Matt Laumann
DSC_2085-alt.JPG

Print Out

Print Out featured a collection of small-press publications and independent zines produced in multiple by various artists and designers. Displayed at the Stevenson University School of Design Gallery, the exhibition examined the concept of artist’s multiples and explored the underlying equipment used to produce each edition.

Environmental graphics were created for the gallery walls that reinforced the idea of artist’s multiples and utilized similar equipment. More than 300 printed squares of paper were arranged in a grid to spell PRINT. The bitmap font created by the grid as well as the pattern printed on each square reference the original Macintosh operating system, which together with its revolutionary application PageMaker ushered in the era of desktop publishing and was a precursor for today’s self-publishing boom.

Print Out

 

Print Out, an exhibition of small-press publications and zines produced by Baltimore artists and designers, examines the concept of artist’s multiples and explores the underlying equipment used to produce each edition. I organized and curated the exhibition, which was displayed at Stevenson University’s School of Design Gallery.

Environmental graphics were created for the gallery walls that reinforced the idea of artist’s multiples and utilized similar equipment. I designed and installed more than 300 printed squares of paper arranged in a grid pattern to spell the word PRINT on the main walls of the gallery. The bitmap font created by the grid as well as the pattern printed on each square reference the original Macintosh operating system, which together with its revolutionary application PageMaker ushered in the era of desktop publishing and was a precursor for today’s self-publishing boom. For the title wall, the signage was made to appear as if it was being printed out from two inkjet printers that were mounted on the gallery wall.