"Surfing the Black" is a project that was initiated by Dubravka Sekulic, Pietro Bianchi, Ziga Testen and Gal Kirn. It is a project that intended to open up the discussion on the 'black wave', a term used for a film movement that spread across Yugoslavia during the 60's. The project investigates possible correlations and interpretations bridging various disciplines and contexts in a critical survey of the subject through various activities ranging from archival work to a poster project.
The 'Surfing the Black' exhibition was accompanied by a series of posters entitled 'Inflation of radical phrases as opposed to a lack of radical action'. The project asked a selection of graphic designers to make a poster for some of the 'black wave' classics.
The graphic designers who took part in this project were Åbäke, Ajdin Bašić, David Bennewith, Alexandre Bettler, Experimental Jetset, Jack Henrie Fisher, Kasia Korczak, Joris Kritis, Katarina Šoškić, Luisa Lorenza Corna and Amelia Noble, Metahaven, Neda Firfova, Nina Støttrup Larsen, Novi Kolektivizem, Our Polite Society, Paul Gangloff and Hilde Meeus, Rafaela Dražić, Sulki & Min, ŠKART.
Note that David Bennewith was a participant in this project, and that is what lead me to this article. David Bennewith is a New Zealand graphic designer who worked close with Joseph Churchward, and could even be seen in the images of the podcast we listened to. This project interested me because Joseph Churchward is ethnically diverse, having been born in Samoa and also having mixed ethnicities, then looking at David Bennewith and discovering his work that involves working with designers that come from all over the world, and him having to adapt to projects that focus on a completely different language and culture.Multiculturalism is important because it broadens our knowledge, techniques and understanding of culturally different designers and their work.
sources:
http://www.katarinasoskic.net/commisioned/surfing-the-black/
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