The core exhibition of Philagrafika 2010, The Graphic Unconscious, takes place at five venues: Moore College of Art & Design; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA); Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Print Center; and Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, with installations by different artists at each site. Overall, 35 artists from 18 countries will be represented. The exhibition contends that the printed image lies at the heart of contemporary art. Concepts of imprinting, multiplicity, reproduction, and seriality, as well as physically printed forms are frequently used by artists who do not think of themselves as printmakers. As artistic vocabularies have expanded and mixing media has become commonplace, artists have increasingly drawn from inherent characteristics of the print to achieve specific aesthetic and expressive goals. The Graphic Unconscious explores the ubiquitous presence of printed matter in daily visual culture: how concepts and processes like accessibility, democratization and dissemination inform diverse contemporary art practices while expanding the realm of printmaking itself. For more information visit www.philagrafika2010.org/.