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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."
🎨✏️📄 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: caa.confex.com/caa/2025/webp…
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.
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ALT Illustration of a decorative urn-like object with in salmon, marbled green, and light blue colors with dark black outlines. The illustration features handwritten notes pointing to various parts noting "wrong outline" and "bad curve."
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.”
This is the most excellent Wikipedia page: Chicago rat hole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicag…
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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! differentvisions.org/medieva…
Tomorrow! Notaries! Legal obligations! Register here: mailchi.mp/nga/center-accade…
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I was today years old when I realized that fruit flavored Mentos are nothing more than giant Skittles.
The burger chain next door to the fan favorite Bread Furst in Van Ness DC is vacant. It's the perfect location for a new restaurant, Burger Furst. Just imagine the brioche bun possibilities… #BreadFurst
Medievalists and manuscripts people — the @iiif_io Online Meeting is a great way to learn and connect and it’s FREE. Are you working on a #iiif project? Submit your proposal by September 15. #MedievalTwitter
The Call for Proposals for the 2023 IIIF Online Meeting is now open.
The program will follow a “Working & Learning” theme: featuring new and innovative #IIIF projects, developments, and tools, and opportunities to learn new skills.
Learn more & submit: bit.ly/iiif2023
ALT 2023 Online Meeting, December 5-7, 2023 Call for Proposals: bit.ly/iiif2023
Be skeptical. Be very skeptical. washingtonpost.com/lifestyle…
