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E-mail to art gallery in an instant
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Published on February 1, 2004
 

E-mail to art gallery in an instant

BBC News Online

Artists from around the world are being encouraged to e-mail their masterpieces to be displayed in an East London art gallery. Graphic artists, designers and film-makers are all being asked to contribute to the Hype Gallery, in London's East End, with their digital pictures or short films.

The idea was developed with print giant Hewlett Packard, which has installed a range of equipment, from huge laser printers to projectors, in the gallery. "The Hype Gallery is a true piece of democracy," Mark Ellis, Hewlett Packard's design jet manager explained to BBC World Service programme Go Digital.


"We are offering the opportunity for anybody who has art, or who produces art electronically, to come and show it on some of the display technology that we have."

When a piece of art is received, via e-mail or on a CD, it is printed out on huge machines, mounted, then hung on the wall for all to enjoy.

Big print job

No ordinary household printer does such a big job, however.

"If you think about a large deskjet or inkjet printer - a lot of people have printers at home now - think of that scaled-up so that it can print 60 inches wide. That is essentially what you are looking at," explained Mr Ellis.

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