The second half of the semester has been difficult for a million different reasons. Many of us are relegated to small apartments or bedrooms, some of us have roommates, and many of us are far from our loved ones, which makes this transition to working from home even tougher. My mother, sister, and brother allContinue reading “Doing Digital Work From My One-Bedroom Apartment”
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Digital Diaries: Perfecting the Map and Professionalizing the Website
I first came to the Studio in the summer of 2019. I had taken one graduate seminar where I got to create some of my own digital projects, and I wanted to learn more. After getting to craft my very own mapping project over the summer, I ended up taking two more courses that hadContinue reading “Digital Diaries: Perfecting the Map and Professionalizing the Website”
Mapping Memory: Athletes, Commemoration, and Public Statuary
When I first started my project at the Studio, I had no idea what to expect. I had some grand ideas of visualizing my project through a mapping program. I knew I wanted photos, I knew I wanted small descriptions of each statue, and I knew that the placement of these statues was of theContinue reading “Mapping Memory: Athletes, Commemoration, and Public Statuary”
Creating Collective Memory: Athletes, Commemoration, and Public Statuary
The importance of public art in American culture cannot be underestimated. It resides in public spaces as occasionally benign, sometimes celebrated, and at other times, downright inflammatory. Public art has the power to bring communities together and also has the power to divide them. It has the power to suspend moments in time and cementContinue reading “Creating Collective Memory: Athletes, Commemoration, and Public Statuary”