Digital Exchange Gallery

Can a computer-generated image, printed with a jet ink printer on archival paper be considered a real «print»? This topic has sparked a lot of lively discussion on this forum and prompted the idea for an exchange based on this theme. The Quebec printmakers' code of ethics has been pondering over these questions for many years and has come to describe it as follows:

Using software, artists manipulate each element: pixels or selected groups. They may change the color of a single pixel, select a group of pixels, adjacent or not, copy this selection and paste it into another part of the image or replace it outright with another selection from another image. Using the mouse, the stylus of a digital drawing slate, or the computer keyboard, artists can manipulate the ensemble of elements - hence the overall image - to enhance or soften colors by reducing or increasing contrast. Artists can distort images, stretching them in any direction, duplicating them at will, adding texture, fading, applying endless effects. Other tools in their arsenal include digital scanners, modems, etc."

The exchange will be via post on archival paper as usual. This allows the use of combined digital/traditional methods and also reflects the majority view. All decisions concerning how the image is created and printed are up to the discretion of the artist.

	Jim Brodie - Wymnnum Qld, Australia Comments : Print Coucil of Australia, Qld Artworkers
	Deborah Cornell - Belmont MA, USA Comments : Boston University School for the Arts
	Jo Ernsten - Windsor NSW Australia Comments : WSI TAFE
	Francoise Frigola - Idyllwild, CA, USA Webpage: http://www.pe.net/~franou
	John Hitchcock - Madison, Wisconsin USA http://www.mrs.umn.edu/academic/art/hitchcock/index.shtml Comments : 2001-present University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Art, Assistant Professor of Printmaking. 1998-2001 University of Minnesota, Morris Assistant Professor of Studio Arts.
	Luke Ingram - KEW, Victoria, Australia Webpage: lukeingram.cjb.net
	Brian Kelly - lafayette, LA Webpage: http://visualarts.louisiana.edu/faculty/brian.html Comments : professor of printmaking university of louisiana
	Mary Kuster - Lexington,KY,USA Webpage: http://sites.netscape.net/lavoiedenis/kusterart
	Akemi Ohira - Charlottesville, VA U.S.A Comments : Associate Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, member of :SAGA, SECAC, CAA
	Jennifer Page - carolina Beach, NC USA
	Barbara Patera
	Patricia Prociv - Rosehill NSW Australia Member: Sydney Printmakers
	Horácio Soares Neto - Copacabana Rio de Janeiro Brazil Webpage: www.analisevital.com.br/xilograv.htm
	Jan Telfer - Perth WA Australia Comments : WA Printmakers
	John Vucic-wolfpup - Mt Pleasant NSW Australia Webpage: www.johnwolfpup.com Member of ANAT & Canadian sister group ISEA ANAT (Australia Network for Art & Technology)
	Julia Wakefield - St. Peters, South Australia Comments : Just moved from the UK where I co-founded Print South West.
	Peter Walls - Baton Rouge, Louisiana Webpage: http://www.firsttree.com Louisiana State University
	Sandra Williams - North Balgowlah Sydney NSW Member: Warringah Printmakers Studio Inc.
	Saumui Yung - Hong Kong Webpage: http://www.open-printshop.org.hk Comments : Hong Kong Open Printshop