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In the World

Gardens Media Project. In the World from May Day Is Ours! 1989

Gardens Media Project (South Africa, active 1985–89). In the World from May Day Is Ours! 1989. One from a series of five screenprinted posters. Composition: 33 3/8 x 23 13/16" (84.8 x 60.5 cm); sheet: 33 7/8 x 24 1/8" (86 x 61.2 cm). Designers: Sophie Peters, Grant Schreiber, and Jane Solomon. Publisher: Gardens Media Project, Cape Town. Printer: Community Arts Project (CAP), Cape Town. Edition: approximately 50-100. Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, 2007. © 2011 Gardens Media Project

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Gardens Media Project, a loose collective of students from the University of Cape Town, produced posters and ephemera for various political organizations, including affiliates of the United Democratic Front (UDF), a federation of democratic organizations and trade unions. In 1989 members created a series of five screenprinted posters on the theme of workers’ rights. Printed at Community Arts Project, where much of the group’s work was carried out, the prints have the look of black-and-white linocuts, but in fact were made using scratchboard and stencils.