<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, Sans-Serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12675">dear all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12339"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12340">we are also preparing a show about libre graphics which will open on 15th april, drinx and all. please see shorten press release below.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12392" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12409" dir="ltr">best,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12411" dir="ltr">lara</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12412" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12610" dir="ltr">---</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12568" dir="ltr">LONDON GALLERY WEST<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12517" clear="none">LIBRE GRAPHICS<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12518" clear="none">CULTURE AND PRACTICE<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12519" clear="none">15 APRIL – 22 MAY 2016<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12520" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12521" clear="none">London Gallery West is delighted to present Libre Graphics Culture and<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12522" clear="none">Practice, bringing together work by artists and designers whose creative<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12523" clear="none">practices are influenced by free software – software whose source code<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12524" clear="none">is freely shared. Enabling new approaches to intellectual property and<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12525" clear="none">copyright, digital artisans and creative technologists have emerged with<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12526" clear="none">concerns around participation, collaboration and co-creation in creative<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12527" clear="none">software development. The selected work allows a critical look at<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12528" clear="none">software as cultural production, rather than just technological tool.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12529" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12530" clear="none">LIBRE GRAPHICS CULTURE AND PRACTICE INCLUDES #ADDITIVISM (MOREHSHIN<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12531" clear="none">ALLAHYARI & DANIEL ROURKE), DAVID BREZNA, RUJI CHAPNIK, PAT DAVID,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12532" clear="none">JULIEN DESWAEF, PATHUM EGODAWATTA, ERIK FLOCK, MOHAMED GABER, NATHANIEL<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12533" clear="none">GAMA, GIRIN STUDIO, CHRISTOPH HAAG, JOHN-DANIEL HARRINGTON, CHARLES <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12604" dir="ltr">CELESTE HUTCHINS, BORNA IZADPANAH, SARANG KULKARNI,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12535" clear="none">LIBRE GRAPHICS MAGAZINE, MANUFACTURA INDEPENDENTE, AOIFE MOOEY, MOREVNA<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12536" clear="none">PROJECT (KONSTANTIN DMITRIEV), VAISHNAVI MURTHY, OPEN SOURCE PUBLISHING,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12537" clear="none">CHIARA PASSA, JAMES PUCKETT, RELEARN, DAVID REVOY, DAN REYNOLDS,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12538" clear="none">SANDRINE ROMARIE, MEIR SADAN, POOJA SAXENA, MANUEL SCHMALSTIEG, FEMKE<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12539" clear="none">SNELTING, UPSTAGE, URCHN (BASSAM KURDALI), DAVEY WHITCRAFT AND MURRAY<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12540" clear="none">BOWLES AND OTHERS<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12541" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12542" clear="none">The Libre Graphics Culture and Practice exhibition is running parallel <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12635" dir="ltr">to the 11th edition of the Libre Graphics Meeting (LGM), hosted by <br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12652" dir="ltr">Westminster School of Media, Arts & Design at<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12545" clear="none">the University of Westminster, 15 – 18 April 2016.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12546" clear="none"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12547" shape="rect" href="http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/" target="_blank">http://libregraphicsmeeting.org</a><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12548" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12549" clear="none">Libre Graphics Meeting 2016 is supported by Autonomous Tech Fetish |<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12550" clear="none">Common house www.commonhouse.org.uk,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12551" clear="none">Bryden Wood www.brydenwood.co.uk, Fossbox www.fossbox.org.uk,<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12552" clear="none">Furtherfield www.furtherfield.org, The Software Sustainability Institute<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12553" clear="none">www.software.ac.uk and the University of Westminster www.westminster.ac.uk<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12554" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12555" clear="none">With thanks to the LGM Community, Colin Bailey, Dave Crossland, Hans<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12556" clear="none">Dieter Reichert, John Perez, Alice Pugini, Antonio Roberts, Ashley<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12557" clear="none">Smith, and the Students of BA Graphic Design Communication at the<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12558" clear="none">University of Westminster.<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12559" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12560" clear="none">EXHIBITION PRIVATE VIEW<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12561" clear="none">Friday 15 April 2016, 6 – 8pm<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12562" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12563" clear="none">EXHIBITION OPENING TIMES<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12564" clear="none">Until 22 May, 9am – 5pm daily<br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12565" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12566" clear="none"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1460326127413_12567" clear="none">Free admission, open to all.</div></div></body></html>