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[Im]Possible Parallels
SGC Themed Portfolio
11.08.25 30.09.25
In its twentieth anniversary year, Proyecto´ace is proud to announce this collaboration with SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) in the form of a dual program, including this international portfolio and a Micro-Residency/Cultural Mediation – Graphic Drift – aimed at members of SGC International.
[Im]Possible Parallels international portfolio will gather 20 artists from Argentina and 20 artists from the rest of the world. This themed portfolio imagines the convergence of what seems destined to remain apart: like the geographic parallels of North and South America, reimagined through the connective force of art.
Rather than adhering to physical coordinates, this printmaking project traces symbolic lines –routes of resonance, displacement, and dialogue– linking artists across the Americas through the expansive and porous language of printmaking. This portfolio gathers 40 artists –20 from Argentina and 20 from around the world– whose works create bridges between distant latitudes. Through points of friction and convergence, their practices redraw maps and dissolve borders, proving that in art, parallel lines not only meet: they intertwine.
PARTICIPANTS
- 20 Argentinian artists
- 20 SGC International artists (including U.S. and international SGC advocate members or superior + fee for shipping and boxing USD$ 20)
Selected artists will create an edition of 6 (six). Of those 6, 3 (three) prints will be exhibited and incorporated in the following institutions:
- Exhibition at the SGC International Conference 2027, Pittsburgh and donated to the host institution Carnegie-Mellon University.
- Inclusion in the SGCI Archives hosted by the Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Georgia, USA.
- Exhibition at Proyecto´ace from March 18th to April 19th, 2026 (together with Graphic Drift Micro-Residency) and then hosted into its Graphic Archives.
- 3 prints will remain property of the artist.
This is a project exclusively for Advocate Members or superior of the SGC International. If you are not yet a member, you can join HERE.
JUROR
Alicia Candiani, founder and current director of Proyecto´ace, a longtime international member of SGCI, a recipient of the Member of the Council Award in 2016.
PARAMETERS
- The paper size for this project will be 11″ x 15″
- Each print should be shipped folded in a sheet of glassine for its protection
- Prints may be bidimensional, pulled using any matrix, with the caveat that they should be uniform across the edition and should not be digital-only work, though digital-adjacent methods such as Risograph and laser engraving are acceptable.
TIMELINE
Extended Application Deadline: September 30th, 2025
Notifications received: October 30th, 2025
Prints must be mailed by: December 30th