Reading a wonderful book by @qwesterby about rare silk Prayer Books woven programmatically on Jacquard looms.
Like the woven books, early blockchain creations "fall through the cracks of traditional cataloging."
Our point of departure is the material and digital expansion of the #indexofamericandesign (IAD). The greatest achievement of the IAD, according to Louis Filler, was “the democratic shock of recognition experienced by a cross-section of Americans employed on the Project.”
🎨✏️📄 Do you engage archives in your art practice? Is there a “democratic impulse” in your work? My co-chair and I are inviting submissions for CAA 2025 for “Expanding Archives: Drawing, Documentation, and Democratic Impulse.”
🔗 Read and submit here: https://t.co/Q6oBTv9UEh
Picking up on the incomplete or fragmented nature of archives, artists reflect back on the human process of translating the past into the future, or transforming physical objects into works on paper, while addressing systems of documentation and indexing.
https://t.co/1ujRYcCakk
New CFP: Introductions to the Middle Ages Through Medievalism -- through personal essays, interviews, and conversations, we welcome scholarly reflections on early introductions to the Middle Ages and medievalism. Proposals due 2/15/24! https://t.co/h546Lg0NYB