Dr Margie Borschke has written an article about the Big Fag Press and the Rizzeria for the Powerhouse Museum’s design website.
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This month we’re very proud of Louise Anderson, our “senior intern” here at the Big Fag.
Louise has been barrelling along to the triumphant conclusion of her honours year in Fashion Design at UTS.
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Yeomans Project – a print series by veteran aussie conceptual artist Ian Milliss, and Big Fag Press co-director Lucas Ihlein, has won the 2012 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award!
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Our wonderful new intern Tim has spurred us to publish something we’ve been meaning to do for AGES – something which in the not-too-distant future will probably seem very old-fashioned – an “e-newsletter”…
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Recently we had a visit from Zacha Rosen, who writes for Concrete Playground.
Zacha spent lots of time with us, nosing around with his audio recorder, while we printed some works by Lucas Ihlein and Ian Milliss. The very enthusiastic Zacha asked us a million questions and did everything short of getting his fingers all sticky in the ink himself.
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In July, Lucas from Big Fag visited Calverts Printing Co-operative in London.
We’re always keen to link up with other printing groups – especially those who are:
(a). socially responsible and politically progressive;
and
(b). better at printing than we are.
In early March we printed this fantastic hand-drawn map of Sydney for writer, artist, and zine-maker Vanessa Berry as part of her project Biblioburbia: The Library Files, in which she visited and documented thirty libraries around the greater Sydney region. Her exhibition – with Simon Yates – at Firstdraft gallery in Surry Hills has sadly opened and closed already, but you can read more about Vanessa’s library visits and the project in general at biblioburbia.wordpress.com.
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as part of Firstdraft fundraising Print Editions we just produced a sequel with Tom Polo>>
Read MoreLouise Anderson has been our official “intern” at Big Fag for over a year now, and we can’t imagine life without her. In this blog post, Louise reflects on her experience of working with us.
An Unlikely “Internship”, by Louise Anderson
Now, it’s not many people who can say they know how to and have helped change the blanket on a 4 tonne printing machine (that’s the weight of 8 cars). Actually, a year ago, I thought a blanket was just the rug I use on my bed. But now I know, large offset printing machines use rubber blankets to transport ink from rollers to paper. How did I come by this information? It’s an interesting story.
… a great little video by Nick Coppins.
Last year, Nick and his company, Telectran/Aqualux, fitted and provided a fantastic neutral-light, low wattage LED system for the Big Fag’s printroom. It’s transformed the way we work – we can see into every corner and the colour of our prints is “true” (rather than greenish with the fluoro lights).
In exchange, we worked on making some prints with Nick just before Christmas. Pictures soon!
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Diego Bonetto, one of the directors of the Big Fag Press, has won the 2011 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize!
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Big Fag Press has recently begun printing some limited edition prints for artists working with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. So far, we’ve printed with Jason Wing, and Vernon Ah Kee. You can read about our experience with Jason here.
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To conclude the Green Bans Art Walk project, we are putting on a film night next Saturday at the Woolloomooloo PCYC, which is across Haig Lane from the Firstdraft Depot where the press is housed.
We will be screening Pat Fiske’s excellent Rocking The Foundations with an introduction from Pat herself, and a freshly-produced film documenting the project that the fantastic Justin Hewitson has been filming for us over the past few weekends.
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Lionel Bawden, one of the directors of First Draft Gallery/Depot came along to the first day of the Green Bans Art Walk, and took the following pictures.
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Hi all,
a busy time is ahead of us, with the Green Bans Art Walk coming up and filling the month of August with things to do in Wooloomooloo.
The eventful month is part of several publicity platforms and will be cross promoted accordingly, so I thought to clear up the confusion already arising by giving a easy-to-understand schedule of what is going to happen during August at the Big Fag Press headquarters and associates.
Below is the schedule for the Green Ban Art Walk(s), part of the WALK program organised and supported by Performance Space, see here for bookings:
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Big Fag Press is well underway with its Green Bans Art Walks project in Woolloomooloo.
It’s a collaboration with The Cross Arts Projects in Kings Cross, artist Fiona McDonald, and a number of Woolloomooloo and Kings Cross residents.
Here’s a page which gives more info on the project, which has been generously supported by Performance Space, First Draft Depot, The Awesome Foundation, and the City of Sydney.
For more on the Green Bans history, see this great site by Sarah Barns.
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PRINTED MATTER
Exhibition opens 7th June, 6 – 8pm. Continues till 25th June