[Photograph of the Northern Lights by David Kessler as he landed yesterday in Northern Iceland.]
Philagrafika
Projects invites independent curators to undertake international
projects that further contemporary print-based art. With a global
approach and a local focus, these projects heighten
Philadelphia's role as an artistic hub for cutting edge print
practices. Philagrafika is pleased to announce its first project, Due
North, an international collaboration envisioned by artist and
curator Marianne Bernstein.
In
January 2014, the Icebox Space in Philadelphia will be transformed
into a winterscape featuring video and prints created by select
artists from Philadelphia, PA and Reykjavik. Work will be made in 2013
through a series of group expeditions and residencies in Iceland. We
are excited to announce that the first artists have landed in
Northern Iceland and another group will be joining them on February
14th.
The
participating artists are: Katie Baldwin, Marianne Bernstein, Shawn
Bitters, Marianne Dages, Cindi Ettinger, Katya Gorker, John Heron, Kelsey
Halliday Johnson, David Kessler, and Serena Perrone. The Icelandic printmakers
will be announced shortly. Over the next few weeks, traveling artists
will meet with Nordic artists and cultural leaders in Reykjavik, then travel
to northern Iceland to experience the extreme landscape and
conditions at the heart of this project's mission.
Philagrafika
Advancing
Philadelphia as an international center for contemporary printmaking
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