OPEN Buenos Aires – Agenda
Schedule

The OPEN Buenos Aires: Emerging Printmakers International Encounter is a professionalization event for emerging Argentinian artists. The event will take place in the impressive building of the Casa de la Cultura-Edificio La Prensa (in the same spaces where the graphic workshops of La Prensa newspaper used to be) during a week of intense programming in which activities aimed at artists (such as mentoring, portfolio review, professional advice on assembly, networking, as well as an exhibition of their works) plus activities aimed at the public (workshops, demonstrations and talks given by the artists themselves) open to the  the visitors free of charge. All activities are open to the public and will take place from August 5th to 7th, 2022.

SCHEDULE

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5th
5 pm | PASE CULTURAL by the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires
Guided tour by OPEN BA artist Andrea Auzmendi (CABA)
Pinhole camera demo by OPEN BA artist María Romero Alves (CABA)

6 pm | GUIDED TOUR FOR PUBLIC ATTENDEES
Approach to contemporary graphics by OPEN BA artist Florencia REISZ (Mar del Plata)

6 pm | ACTIVATION: FORTUNE TELLING
By OPEN BA artist Lautaro Parada (CABA).
Poetically appealing to the origins of xylography in the West -used to print playing cards and Tarot cards- the artist offers us a personal experience through his xylographic work Mazo Negro

7 pm | INAUGURATION–OPENING WORDS
With the presence of David Arteagoitia (Director of FIGBilbao’s Open Portfolio), Pedro Galilea (Director of the CIEC Foundation, Galicia), Alicia Candiani (Director of OPEN BA) members of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, sponsors and partners.

7:30 pm | INAUGURATION TOAST

9 pm | CLOSING

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6th

11 am | Opening to the public

12 pm | DEMO/WORKSHOP: PERENNIAL MONOTYPES
By OPEN BA artists Noelia Toscano (CABA), Wenceslao Paunero (Bs. As.) and Rocío Barzola (Salta)
Workshop for manufacturing inks with soil and botanical printing with monotype techniques

2 pm | DEMO/WORKSHOP: DAILY GYOTAKU
By OPEN BA artists Agustina Girardi (La Plata), Jorgelina Buchara (CABA) and Leticia Barbeiro (La Plata)
The public is invited to bring their everyday objects to print with
Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese method used to naturally record the best catch of the day. Inspired by its processes, this workshop proposes discovering the potential of the things that surround us as possible printable matrixes to generate one’s own discourse based on the imprint that they themselves leave on the paper

3 pm | ACTIVATION: INTERVENED PHOTOGRAPHY
By OPEN BA artist Solange Baqués (Bs. As.)
The artist will exchange her work process and photographic intervention with the public

4 pm | DEMO/WORKSHOP: INFINITE PATTERNS
By OPEN BA artists Mariana Gayoso (CABA), Maria Romero Alvés (CABA) and Ale Giorgga (CABA)
This workshop allows you to approach the notions of contemporary art through printmaking experimentation. From the superposition of different materials, textures and graphic qualities, the idea is to be able to recognize the importance of repetition and fragmentation, to know and internalize what a pattern is and how it is created graphically and continuously (notion of rapport, impression, and stamp)

5 pm | ACTIVATION: FORTUNE TELLING
By OPEN BA artist Lautaro Parada (CABA).
Poetically appealing to the origins of xylography in the West -used to print playing cards and Tarot cards- the artist offers us a personal experience through his xylographic work Mazo Negro

6 pm | DEMO/WORKSHOP: PROCESSING THE DIGITAL WEFT
By OPEN BA artists Juan Pablo Ferlat (CABA) and Julián Pesce (CABA)
Memory storage to create repeating patterns, physical and temporary units

7 pm | BUILDING A XILOMURAL
By OPEN BA artists Agustín Begueri (Córdoba) and Ale Giorgga (CABA)

9 pm | Closing

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7th

11 am | Opening to the public

1 pm to 3 pm | PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Adriana Moracci (CABA), Juan Canavesi (Córdoba) and Alicia Valente (La Plata) will be reviewing portfolios free of charge for registered artists. Limited availability.
1st shift: 1 pm to 2:15 pm
2nd shift: 2:30 pm to 3:45 pm

4 pm | ROUND TABLE ABOUT CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING
With David Arteagoitia, Pedro Galilea and Irati Retolaza. Moderated by Alicia Candiani

5 pm | Announcement of the winners of OPEN BA 2022
Golden Hall

6 pm | Closing