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EXHIBITION: Cumulus Altocumulus Altostratus
For Athens-based screen-printer TIND, collecting test prints is an old habit. Inspired by other screen-printers abroad, he collects and archives his test prints, and some he keeps framed in his studio or he shares on social media. For TIND, the beauty of these accidental prints is found exactly in their element of chance and lack of design; after all, TIND stands for “this is not designed”, a philosophy that permeates his work in general.
23-29 May 2017
Opening 23 May 20:00-23:00,Hours 24-29 May 19:00-22:00
Void Project Space Nikis 30, Athens
37D 58' 26.57", 23D 43' 55.26"

Fourteen test prints from TIND’s studio are to be shown at VOID, hanging in the space as a minimal installation of colour and paper. Seven pairs of prints, corresponding to the Seven Lucky Gods of Japanese folklore; the gods who inspired the first Matryoshka dolls; the dolls who reminded us of the layers of images on TIND’s test prints; the images hidden in each print waiting to be discovered by the viewer. Projected on the wall, details from the prints are shown in large size, exploding the complexities of these images and the accidental, alchemical reactions of colour, material, form and meaning on them.

Test prints are the prints that screen-printers and typographers make to test the quality of their inks. Printers usually keep scrap paper at hand in order to do their tests, and often print many different projects on the same piece of paper. The result is a print that has many layers of ink on it, with illustrations and patterns by different designers and projects which usually have nothing to do with each other and create a haphazard visual result.

37D 58' 26.57", 23D 43' 55.26"

Images 1 & 2 Each test print is a mesh of images, a cloud of stories. The shapes in this cloud constantly shift and move from one layer to the other, creating new shapes, exposing new connections. The randomness of these images negates authorship, but at the same time retains the distinct identity of each layer — crisp yet illogical like a lucid dream. Not surprisingly, “The Cloud Atlas” is one of TIND’s favourite recent movies.

For Athens-based screen-printer TIND, collecting test prints is an old habit. Inspired by other screen-printers abroad, he collects and archives his test prints, and some he keeps framed in his studio or he shares on social media. For TIND, the beauty of these accidental prints is found exactly in their element of chance and lack of design; after all, TIND stands for “this is not designed”, a philosophy that permeates his work in general.

Credits

Credits

Words
Kiriakos Spirou

Photography
Courtesy of the TIND
Curated by Und. Athens



Author

Polis Ioannou


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