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Nexus, Spring 1998, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.

Design Research: The Newsletter Of The Design Research Society No.60, Stephen Little

Design Research Newsletters (1966-1999)

No abstract provided.

The Cabaret Of Dead Souls: Harvesting Russian History, Agnieszka Taborska, Jake Mahaffy, Szymon Bojko, Gella Alhassid, So-Hee Cheong, Matthew Cottam, Dawn Danby, Lorreine Fedor, Andrew Gardner, Carl Henschel, Michael Hoard, Kevin Lang, Eric Leichner, Michael Libby, April Lin, Pia Restina, Markus Reyes, James Sanders, Nicholas Scappaticci, Brett Shagen, Michael Shih, Aika Tong, Araby Williams

Programs

Program for the eleventh annual RISD Cabaret held in the Cellar at the top of the Waterman Building. Graphic design: Mia Moran, Matt Murphy, James Wynn and Katia Popova.View the Performance Recording.

Mixed Media Febraury 23, 1998, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The February 23, 1998 issue includes articles on apathy at RISD, the elective "Community Art Program," the Jewish FIlm Festival, RISD Museum updates, the second annual Queer Arts Festival, an upcoming forum on information technology, and students playing video games, along with the comic "Detective Vance Marble," "Daydream," "Rainbow Rot" by Jim Drain, classifieds, dining hall menus, event notices, and other announcements.

Mixed Media January 27, 1998, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The January 27, 1998 issue includes articles on a columnist's quest for cheap beer, the RISD party scene, how RISD funds its operations, Spring courses related to art and nature, scholarship opportunities, Kristen Mahon and the show "Swans Crossing," renovation of the ISB, and political apathy at RISD, along with the comic "Buckshot Bill" by Ron Janson and "A Real American Hero," event notices, and other announcements.

Calendar Of Events, Loretta L. Lange

SWITCH

This page showcases a timeline of events and exhibitions that took place at San José State University that were hosted by CADRE from May 96’ May 97’. The reason for the events was to explore technologies within art at colleges and to expand on the topic of interactive, electronic performance concerts, and digital media. Furthermore, these installations were meant to introduce newer digital media forms into the program. The artist wanted viewers to experience a new advanced interactive experience. During the concert what was showcased was electroacoustic music as well as other live performers and “autonomous agents” which are robots …

Mixed Media January 13, 1998, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The January 13, 1998 issue includes articles on an upcoming lecture by Mary Oliver, another student trip to Wright's Farm, and film reviews, along with the comic "Zoot the Flute," event notices, and other announcements.

African-American Folk Art In Kentucky, Amalia K. Amaki, Maude Southwell Wahlman, O'Leary Bacon, Joan Dance, Helen Lafrance, Mark Anthony Mulligan, Marvin Finn, Willie Massey, Willie Rascoe, Charles Williams, Lavon Van Williams, Zephra May-Miller

Kentucky Folk Art Center Exhibition Catalogs

1998 Kentucky Folk Art Center exhibition catalog of African-American folk art from Kentucky.

Nexus, Winter 1998, Wright State University Community

Nexus Literary Journal

Nexus is a magazine that began as an insert in the Wright State Guardian student newspaper in 1965 and has since been published semi-regularly. It began only accepting creative writing, but has since expanded to include illustrations, photography and other non-written art forms. Today, it is published in a digital format and accepts submissions from around the country, though it maintains its commitment to the Wright State Community.

Fall 1998, 90.9 Wmpg Fm

WMPG Program Guides

No abstract provided.

The Utopian Mayeux: Henri De Saint-Simon Meets The Bossu A La Mode, Elizabeth Mix

Scholarship and Professional Work – Arts

MonsieurMayeux was a fictional hunchback dwarf found in visual and literary media during and after the period of the July Monarchy (1830-1848) in France. Many artists, among them Honoré Daumier, and writers, including Victor Hugo and Alfred de Musset, popularized the hunchback. Mayeux was a unique "type " capable ofaddressing a diverse public on several simultaneous levels. The ambiguities inherent in his physical and psychological characteristics aided individuals who "used" him to sell a product or advocate a political position. With Saint-Simonism we can witness Mayeux being used to address both sides of the same argument. Although he was an …

Narratus Interruptus: Gary Hill’S 23:59:59:29—The Storyteller’S Room, Dore Bowen

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Ivy Leaves, 1997-1998, Ivy Leaves Editorial Staff

Ivy Leaves

The 1998 edition of the Anderson College journal of art and literature, Ivy Leaves.

The names of the known editors for this issue of Ivy Leaves were Jennifer Brown, Shane Bruce, Sharon Felder, Kellie Bates, Clay Bolt, Tiffany Clark, Jon Martin, Ben McDonald, Amber Schiltz, Jeremy Shirley, Chase Stone, Susan Wooten, and Wayne Cox. Cover photography by Ben McDonald and design by Clay Bolt and Jeremy Shirley.

