Description
Contemporary printmaking practice offers a diverse range of materials and approaches to art making, allowing for equally diverse experimentation and results. As an artistic process, printmaking fundamentally deals with the concept of ‘inscription’, the inherent process of mark making and how a surface receives that mark which can unveil new relationships between media. When considering the interactions between the artist and the artwork, the thinking and making of a print offers a chance to re-examine these inherent properties, offering vast creative opportunities and potential. As a research methodology, printmaking offers a process of construction, much like the process of building a research project. Through stages of layering, engraving, inking, and pressing, a print is achieved that reveals stylistic affinities and visual connections that offer opportunity for interpretation and reflection.This talk will reflect upon my current practice as an artist-researcher which employs printmaking as a practice-led approach to explore contemporary tattoo imagery and its relationship to contexts of wellbeing, identity and commemoration. As a conceptual vehicle, the inherent qualities of printmaking practice, as both an emulation and response to contemporary tattoo imagery, can produce an alternative narrative which may construct and archive individual and collective interpretations of these images. The talk will provide a brief overview of my research subject and explore how the relationship between printmaking and tattoo practices offers the potential to recontextualise the image and its narrative for the viewer whilst providing a valuable means of interpreting and preserving research data.
Period | 21 Jan 2025 |
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Event title | Inaugural Open Research Conference |
Event type | Conference |
Location | Belfast, Northern IrelandShow on map |
Degree of Recognition | Local |
Keywords
- Open Access
- Creative practice
- Research Methodologies