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7657 B / W Ч / Б Moscow Alcools/Dirizhabl 2004-2015 |
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In 2003 the idea of B/W (Black / White),
Ch/B (Chernyi / Belyi) was initiated
by artists Andrei Suzdalev (Alcool) and Evgenii Strelkov (Dirtizhabl).
B/W is as an open art program at the intersection of graphics,
artist's books and periodical.
Each issue is
dedicated to a single graphic project and executed by one artist.
The volumes are printed by hand in a
limited edition.
Although unavoidable for serial publication, unification (general layout,
size, paper, printing, circulation) requires a certain degree of
hand-made intervention. The periodical focuses on the actual graphical
elements and emphasizes the variety and expressiveness of the graphic
language. In
the view of the initiators the inclusion of art
visual technologies: computer graphics, 3D graphics
still is relevant.
Inheriting the
richest tradition of printing (engraving, woodcut, lithography) graphics
easily adapts the newest technologies of creation and image processing.
The graphics
have mobility and plasticity in response to new developments.
Schedule cuts across
all communications – from advertising ranging up to the Internet,
including not only illustration from comics to collage, but also fonts, diagrams, drawings, maps,
tables, and images created by special programs and devices (chart oscilograms, frames and paths).
In this context, the periodical B/W becomes an experimental platform
where various creative strategies are tangled in unexpected
combinations, parallel to each other through a series of different
editions, forming a a unique graphical
project.
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2004 #1
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2004 #2 |
2004 #3 |
2004 #4 |
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2004 #5
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2004 #6 |
2004 #7 |
2004 #8 |
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2004 #9
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Folder #1-9 |
2006 #10
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2006 #11
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2006 #12
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2009 #13
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2008 #14
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2009 #15
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2009 #16
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#17 not in the collection |
2015 #18
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