Image: Emmy Lingscheit, Subterranea II & III

On Wednesday, April 2nd at 8:30 AM, Lingscheit will give a lecture in Epperson Auditorium before beginning work with students on the project. The public is invited to attend and learn more about her approach to printmaking and artistic background.

Miguel Rivera, Associate Professor and Chair of Printmaking at KCAI, says, “Amy’s work focuses on using a lot of negative space, which is different from how a lot of students and faculty typically approach their art. We often feel the need to fill every inch of the surface, but Amy works in a more free-flowing, natural way. That’s one of the reasons we decided to invite her.”

The lecture will also introduce the theme for Road Roller 2025: Subterranea/Underground. From April 2nd to April 8th, students will create and carve 4x4 ft block panels, drawing inspiration from this theme. Lingscheit will work in tandem with students, sharing how she would approach certain images or carving styles by referencing samples of things that she has previously done.

Lingscheit writes, “I find the action of carving a relief block to be a kind of excavation, paralleling the acts of excavation performed by our non-human kin, and by scientists working to better understand our past and future on this planet.”

She envisions a project where each participant carves and prints an image that stands alone yet also contributes to an immersive paste-up installation. This will be accomplished by spontaneously manipulating, cutting, and collaging prints on the wall. A shared groundline will visually unite these prints, while allowing participants the freedom to engage with the theme in their own unique ways. Together, they will create layered new worlds—above, below, and in between.

“The mutability and variance inherent in printmaking allows for potentially endless repetition and recombination of printed images – a hopeful nod to the continuity of the natural world even in ecologically grim times, and to the hyperconnectivity of systems and organisms,” she says.

“This adaptability is a celebration of the resilient Other, ecosystems both literal and symbolic, and the inherent queerness of nature.”

After the public Road Roller Day 2025 event on Wednesday, April 9th, 9 AM - 4 PM, the printed works will be displayed in Epperson Auditorium.