Parallel Prints to be presented at Impact 8 International Printmaking Conference in Dundee, Scotland, and taken into collection by V&A Museum, London

The concept behind ‘Parallel Prints’ is to present the same exhibition simultaneously in the UK and New Zealand.
Using the uniqueness of the reproducible print allows for the same works to be viewed at the same time on opposite sides of the world. This highlights the democratic nature of printmaking and questions the aura of the unique. Which venue is showing the ‘real’ work? Which the reproduction?

Curated and coordinated by Mark Graver in NZ, ‘Parallel Prints’ will feature the work of 12 diverse artists presented in a Solander boxed set with 12 framed prints for hanging.
Each artist will contribute one work on 300 x 300mm paper.
‘Parallel Prints’ will be exhibited in New Zealand at Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri from July – September 2013 and at a venue to be decided in the UK.
In the UK venue there will be a QR code that links to a video recording of the Wharepuke exhibition allowing the audience to encounter both exhibitions at once. It is also planned to have live web video streaming of the New Zealand exhibition available.

Mark Graver has been invited to present the project as an Open Portfolio at the international printmaking conference Impact 8 to be held in Dundee, Scotland at the end of August.
The V&A Museum will be taking a set into its collection and it is proposed to offer the collection to other major institutions around the world.

Representing the broad diversity of current printmaking process and practice the artists involved are:
Anne Desmet, Chris Pig, David Ferry, Duncan Bullen, Gill Golding, Mark Graver, Jo Love, Margaret Ashman, Sandy Sykes, Stephen Mumberson, Timo Lehtonen, Weimin He