Tech Colloquium IV

View the flyer for November 2005's Colloquium IV on New Technology: Visual Media and the Art of the Book

Student Review of Colloquium IV

TECH COLLOQUIUM IV (Fall 2005, dates pending): The Center for Electronic and Digital Publishing (CEDP) plans a two-day seminar on “Visual Media and the Art of the Book,” which will examine various publishing technologies--ranging from a traditional letterpress project, featuring guest-artist/papermaker/book artist John Risseeuw (Arizona State University), to high-tech demonstrations of digital processes in the Class of ’41 Studio for Student Communication in Daniel Hall. Professor Risseeuw is recognized as a master of the art of printmaking in both old and new media and is acclaimed for his international, national, and regional exhibitions. This two-day colloquium is meant to foster creative exchange between faculty and students in the departments of Art and English and other constituencies. CEDP Director Wayne Chapman and MAPC Professor Teddy Fishman are the English faculty who will organize activities at the Class of ’41 Studio. One highlight of “Visual Media and the Art of the Book” is a collaborative project between book artist John Risseeuw and Professor Fishman. Another highlight will be a workshop on the art of the Vandercook letterpress in Clemson’s Print Studio, which Professor Sydney Cross directs in Freeman Hall. Other presentations and demonstrations include projects related to the industry of Clemson University Digital Press such as the renovation of its website, electronic and digital production of its journals, programming, and other technology issues. This venue that will attract participants from across the Clemson community. And it will particularly appeal to the constituent departments of Clemson University’s new Ph.D. program in Rhetorics, Communication, and Information Design while amplifying the customary bond between Art, English, the Print Studio, and CEDP. We expect to coordinate thematically John Risseeuw’s activities, as much as possible, with the Presidential Colloquium 2005-2006, too, continuing the tradition of concerted outreach with appropriate centers in the College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities.