International Poster Month

Hello all,

Ok, so International Poster Month doesn’t actually exist BUT if it did (which it doesn’t) it would be May 2012...but its not. 

Basically there's a mega-ton of poster shows coming up in the UK and Euroland throughout May and I am about to tell you about them. Here we go!

First out of the proverbial kitchen will be Poster Roast at Camden Crawl 2012. This is the third year running PR has been at Camden Crawl exhibiting UK poster supremos and this time round they will be doing it alongside the wonderful Alternative Press and Lexington Record Fair in the epic Camden Church. All taking place from 5th-7th May, 1-8pm, so come and say hello.

More info available here: http://posterroast.com/site/2012/01/26/camden-crawl-2012/

If Poster Roast is the starter of our poster banquet, then the next UK show is certainly the main meal, and what a main meal it is. It's the sort of main you have when someone else is paying. That's right folks, next up is Ink & Paper, the first show from the UK Poster Association (UKPA) and one of the biggest gig poster shows these shores have seen, and certainly one of the largest featuring predominantly UK poster peoples. It will be a great show, with a shed load of affordable and amazing posters plus excellent booze from Brooklyn Brewery at the opening. There's even a Q&A with some of the artists on the Sunday. Blimey! Here's all you need to know:

INK & PAPER
The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, London, E1 5LJ
11th-13th May 2012

Opening hours
11th May opening event -18.00 – 21.00
12th May – 11.00 – 18.00
13th May – 11.00 – 18.00 (panel discussion/Q&A at 16.00)

INK & PAPER is a major exhibition of gig posters by some of the world's best poster artists taking place May 11th-13th off London's Brick Lane at The Rag Factory. One of the first shows to feature many of the UK's current crop of poster designers alongside some of the best from Europe and the US, INK & PAPER will feature a vast array of limited, screenprinted gig posters for bands across the musical spectrum. 

Featured artists include: Adam Pobiak (UK/US), Brag Collective (UK), Comet Substance (CH), Damien Tran (FR), Dan Stiles (US), Diego Mena (UK/ES), Drew Millward (UK), Fugscreen Design (US), Graham Pilling (UK), Guy Burwell (US), Horse Design (UK), Jacknife (UK), Justin Santora (US), Kate Prior (UK), Lil Tuffy (US), Luke Drozd (UK), Mara Piccione (NL), Petting Zoo (UK), Sean Mort (UK), Switchopen (UK), Telegramme Studio (UK), Tiny Little Horse (IRE), Tom Lacey (UK), Twoducksdisco (UK), Michael Cowell (UK), Monkey Ink/John Howard (US) & WeThreeClub (UK).

For more info see www.ukposterart.com
or email info@ukposterart.com 

Then, if we are intent on keeping this food metaphor going, which we are, we will move onto poster dessert in the form of Liverpool's amazing Screenadelica exhibition, founded by Liverpool designer Horse 

Now in it's third year at Liverpool's Sound City festival, Screenadelica plays host to a massive dollop of the world's finest poster artists alongside a programme of excellent music, and it's also one of the few mainly non-wristbanded events at the festival. 

Featured artists include: Adam Pobiak (UK/US), Brag Collective (UK), Comet Substance (CH), Damien Tran (FR), Dan Stiles (US), Diego Mena (UK/ES), Drew Millward (UK), Fugscreen Design (US), Graham Pilling (UK), Guy Burwell (US), Horse Design (UK), Jacknife (UK), Justin Santora (US), Kate Prior (UK), Lil Tuffy (US), Luke Drozd (UK), Mara Piccione (NL), Petting Zoo (UK), Sean Mort (UK), Switchopen (UK), Telegramme Studio (UK), Tiny Little Horse (IRE), Tom Lacey (UK), Twoducksdisco (UK), Michael Cowell (UK), Monkey Ink/John Howard (US) Toby Whitebread (UK), Handcooked Posters (UK), Error Design (ES), Craig Robson (UK) & WeThreeClub (UK).

For more info see: http://www.screenadelica.com/ 

Phew, I feel tired already. But that is not the end of International Poster Month, no no. Following on from Screenadelica's rich, poster-based desert, we move through to the lounge for some after-dinner drinks in the form of Flatstock 34 at Primavera Sound on May 31st, and June 1st & 2nd 2012 at Pare del Forum, Barcelona, Spain. There is a bag-load of amazing poster stars from around the Life Sphere we call Earth.

Here is a list of their names of those in fleshy attendance for you to read: Michael Hacker (AUT), The Red Can Company (DE), Douze (DE), Grace Helly Graphics (DE), Damien Tran (DE), Mitchum D.A. (DE), Clockwork Pictures (IT), The Impossible Machine (NL), Comet Substance (CH), Sean Mort (UK), Horse (UK), Luke Drozd (UK), Adam Pobiak (UK), Michael Cowell (UK), Army Of Cats (UK), Tiny Media Empire (US), Justin Santora (US), Fugscreens Studios (US), The Decoder Ring (US), Crosshair (US), Voodoo Catbox (US), Ink Monkey (US), Clint Prints (US), Michael Michael Motorcycle (US)Guy Burwell (US), Casey Burns (US), Lil Tuffy (US), Shawn K. Knight (US), Boss Construction (US), Penhead (US) & Weathermaker Press (US)

After that I will return to the UK weary and sick of posters and will promptly go on holiday, which will actually just be me sitting in the studio in the dark in my pants. Dark, dark pants for dark, dark times…

Maybe see some of you at one of the shows. Come and say hello, I desperately crave company,

Bestest, Luke