Two Lectures at Smith next week
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to Libri: the history and art of the book
ALPHABET HISTORIES: FROM ANCIENT SOURCES TO GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Talk by Johanna Drucker
Thursday, April 18th at 6:30p
Smith College, Weinstein Auditorium
Reception to follow at 8p in Wright Hall Lobby and Poetry Center
One of the longest - lasting technologies of knowledge production, the alphabet continues to play a major role in global information infrastructure. The very concept of “the alphabet” and its origins shift as sources broaden from texts of 5th-century BCE Greek historian Herodotus, to medieval compendia, antiquarian studies, archaeological methods, paleographic techniques, and digital analysis. These knowledge technologies inform how the materiality of sources plays a role in historical understanding.
Johanna Drucker is the Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA and the Inaugural Beinecke Fellow in Material Cultures at Yale. She is internationally known for her work in artists’ books, the history of graphic design, typography, experimental poetry, fine art, and digital humanities. Her recent titles include Downdrift: AnEcoFiction and The General Theory of Social Relativity.
The Enid Mark Lecture Series is presented by the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, part of Smith College Libraries' Special Collections.
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Artists in Collaboration with Gandhi Ashrams
Tuesday, April 16 at 5 PM
Seelye 201, Smith College
Aaron Sinift will present OTHER IMAGININGS, an artist book created by 5 Year Plan in collaboration with Gandhian weaving ashrams in India. This book, which features the art of Gandhian weavers and art luminaries, such as Jenny Holzer and Yoko Ono, is conceived as a “service” (seva) in honor of MK Gandhi and an experiment in Gandhian economics and art activism. The project engages local village handloom labor and global corporate capitalism, and questions the vast income disparities that exist between “high” art and the weaving arts of India. The project playfully subverts the notion of art as commodity and elevates the values of irregular hand production.
If you’re curious, Aaron’s previous artist book, 5 Year Plan, 2010, is housed in Smith’s Special Collections.
Tuesday, April 16 at 5 PM
Seelye 201, Smith College
Aaron Sinift will present OTHER IMAGININGS, an artist book created by 5 Year Plan in collaboration with Gandhian weaving ashrams in India. This book, which features the art of Gandhian weavers and art luminaries, such as Jenny Holzer and Yoko Ono, is conceived as a “service” (seva) in honor of MK Gandhi and an experiment in Gandhian economics and art activism. The project engages local village handloom labor and global corporate capitalism, and questions the vast income disparities that exist between “high” art and the weaving arts of India. The project playfully subverts the notion of art as commodity and elevates the values of irregular hand production.
If you’re curious, Aaron’s previous artist book, 5 Year Plan, 2010, is housed in Smith’s Special Collections.
Looking forward to seeing some (or, all!) of you next week!
~Shannon
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