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TYPEFACE: Official trailer #2
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Guest » 7pm - Aug 24, 2010
The opening of Typeface, a Kartemquin film directed by Justine Nagan....
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Tags: letterpress, Hamilton, woodtype, font, wood type, Wisconsin, Kartemquin, documentary, typeface, Justine Nagan, KTQ, typography, woodblock, font design, typef
The opening of Typeface, a Kartemquin film directed by Justine Nagan. Out on DVD May 28th, featuring extra scenes and a slideshow of art from fans around the world inspired by the film. Limited edition run of 1,000 features letterpress poster by Hamilton Wood Type Museum Artistic Director Bill Moran.
http://www.typefacethefilm.com
In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of the nation's top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave.
In a time when people can carry computers in their pockets and watch TV while walking down the street, Typeface dares to explore the twilight of an analog craft that is freshly inspiring artists in a digital age. The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At Hamilton, international artisans meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique. But the Museum¹s days may be numbered. What is the responsibility of artists and historians to preserve a dying craft? How can rural towns survive in a shifting industrial marketplace where big-box retailers are king?
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