| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
"In rural America, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of the nation's top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave. In a time when people can carry computers in their pockets and watch TV while walking down the street, Typeface dares to explore the twilight of an analog craft that is freshly inspiring artists in a digital age. The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, WI personifies cultural preservation, rural re-birth and the lineage of American graphic design. At Hamilton, international artisans meet retired craftsmen and together navigate the convergence of modern design and traditional technique. But the Museum's days are numbered. What is the responsibility of artists and historians to preserve a dying craft? How can rural towns survive in a shifting industrial marketplace where big-box retailers are king?" - Contemporary Arts Media website |
| Credits |
Directed and produced by Justine Nagan ; edited by Liz Karr ; music by Josh Ritter ; shot by / director of photography, Tom Bailey ; sound by Zak Piper |
| Notes |
Originally produced / released [Chicago, Ill.] : Kartemquin Films, c2009 |
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DVD. NTSC |
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In English |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (Two Rivers, Wis.)
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Wood types (Printing) -- United States.
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Wood types (Printing) -- Museums -- United States.
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Graphic design (Typography) -- United States.
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Printing industry -- United States.
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Printing industry -- Technological innovations -- United States.
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Printing industry -- United States -- Employees.
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Artisans -- United States.
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Rural industries -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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| SUBJECT |
Two Rivers (Wis.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85207531 -- Economic conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Nagan, Justine.
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Karr, Liz
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Ritter, Josh.
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Bailey, Tom.
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Piper, Zak, 1978-
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Kartemquin Films.
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Contemporary Arts Media.
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