A little joy in these times of cultural dearth! On Monday, March 15, follow live on Facebook the typographic printing of a work by the artist Ilse Teipelke at the Alain Hurstel workshop, in Hohfrankenheim, near Strasbourg.
This event proposed by the European Gutenberg Space is organized on the occasion of the "Tag der Druckkunst", or "Day of the Printed Art". It was indeed on March 15, 2018 that traditional printing techniques were included in the national repertoire of intangible cultural heritage of the German Unesco Commission. Since then, this day has been commemorated every year with a large number of events taking place all over Germany and in neighbouring countries.
Born in northern Germany and trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, Ilse Teipelke is represented internationally in solo exhibitions or through performances created "in situ", conceived according to the spaces, the environment and the social issues that animate her. With this new project, Ilse addresses the question of the presence in public space of statues of personalities who played a role during the colonial era or who theorized a racist conception of humanity, referring to the current global anti-racist protest movement.
Supported by the city, the Eurometropolis of Strasbourg, and the Drac, the Espace Gutenberg regularly organizes events for the general public, such as the Printers' Festival every two years, which honors the book and printing professions. Since 2004, the association has been working to open a Conservatory and Workshop for Printing and Graphic Arts in Strasbourg.
