Call for demonstrations

Impact 13 – Ink’s transcendence: A tale beyond boundaries will be the first IMPACT (International Multi-disciplinary Printmaking, Artists, Concepts and Techniques) conference to be held in the Americas. This event will feature a series of lectures, exhibitions, and cultural exchanges aimed at exploring, on one hand, the contemporary scene of printmaking and, on the other hand, your unique and multicultural identity in an ecological and postcolonial context.

This project will generally contribute to the mobilization and accessibility of research on the plurivocality of printmaking. It will highlight the experimental and interdisciplinary nature inherent in printmaking practices while questioning technical, technological, and ontological boundaries. Indeed, exchanges and collaborations between researchers will play a crucial role in exploring the boundaries of printmaking, whether traditional or digital, material or virtual. These borders, both visible and invisible, will also be approached from the perspective of their transformative and reinvention potential. Printmaking, as a discipline, has undergone several metamorphoses and remains in perpetual renewal, crossing the limits of its own field to question the spaces in which it comes to life and expresses itself.

In line with these themes, the following topics will be addressed:

• The exploration of new printing techniques that foster the meeting of cultural, heritage, and ecological boundaries to prevent their erosion.
• The reaction of artists to the proliferation of new technologies in printmaking.
• The definition of printmaking in the context of cultural, ecological, and technological transformations.
• The impact of new materialities and immaterialities on the creation and perception of the artwork.
• Artists' reflections on the impact of colonial histories through printmaking.
• Enriching international collaborations for artistic practices with a focus on inclusion and the preservation of cultural treasures.
• The importance of dialogue between cultures for mutual understanding.

This call is intended to fill conference slots for the symposium, which will take place from October 9 to 12, 2025. Proposals must be directly related to printmaking in all its forms, whether analogically or conceptually. IMPACT13 is committed to offering a fee to those who will give the presentations.

In the interest of diversity and inclusivity, IMPACT13 encourages applicants to indicate if they come from, among others, diverse cultural backgrounds, Indigenous communities, LGBTQIA+ groups, or are individuals with disabilities.

Participation in IMPACT13 implies that the person proposing the demonstration grants the conference organizers the right to take photos that will be published in any publications or advertisements related to IMPACT13.

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