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Printing with Oskarshamn's Graphic Museum

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Typesetting with Oskarshamns Grafiska Museum

2024

Afonso Vasconcelos
Nirvik Maskey

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Interactive Printing Station

DOCUMENTATION

Preserving cultural heritage, often transmitted through generations, undergoes phases akin to human life — from initial fascination to indifference and eventual appreciation. Sustaining fading crafts requires a self-sustaining infrastructure. One approach is to foster interconnectedness among diverse fields through multidisciplinary workshops, bridging rural and urban communities.

By analysing preserved and lost culture through art, insights into Småland dynamics can emerge, allowing the fostering of a creative symbiosis.
Initiatives like Oskarshamns Grafiska Museum and Ingvar Larsson's life work exemplify this. Our aim is to reignite interest in analogue printing techniques, such as hand-pressing and typesetting, among Oskarshamn's youth, ensuring their cultural legacy perpetuity.

DOCUMENTATION EDITORIAL

The letter press workshop held by GRAMUS on the 13th and 14th April 2024 at Oskarshamns Graphic Mueseum and an overview of the museum itself is documented in the editorial above.

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