Growing from the roots
About the studio
Taller Radal is a self-managed initiative by the artist Marta Di Bitetti, who has lived in Bariloche since 1989. The studio workshop and artist residency facilities are located on the same property as her home and emerged as a project to give space to her extensive artistic and teaching activity. Her interest has always been linked to the development of printmaking and experimental printing techniques, as well as to the dissemination of these techniques through teaching and exchange with other artists. Her workshop has hosted different proposals and projects and is conceived as a space for learning and growth for artists from diverse disciplines.
One of the first experiences carried out took place in the summer of 2013, when artists from La Plata, members of the Tormenta collective, held their screen printing workshops. At that time, the workshop space was not yet finished and only minimal equipment was available for working.
Later, in 2017, the intaglio press was incorporated and the first printing experiences using a press (tórculo) began.
During the winter of 2019, the workshop hosted the film crew of the movie ESQUÍ, directed by Manque La Banca.
Less toxic etching course led by Kimey Catalano.
In 2021, the printmaker Kimey Catalano moved to Bariloche and approached the workshop with the proposal of carrying out metal printmaking using non-toxic mordant salts, based on his teaching experience in the Printmaking Chair at the Faculty of Humanities and Arts of the National University of Rosario. From that moment on, the workshop gained new momentum through its approach to sustainable production methods.
During 2022, Marta Di Bitetti, together with the artist Roxana Jacob, began developing the technique of lithography on polyester.
