Exhibition of the poster series: Aotearoa Liberators and Pürákau.
This poster collection is the creative response by artist amig@s from Aotearoa to the invitation to design a poster and write a text about a liberator/activist from these islands whose work resonates personally with them.The designs were printed in the legendary screenprint shop of the ICAIC (Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica) in Havana, Cuba. The ICAIC printers have produced seminal posters vital to the Cuban Revolution, and cinema and education since 1959. Justino and Enrique have worked in that print shop for more than 40 years and Justino’s team did a great job under basic conditions that have not changed since the Revolution. They don’t have a computer, making the communication ‘old style’ and the designs had to be sent by courier. They only use manual techniques. The designs are hand cut and their colour system - they call it ‘vitrina’ - amounts to using whatever they have on the shelves. Nevertheless, Abdul, the colourist, managed to get all the colours right.