Reverting to Type
New North Press invited printers, artists and designers to submit poster of protest for their Reverting to Type 2020 exhibition at Standpoint Gallery, London, UK.
Reverting to Type 2020 is an exhibition of contemporary letterpress protest posters. These are artworks with something to say: sounding a warning signal about the global climate crisis, railing against fake news and surveillance capitalism, calling out racism, sexism and fighting for equal opportunities and, of course, reacting to the coronavirus pandemic.
Curated by Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell of New North Press the project marks 10 years since their first Reverting to Type exhibition. As well as showcasing the work of the global letterpress community, New North Press have also produced twenty-six collaborative prints especially for the exhibition (cats A–Z) with invited artists, designers, poets, comedians, asylum-seekers, adults with learning disabilities and young people.
The revertingtotype.com website serves as a digital record of the physical exhibition held at Standpoint Gallery in London, UK which displayed 200 posters from 105 artists in 16 countries.
My entry was an A1 letterpress poster titled ‘Time For Change’. It was influenced by the global equality protests that happened throughout 2020... it is 'time for change'.
