From Makers to Hackers 3: Image and Graphics

Professor: Teresa Mulet
Dates: 25, 26, 28 and 29 de July
Scheduled time: from 3 pm to 8 pm
Duration: 20h

A large part of 'seeing' depends on our habits and conventions. From an experience of transiting, a natural-political-personal-objectual journey is proposed. A drift to encounter the unexpected. The play between memory and oblivion in a critical itinerary. 

The meaning of images is not attached to them, but has become transmissible and increasingly accessible, available to manipulation, transformation, ambivalence and infinite interpretations.

How can the use of risographic techniques modify and alter the meaning of what we see, how does a risographic machine look, how does the reproducibility of the image multiply possible meanings?

The RISOgraphic technique is a mechanical-digital printing system widely used by the artistic and desktop publishing community because of its plastic qualities. Printing with RISO requires a willingness to embrace "the nature of the beast" rather than forcing it to act like other techniques.

It, the RISO, is a particular machine, which cannot be controlled, and it does not admit exactitudes, that is why, with it, it is necessary to "embrace the ERROR" and to find its POSSIBILITIES with patience.

By means of a non-linear reading exercise (performative), we built a mural, a simple design system with the same format, with movable pages.

The mural shows encounters and dis-encounters, authorship is diluted, everything is mixed, limits are confused, images are repeated, reiterating the one observed by all. Making a common map of errors towards other imaginaries. A device to encourage dialogue.

Programme

Monday 25.07 - Cartography of the error, seated walking
Possible theories of error, approach of a visual essay.

The exercise invites us to place ourselves from other perspectives without expectations. Accepting "the error" is the action that does not follow what is "right", "correct" and "true".

It is to review the imaginaries that have controlled us, from a random route, trying to rehearse a history-fiction of errors (calculation error, unexpected error, registration error, conceptual error, systematic error, cartographic error, genetic error, random error, historical error, information error, conceptual error, spelling error, error of meaning, virus error.... input error, typo).

Tuesday 26.07 - Embracing error
Theory and practice of the risographic technique. 

Getting to know the risographic technique ('technical errors') will allow us to review and reinforce concepts between ethics and aesthetics. To do so, we will carry out practical exercises (superimposing, separating colours, transparencies, wefts, noises, large, scales, perspectives, out of register, displacement...).

Thursday 28.07 - Dissecting the gaze
Selection of visual essays production - printing

From a free exercise and with reduced times, we will let the images select us, those that are not within our programme, our characters, our usual assumptions, our discourses in which we have acquired solvency.
in which we have acquired solvency. Not to be afraid of failure. Accept mistakes.

Friday 29.07 - Becoming a single body
Printing, assembly, exhibition 

On the last day of the workshop we will build a collective mural using a simple design system, based on the repetition of the same format, with movable pages. The exhibition will be displayed in the EINA Bosc space.

Professor: Enric Mas
Dates: 28, 26 and 27 de July
Scheduled time: from 10 am to 2 pm
Duration: 12h

In this course you will learn how to build a workshop with minimum infrastructures for the production and printing of screen printing matrices. Both manual techniques and photomechanical procedures will be worked on, and participants will be guided through the process to plan the setting up of a workshop suited to their possibilities and needs.

Screen printing is a versatile technique with a multitude of practical applications with which surprisingly professional results can be obtained with simple or even precarious infrastructures, but at the same time it is a procedure that has evolved quite a lot technologically and for which there are a multitude of mechanised devices and really specific materials. Determining the characteristics and sizing our equipment according to our needs will depend not only on our economic and space capacity but also on our knowledge of the technique and how it suits the final product we wish to obtain.

During the workshop we will make screens and make use of stencils obtained by mechanised systems, we will insolate with a professional insolator and also with sunlight, we will use specific materials and tools and we will compare them with those that we will make ourselves, always taking into account the knowledge of the principles that underlie the technique.

Programme

Monday 25.07 from 10 am to 2 pm
Introduction and presentation of the different procedures we will use. Organisation and management of the infrastructure necessary for the workshop. 

