Thinking of Place III is a collaborative print project that involves 4-6 artists each from 16 international printmaking groups participating with new works created for this project. This is a new and expanded iteration of a project that began in 2014 with five print groups from Australia and New Zealand, Thinking of Place I. Thinking of Place II was exhibited at Impact 10 International Printmaking Conference in Santander, Spain, 2018, and subsequently at other locations in Australia and New Zealand (as I write TOP II exhibition is still travelling).
The overarching theme for Thinking of Place III invites artists to invoke a legend, myth, story or an aspect of ancestral heritage in relation to their personal identification with geography and environment. Cultural associations with concepts of land, country, colonisation and collective memories that adhere to places can thus be layered in potentially complex ways. This international collaboration represents individual responses to both specific localities and shared cultural legacies. The project constitutes an ambitious cultural exchange, involving groups from Argentina, Australia (x3), Canada, Denmark, Guam, New Zealand (x2), Turkey, United Kingdom (x2) and from the United States of America (x3).
Akemi Ohira, Associate Professor of Printmaking, is hosting and curating this stop on the exhibition’s world tour.
On View Oct 27- Dec 15 | Mon-Fri 9am-5pm
Opening Reception: Friday Oct 27th 5-7pm