Ink, Paper, Pressure: Exploring Materiality in a 30-Minute Creation Sprint
In a follow-up to our digital creation challenge, I led my Digital Textuality students in a 30-minute analog version focused on materiality, improvisation, and the tactile dimensions of composition. While … Continue reading
Can A.I. Create Art? Our Struggle With the Machine in the Studio
This past semester in my “Digital Textuality” course, I posed a deceptively simple question: Can A.I. be an artist? Several students, working independently, centered their final projects on that very … Continue reading
Haiku Fun, Part 2
After the warm response to my first collection of haikus, I’m excited to share a second set that continues to explore moments of stillness, surprise, and quiet reflection. These short … Continue reading
The Artworks I Think About: Edward Wadsworth’s Vorticist Study (1914)
This is the start of a new series of blog posts where I explore artworks that have stayed with me over time. These pieces, whether encountered in person, through textbooks, … Continue reading
Celebrating Władysław Reymont’s The Peasants and Its Cinematic Adaptation: Join the Conversation
Baltimore film enthusiasts and literature lovers alike are invited to an engaging and thought-provoking event celebrating Władysław Reymont‘’s Nobel Prize-winning novel The Peasants and its stunning modern adaptation. This Saturday, … Continue reading
It’s a Long Commute: A Journey through Music History
As someone who has long relied on radio news to accompany my weekly commute, I recently decided to embark on a project that combines my love for music with a … Continue reading
The Legacy of Andrzej Wróblewski: A Pioneer of Polish Modern Art
This winter, I will begin working on a new project that I hope will include selected artworks by Andrzej Wróblewski. This a short introduction to the painter and his work … Continue reading
“This is the Sort of Book We Like”: An AI Reading
As I have already begun to publish videos from Series Two of the Book by Book project, it is time to close Series One. In all, there are eight videos … Continue reading
“This is not a Small Love”: Projector Poetry Strikes Again
Here’s the next set in my Projector Poetry series. For this grouping, I tried to offer something new. I selected three random months’ Tweets–an online randomizer selected the year 2020–and … Continue reading
Projector Poetry: Poetic Experiments
I am always drawn to fusions of technology and literature that recognize the poetics of the everyday and that bring verse to life in a modern context. And I am … Continue reading
Free Books, Open Libraries: 15 Resources for Everyone
Many of my upper-division courses focus on the same general set of questions: How does digital media disrupt “conventional” structures? Structures here range from thought processes and reading and researching … Continue reading
Announcement: Textshop Experiments 5 Flash Reason Released
This week, I am pleased to announce the release of the next issue of Textshop Experiments. This is especially noteworthy because it’s the first issue featuring guest editors, and–in addition … Continue reading
Reading by Design … The Great Gatsby
Next semester, I’m teaching another class related to book history and publishing. This course will examine the history and evolution of book design and, specifically, cover art. The question that … Continue reading
Writing with Scissors: A Review
Writing with Scissors: American Scrapbooks from the Civil War to the Harlem Renaissance By Ellen Gruber Garvey. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 320 pp. 62 ill. HC $115, Pb … Continue reading
LIVE: Textshop 4 … From Digital to Print
I am happy to announce the release of Textshop Experiments’ Volume 4: From Digital to Print. Contents 100 Questions About Writing And The Future by Jimmy Butts Printed Animals by … Continue reading
365
A few days ago, on New Year’s Eve, I completed my #365DayChallenge of posting one image a day on Instagram. So, for now, I’m taking a little break from social … Continue reading
Classic Comics Covers
For those who know me and my work, it’s no secret that I am interested the relationships between texts and images. So much so that I’ve straddled the line between … Continue reading
A Tribute to the John Trumbulls
This semester, I again find myself teaching two surveys on early America (situated in both English and History Departments). Each semester, I try to mix up the program and reading … Continue reading
Reading as Art: A Micro-Review
Reading as Art Simon Morris, editor. York: Information as Material, 2016. http://www.informationasmaterial.org/portfolio/reading-as-art/ In my own ongoing research investigations of reading publishing as arts practice, I came across this title last … Continue reading
Paper Infographics
Walter Ong’s classic Orality and Literacy will be one of the first texts we’ll read in my “History of Paper” course this fall. Attached to this reading/discussion, I’ll ask each … Continue reading
Student Projects from Spring ’17, Part 2
This is Part 2 of the series on student projects from this past semester. The last post featured videos of place-based historical studies. This post shares some images from a … Continue reading
Shadow of the Moon Turns 20
A few weeks ago, I was asked to contribute an essay on music/history, and, as exciting as the project seemed, I’m afraid I’ll have to turn the offer down. But … Continue reading
Some Flag House Photos
Last week, I spoke at the Start-Spangled Flag House in Baltimore. The museum is truly one of the hidden gems of Baltimore. Located at the edge of Little Italy and … Continue reading
6
Last week marked my sixth month on Instagram. Not a big deal for most, I suppose, but at the beginning of the year I decided to create a page for … Continue reading
Course Design Matters: A New Course Blog & Some Reflections
‘Course Design Matters: ART 335 “Origins & Issues in Design”: Course Blog https://coursedesignmatters.wordpress.com Teaching is an important part of my life. I’ve spent the last 12 years working in higher … Continue reading
Sell/fish Fault Finder
A Pun.–(We abominate puns). Some weekly finds; or this is what I do.
Bob Brown’s 1450-1950
Brown invents a type of slapstick poetic burlesque. Calling it visual poetry is too staid and decorous; call it scratch & scrawl. ~Craig Saper I am happy to announce that … Continue reading
Bel Air’s Post Office … And Tudor Hall
For the past semester, I’ve been re-thinking about post offices. My ongoing project Maryland by Mail (still under construction) examines the ways in which individuals use and explore online maps, … Continue reading
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