1.Printopia – The vinyl record. In the year 2021, Tipos en su Tinta were offered an artist residency at the Fine Art Museum of Tenerife. At about the same time the experimental musician Ernst Surberg visited their workshop and got inspired by the sounds and interacting movements of the ‘bodies’: machines and humans. Recordings of the activity became musical material, that again was manipulated and performed live together with musician Esther Ropón at the closure event of the exhibition. The cover and poster illustration were created by printing an obsolete hard drive and other discarded objects from modern living, making reference to the unique mixture of mechanical sounds from the workshop and their modulations with the synthesizer, but also to emphasize the continuous long life of the letterpress printing technique - link
2. Sadly the The Musee & Atelier in Bordeaux (France) is closing and selling off its contents. If you are interested please contact Claude Chaulfeteau by telephone: 05 56 92 61 17 or email: mib33800@gmail.com for further information. It's utterly sad that this museum and atelier is closing but hopefully good homes will be found for the equipment - link
3. Gordel van papier’ about the advent of the printed book in Indonesia. It covers the period 1816-1957. Huis van het boek (The Hague, NL) - link
4. Save the date! From 23rd to 25th of May 2024, TYPA centre will host the annual AEPM conference with the theme of "Printing Museums and the Art of Survival" in Tartu, Estonia - link