Joachim Schmid
The German photographer and preserver of digital works, Joachim Schmid, talks about his career as a preserver of photography and the publishing process of his photo books. He displays old art such as misprinted newspaper clippings and other errors in these books. Schmid focuses on the content and contextual aspects during his process of picking out which photos are redistributed. During one of Schmids' exhibitions post cards containing photographs were hanging in racks for viewers to create there own books.
We learned from Schmid that the art market has become more difficult to succeed in. Printed Matter was an underground outlet for poetry, photography, and other art mediums which interested Schmid. This new technological era arrives with image sharing websites such as Flickr which allow us to notice new patterns in image making. Recently Schmid has been working on books using the categories of same qualities, self, another self. Preservation of digital works is important to Schmid. Large volumes of the his work can be produced and the art is touchable and the experience is more intimate.
Photography has become a background activity and Schmid eagerly surveyed people to find out what they do with cameras. If you look at online forums you can see people are distraught at the event of losing a camera or photo album. Schmid says with passion, "Please do not stop taking pictures". Bilderbook is one of his more recent works containing news cut outs he has been collecting over a 40 year lifespan.
I've learned from Schmid that we must regard work created before us that has faded so that our works will not fade with them. Preserving art is a lot more difficult than we'd imagine. The art Schmid displays is only a small portion of what is already lost. In graphic design we can observe old art techniques and how they influence us. We also must recognize where the source of inspiration arrives from. Joachim Schmid's lecture was insightful and I'm very glad he could come and speak with us.
We learned from Schmid that the art market has become more difficult to succeed in. Printed Matter was an underground outlet for poetry, photography, and other art mediums which interested Schmid. This new technological era arrives with image sharing websites such as Flickr which allow us to notice new patterns in image making. Recently Schmid has been working on books using the categories of same qualities, self, another self. Preservation of digital works is important to Schmid. Large volumes of the his work can be produced and the art is touchable and the experience is more intimate.
Photography has become a background activity and Schmid eagerly surveyed people to find out what they do with cameras. If you look at online forums you can see people are distraught at the event of losing a camera or photo album. Schmid says with passion, "Please do not stop taking pictures". Bilderbook is one of his more recent works containing news cut outs he has been collecting over a 40 year lifespan.
I've learned from Schmid that we must regard work created before us that has faded so that our works will not fade with them. Preserving art is a lot more difficult than we'd imagine. The art Schmid displays is only a small portion of what is already lost. In graphic design we can observe old art techniques and how they influence us. We also must recognize where the source of inspiration arrives from. Joachim Schmid's lecture was insightful and I'm very glad he could come and speak with us.
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