IMPACT 7: Intersections & Counterpoints will focus on the multiple identity of the print, exploring the cross-disciplinary nature of printmedia internationally and in the context of the Asia-Pacific region. Printmedia will be explored as a heterogeneous, diverse and all pervading aspect of contemporary culture. Often located at the intersections of disciplines and media, it is also a powerful political vehicle, generating discourse and debate by virtue of its wide dissemination and ability to offer counterpoints to the norm.

Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), hosting the conference, invites artists, curators, print studios, writers, academics, collectors, students and industry to participate. The present call concerns:

* Papers and Themed Panels
* Individual and Group Exhibitions
* Academic Poster Presentations
* Open Portfolios
* Demonstrations and Workshops
* Master Classes (to be conducted in collaboration with the Print Council of Australia throughout regional Victoria)

The conference addresses practitioners, writers, critics, artists, theorists, and others working in the broad fields of print-related research. It aims to provide a platform in which practitioners and researchers can engage in a mutually productive exchange. Media identified by the conference will include but not be limited to:

• Printmaking
• Photography
• Graphic Design
• Drawing
• The Artist’s Book
• Text
• Animation
• Film and Digital Media
• Jewellery and Metalsmith
• Glass, Ceramic and Textile

More details about guidelines, deadlines and contact information on Impact’s WEBSITE.

Admire the giant pile of bison skulls (circa 1870) above, then read a neat essay by Brian Yablonski called « Bisonomics » on what drove the near-extinction of the buffalo, and how Ted Turner and his bison-burger restaurants are saving them.