Tuesday 26.07 from 10 am to 2 pm
Construction of different devices and tools. First tests. 

Wednesday from 10 am to 2 pm
Workshop with fungible materials

Professor: Adrián Pérez (El Deletrista)
Dates: 28 and 29 July
Horari previst: from 10 am to 2 pm
Dur: 8h

The Brush Lettering course offers an intensive introduction to the traditional techniques of calligraphy and the construction of lettering through drawing and the use of the lettering brush. During the course, examples of brush lettering will be reviewed and the importance of brush lettering in commercial and brand building will be analysed.

Programa

Thursday 28.07 from 10 am to 2 pm - First strokes in block letters
Introduction to the basic strokes and handling of the lettering brush (curing, correct paint load, posture, etc.), followed by a template to make a block lettering alphabet, considered the basic alphabet for any traditional lettering composition. 

Friday 29.07 from 10 am to 2 pm - First strokes in "casual" alphabet.
On the second day we will continue warming up with the movements and turns of the wrist and the position of the basic strokes, this time focusing on the second template, a "casual" or "speed lettering" alphabet. We will work on animated characters, with a predominantly American style that we can see in many examples of traditional film signs, spots, etc, from the 1920s.

Materials

• Square and bevel, transparent and unnumbered
• Pencil, eraser and pencil sharpener
• Dusting rags

Professor: Xano Armenter
Dates: 27 July
Scheduled time: from 3 pm to 7 pm
Duration: 4h

Drawing and painting session with an iPad, where we will look at the various apps available and the potential for creating digital artwork. Through various exercises we will learn how to use and analyse in depth the Procreate and Fresco applications.

Full week: 440€
Two weeks (30% discount): 620€
Three weeks (40% discount): 740€

Workshop 20h: 360€
Workshop 8-12h: 180€
Workshop 4h: 35€

Wednesdays from 7 pm to 9 pm: free

To register you only need to fill in the following registration form for each week.

If you only want to register for one of the workshops, you can do so by filling in the registration form for one workshop.

Once you have filled in the form, we will contact you to send you a payment link. Remember that your place in the workshop will not be reserved until this process has been completed. 

If you have any questions you can send us an email to cursos@eina.cat.

Limited places.

Where will the workshops take place? How can I get there?
All summer workshops will be held in person at EINA Bosc. You can easily get there by public transport, as the building is right next to the Pie del Funicular station. 

Do I need materials for the workshop?
Most of the materials and tools will be provided directly during the sessions, but if you need to bring any specific material you can consult the workshop programme. 

Do I need previous knowledge to follow the workshops?
You don't need any previous training, just an interest in the subject matter of the workshop. The different courses will be adapted to the level of each participant. 

How do I have to register?
To register you only need to fill in the registration form and select the option you are interested in. We will then contact you to finalise the enrolment and payment process.

How do I have to make the payment?
If you have already filled in the registration form, we will contact you soon to send you a link through which you will be able to make the payment of the enrolment fee for the course. Please note that your place will be reserved once you have completed this process. If you have problems making the payment or your link has expired, please contact us at cursos@eina.cat. 

Can I register for two workshops if they take place in different weeks?
Yes, but please note that there is no discount for workshops that are scheduled in different weeks. 

Can I register for only one of the workshops?
Yes, you can register for the workshop of your choice without having to register for the whole week. 

Do you give any kind of certificate?
Yes, once the workshops are finished you can request a certificate of attendance. You can do this by sending an email to cursos@eina.cat. 

Do I get a discount if I am a student?
Yes, all EINA students and alumni have an additional 10% discount on the workshops. If this is your case, please specify it in the registration form.

Can I register if I want to study the design degree at EINA next year?
If you are planning to start your studies at EINA for the next academic year, including the degree in design, you have an additional 10% discount. In order to apply this discount, you can send us your university pre-registration form.

Will I be able to eat at EINA?
Yes, between 14h and 15h there will be a break. If you take your lunch with you, you can eat in the courtyard of the building. If you prefer, you can also go to one of the cafeterias nearby.