“The Poster Remediated"
Muzeum Plakatu - WarsawAnniversary exhibition of the 25th International Poster Biennale.
11 June – 25 September 2016
Opening in Warsaw’s Poster Museum in June 2016, The Poster Remediated explores how the conventional poster is undergoing rapid transformation in an age of ubiquitous digital screens and social media.
‘I am a Man’ and ‘Je Suis Charlie’ shows how posters can promote justice and human rights. But posters are often accused of manipulating the viewer and of dominating our streets too. Activists like Vermibus, Jordan Seiler or Brandalism often remove commercial advertisements from their illuminated frames, replacing these posters with abstract art or anti-consumerist messages.
Professor David Crowley, Head of Critical Writing in Art & Design, has a long-term research interest in the poster as both a design object and a means of communication. OPEN WALLS Gallery’s Blog talked to David about his curation of the fiftieth Warsaw International Poster Biennale in June 2016, and the changing faces of poster design and dissemination in the digital twenty-first century. Read the interview [here]