Ilonka Karasz: Making Modern, Ashley Brown

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Born in Hungary and "discovered" in New York's Greenwich Village, Ilonka Karasz (1896-1981) brought a unique and remarkable talent to early American modem textile design. Though little known today, her contemporaries described her as "one of the best designers of modem textiles," and noted the "widespread influence among textile manufacturers" of her modem textile designs. Her exploration of textile design from 1915 to 1935 contributed to an exciting time in the history of American textiles when American manufacturers used American designs, experimented with new uses for textiles, and developed new textile materials. Karasz's textile designs from the 1910s reveal her …

Textiles - An Art Form For The 90'S: Advancing Fiber With New Concepts & Marketing Strategies, Elizabeth Gaston, Laura Hill

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

This panel discussion provided a forum for an exploration of the place and meaning of contemporary textile art. It was one of several concurrent panels held on the final afternoon of the Sixth Biennial Textile Society of America Symposium. Textiles An Art Form For the 90's brought together artists and enthusiasts from many backgrounds and with different perspectives. Four participants presented formal papers accompanied by slides. This was followed by a panel discussion.

The chairperson was Patricia Malarcher, editor of Surface Design Journal. She shared the viewpoint of the media. Malarcher also presented Susan Lordi Marker's paper. Marker …

Damask Linen Manufacture And Marketing At The Turn-Of-The-Century: Interpreting The Biltmore House Collection, Kate Rehkopf

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Damask linen manufacture has a long and varied history. Appearing in Europe around the fifth century, damask linens quickly became desired by those possessing great wealth. Figured damask linen was especially prized and was often the only type of table cover to be used by royalty. Heraldic crests, hunting scenes, historical events, and other symbols or occasions of cultural importance were memorialized in figured damask linen. By the end of the nineteenth century, the use of figured damask linens was a symbol of royalty, luxury, and beauty.

These attributes figured prominently in the appointment of George Washington Vanderbilt's home, Biltmore, …

Morris De Camp Crawford And The "Designed In America" Campaign, 1916-1922, Lauren D. Whitley

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

The start of the First World War stimulated among other things a reassessment of America's relationship with Europe. Many in the art world voiced the need for the industrial arts to assert independence and William Laurel Harris echoed popular sentiment when he wrote in Good Furniture magazine:

We are ..... a great industrial nation without an industrial art. Now is the time, and now is the hour, when by intelligent action our manufacturers can rectify this lack of practical thought in our educational efforts. The manufacturers, the educators and the artistic portion of the nation must join hands in creating …

Contents And Introduction

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

CREATING TEXTILES: Makers, Methods and Markets

Proceedings of the

Sixth Biennial Symposium

of the Textile Society of America, Inc.

New York, New York

1998

The papers are unedited and reproduced as submitted. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without written permission from the author. Students and researchers wishing to cite specific authors are encouraged to contact those individuals, as many of these papers represent work in progress, or work which has been committed for publication elsewhere.

The Textile Society of America, Inc. provides a forum for the exchange and dissemination of …

The Grape And The Vine: A Motif In Contemporary Jewish Textiles, Reba Wulkan

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

Grapes and grapevines are prominent motifs in the vast range of Jewish art dating back to Antiquity. In recent decades, there has been growing interest in creating contemporary Jewish ceremonial textiles for the home and synagogue, as well as textile art on Jewish themes. The grape and vine motif have often been included in these new works.

A brief survey of Jewish sources:

Grapes and wine are highly important symbols in Jewish tradition and ritual and date back to the 1st century. A magnificent golden vine that hung over the inner portal of the Second Temple was described by Josephus …

Mixed Media, Scott Rooney

The Messenger

No abstract provided.

1998 The Analysis, Kimberley O'Dowd

Philadelphia University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Phiber Optik And The Masters Of Deception, Loretta L. Lange

SWITCH

An exploration of Nam June Paik’s work entitled, 'Phiber Optik', one of thirty artworks in his installation Cybertown at the San Jose Museum of Art (Spring 1996). Paik employs the name, 'Phiber Optik', as an homage to the famous hacker Mark Abene, aka Phiber Optik. The article compares Abene, who spent most of his time in the “dark side” of digital information, to Nicholas Negroponte’s optimistic prediction of emancipatory powers of digitization in his book Being Digital. It elucidates the evolution of hackers and how their work became considered an artform as forerunners of an art movement the author refers …

Tracing Intricate Thread Control Systems: The Bamboo Drum Or Swine Basket Loom To The Tc-L, Carol D. Westfall

Textile Society of America: Symposium Proceedings

I use the word "primitive" with great care and caution and a certain humility for we now send men and women into space clad in triaxially woven fabrics which stem from a basic hexagonal basket structure perfected eons ago by some "primitive" Chinese artisan. I am consistently amazed by the extraordinary accomplishments of our common ancestors.

