Looking for Dante is a short film that reflects upon the artist’s engagement with Dante's 'Comedy' in early print. It contends that embodied physical practice might be used as a sharp tool to unpick questions about the past, showing the careful handling of old paper, close examination of the ink and forms held within each page, and the making of new images through the act of printing in the Bodleian press.
Together with the artist and printmaker Wuon Gean-Ho, two researchers from the sub-faculty of Italian, Rebecca Bowen and Simon Gilson, have been exploring the Taylorian collections of Renaissance print editions of Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’. This blog post highlights key aspects of those collections ahead of an exhibition of new artworks created by Wuon-Gean which will be displayed alongside these historical editions.
The exhibition will run in the Voltaire Room from 14th – 26th June 2024.
A catalogue will be available through Taylor Editions.
Read more about the project here
Watch the film below
https://vimeo.com/932038666
Music by Steve Baker. 3 minutes 43 seconds.
