reading vs. scanning:
notes on re:print

Duncan Ganley

peer reviewed journal article

Iteration as Persuasion in a Digital World: Special Issue,
Edited by Clare Foster and Ruichen Zhang

AI & Society Journal,

2020/21

read online at:
rdcu.be/cdwTg

Abstract:

Published in 2018, ‘Re:Print’ is an experimental artists’ book, edited by Véronique Chance and Duncan Ganley, that brings together images and text by twenty contributors whose work addresses the role and language of the reproducible image. This article discusses the challenges of translating artworks and text originally presented in the context of an exhibition and symposium, into a work of print – an artists’ book. The range of contributors emphasizes the diverse scope of forms, processes and ideas in the expanded field of Printmaking. Addressing a variety of approaches to integrating and repurposing this visual and textual material for the printed page, the article outlines the theoretical underpinning of the creation of ‘Re:Print’ and the editorial and design decisions taken to create a hybridized form that is both document and artwork and aims to draw out new agencies of the ‘book’ in a digital world.