A first selection of Photographs taken in Mexico during the 1970s and that will be part of the planned bilingual publication “optica 2” with texts by Carlos A. Meade and Roberto Meade and photographs by xavier+carolyna.
bookRampPress 4×3 is an exhibition, a memory-bank, and a game. Conceived and organised by Xavier Meade and John Mandelberg, this project draws on the personal archives of four artist/designers who have been active in creating and collecting politically inspired posters during the past four decades: Chris McBride (Auckland), John Mandelberg (Hamilton), John Phillips (London) and
caraB fotos tomadas en México durante los años 70 por Xavier & Carolyna textos de Reo diseño Xavier
Óptica 2013 caraA fotos de México durante los años 70 tomadas por Xavier & Carolyna textos de Carlos A Meade diseño Xavier
Pūrākau = a Maori term referring to myths, legends and “lessons for life”. Edition of 50 posters, 11 screen-prints and one lithograph, designed and printed in Aotearoa, Cuba & Mexico.
For this print portfolio 20 artists from Australia, Mexico and New Zealand have contributed their interpretation of a myth or legend that has a personal resonance for them, based on fact or fiction, past or present.
Poster collection of ‘liberator/activists’ designed in Aotearoa / New Zealand screen-printed at the ICAIC, Havana, Cuba. 12 posters, edition of 50 numbered and signed by the artists.
