barbara Kruger, Barbara Carrasco, Malaquías Montoya, Robbie Conal, Guerrilla Girls, Guillermo Bert, Winston Smith, Gee Vaucher, Marianne Sadowski, Lilli Muller, Nguyen Ly, The Qwiett, Wendy Murray, Curtis Bartone, and Karen Fiorito

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