#Revel / Gabriel Smith
- Bib ID:
- 7898711
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, Gabriel, artist
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. Broadside 1299 copy
- Description:
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- Townsville, Qld, Australia : Respectfully printed in the studios of Red Rag Press, 2017
- ©2017
- 1 broadside : colour ; 66 x 50 cm
- Summary:
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One of sixteen limited edition posters produced as part of a project in which North Queensland printmakers were invited to produce a letterpress poster using their own imagery and the type and letterpress printing equipment available at Red Rag Press. In this poster the text is printed in black ink from wood and metal type, except for 'wild places,' which is digitally printed in colour with the letters formed from a photograph of Castle Hill, a heritage-listed pink granite monolith which dominates the city of Townsville and is a popular exercise and tourist site. The # symbol, which is not a typical part of any wood or even metal type collection, was printed from a photopolymer plate. Gabriel Smith notes: "In today's fast paced society, I think we need to stop and just indulge and share those wild places that bring us joy. As part of this exhibition I have launched a Facebook page to celebrate all those special places we have around where we live that may not be obvious or known by anyone else but that bring us joy. Post your special wild place with the hash tag #revelinourwildplaces and join the celebration and remember to stop and smell the roses."
- Biography/History:
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Red Rag Press was formally established by Sheree Kinlyside in 2006, and has generally produced fine press artists books along with some limited-edition poetry, broadsides and the occasional poster. In 2016, Sheree Kinlyside approached fourteen other Townsville artists to contribute to a poster project using the resources of her press. Arts Queensland provided a grant to help the project along with paper and to pay each artist for their production costs. Caren Florance, an artist, letterpress printer and arts lecturer from Canberra, also visited the studio for a week as artist in residence, and assisted many of the project participants to achieve their text-image collaborations. Sometimes the letterpress printed text (essentially relief printing with words instead of images) is original, sometimes the artist has used found text, written by a poet or prose writer. Sheree Kinlyside and Caren Florance also each produced a poster as part of the project, making a grand total of sixteen.
- Notes:
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- Title from accompanying documentation.
- Digitial print and hand set type.
- Limited edition of 4 copies.
- National Library of Australia's copy is no. 3/4.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2357486924 Broadside 1299 copy
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- #Revel in our wild places, #Castlehilljewelofsuburbia
- Hashtag revel in our wild places
- Terms of Use:
- Copying allowed for research, study or personal use; permission required for publishing and other public use.
- Exhibited:
- Commentary: Hand-printed Posters from North Queensland Artists, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Queensland, 9 November 2018 - 16 December 2018.
- Copyright:
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2017
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