Reflecting developments in graphic design and visual culture for more than 50 years now, the International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno is one of the oldest and most significant events of its kind. The theme of the 26th edition of the Brno Biennial is education in the field of graphic design and visual communication.
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From nature studies and academic manuals to the concept of the child as artist, and the many translations of the line during the Bauhaus, drawing has played a very important role in the exploration and development of new educational models.
From A to B to C borrows its structure from When Form Has Become Attitude - And Beyond, a text by professor Thierry de Duve. Using the ABC as a catalyst to generate a cartographical line-scape, the exhibition will try to illustrate three educational paradigms - A the Academy, B the Bauhaus, and C the Contemporary - by placing them in a spatial dialogue.
As if taken from Pestalozzi's Table of Unit, the square will gradually and proportionally divide itself into smaller units, forming a visible grid that will constitute the frame of the exhibition. From the larger to the smaller unit, the generated net will serve as a support for historical references and examples, which will become the main elements of a playful narrative.
With its walls turned into blackboards for the occasion of the 26th Brno Biennial, the Atrium of the Moravian gallery will be transformed into an imaginary classroom, space for observation, experimentation and speculation.
Conceived by Rudy Guedj (FR)
This exhibition was commissioned in the form of an assignment, given by the curators of the 26th Brno Biennial 2014.