Man's need to adorn his or her body with imagery which acts as a signifier of status or aesthetic is a time honored tradition. The transference of this imagery onto textiles was a natural occurrence, once the need for garments was established - either …

Images Of Mary: Effects Of Style And Content On Reactions To Marian Art, Donald J. Polzella, Johann G. Roten S.M., Christopher W. Parker

Psychology Faculty Publications

105 college students rated digitized facsimiles of works of art depicting the Virgin Mary, which varied in style (Pre-Renaissance versus Renaissance and Post-Renaissance) and content (depictions of events versus devotional images). Viewer reactions were affected strongly by style, content, and their interaction. For example, the newer style was perceived to have greater power and clarity than the older style, and this effect was greater for event depictions than for devotional images. Other findings included differences in reactions between men and women.

Book Of Hours #51 Turkish Suite (As Theodora), Sherrill Edwards Hunnibel, Special Collections, Fleet Library

Artists' Books

1 book object : color illustration. Altered book, mounted in acrylic case. The pages are sealed together to form a base for construction. Mixed media, collage, and assemblage techniques. Book cover is mounted to the acrylic backing with one rivet in each corner. Title information from back of case. Signed and dated on back. RISD Alumna, gift of the artist. Fleet Library at RISD Alumni Collection. Curated title for Fleet Library Special Collections exhibition Stacked & Altered, summer 2022.

Interview With Michael Naimark: At The Bay Area Multimedia Arts & Lecture Series: "Virtual Worlds: Beyond The Screen" October 2, San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art, Monica Vasilescu

SWITCH

In an interview with Michael Naimark, his work and experiences were discussed. Naimark talks about the beginning of his career at MIT and his experience with technology and media in the late 70s. He also discusses about his experience with Atari Research, Apple, and Lucasfilms. He then describes his life as an artist, from 1992 to 1996 and where where that brought him with his knowledge of technology.

A Phenomenological Analysis Of An Instructional Systems Design Creative Project, Daniel M. Benson

Graduate Research Papers

This research paper is a phenomenological analysis of a creative project involving University of Northern Iowa undergraduate art students in the planning and creation of visual illustrations, graphic design concepts, .html documents, and imagery for a world wide web intranet/lnternet virtual space.

This analysis looks at instructional design as a creative process and the phenomenology of the UNI Art/Cat (Art Resources Technology/Computer Assisted Training) computer laboratory. The mission, goals, and objectives of the creative project, experiential and experimental philosophies of education, and the phenomenologies of the instructional design process are the main considerations. The methodology of this thesis is primarily …

Typographic Communication, Soo-Kyung Chun

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The main influence on my graduate work has been the art of my native country of South Korea. A predominant feature of oriental paintings is black ink. I have always been intrigued by the balance of black and white elements which I associate with figure- and- ground in Western design theory. This intrigue has continued as my education has broadened into the field of graphic design. The opportunity to combine artistic intuition with technical computer- based media prompted me to study graphic design at the University of Northern Iowa beginning in 1996. It was my ambition to study a diversity …

The Ideal Catalogue House: Mail-Order Architecture And Consumer Culture, 1914–1930, Evie T. Joselow

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation explores the mail-order house and its relation to aspects of consumer culture, establishing a context for understanding its popular appeal and its notable presence in the competitive housing market between 1918 and 1930. Fueled by a demand for housing, and widely promoted during a period of economic prosperity which ushered in an interest in consumerism associated with home ownership, the mail-order house, assembled from pre-cut lumber and sold by mail-order suppliers, represented an affordable and appealing means for consumers to acquire the aesthetic and material elements associated with the ideal house and home.

The dissertation articulates the popular …

Not So Nice Colored Girls: A View Of Tracey Moffatt’S Nice Coloured Girls, Caroline Vercoe

Pacific Studies

Nice Coloured Girls is Tracey Moffatt’s first film. Produced in 1987, this seventeen-minute film describes a tradition that has been passed down from her grandmother’s and great-grandmother’s generation—that of “picking up Captain.” Moffatt explains “since colonisation ‘picking up Captain’ has been a way for Aboriginal women to survive off white men.” Rather than creating new and empowered Aboriginal heroines for the 1990s, Moffatt chooses to site her characters within a colonial continuum. Her tradition begins with postcolonial contact and it is clearly formed by cross-cultural experiences. This essay focuses on the narrative structure of Nice Coloured Girls and discusses the …