Craig Stewart Johnson explores For Solidarity x Document H.E.T. for Corridor8.
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Craig Stewart Johnson explores For Solidarity x Document H.E.T. for Corridor8.
“Being based around the ever-expanding archive of graphic artist and printmaker Niall Greaves and his involved interest in print culture and self-organised activity, the exhibition presents an array of material spanning the 1970s to 1990s, which foreground alternative forms of community and resistance from the period directly preceding the introduction of web 1.0.”


“Bold designs and biting political imagery adorn many of the publications on display, some rendered in high contrast black and white, others showing highly saturated primary colour covers, all with evocative names like Community Action, Freedom and Resurgence – titles which confirm the political sentiments of their authors. Aside from the striking imagery of these designs and their aesthetic forms, the exhibition affords us the opportunity to enter these worlds, rather than observing them from afar.”


“The real work of this exhibition lies not solely in the presentation of archival material and bringing it to an audience who might otherwise have no knowledge of this culture, but in how this material is activated in the contemporary.”


“In the current climate, For Solidarity x Document H.E.T. is part of a bigger discussion about the availability of information. Information is a controversial yet fundamental resource, essential to those on all sides of the political spectrum…Now more than ever there is a real need to be able to cultivate and maintain alternative worlds built on solidarity and resistance.”


Read the full article on Corridor8.