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Thread Library: An Argument for Art in the Stacks

Thread Library, an artwork I made for the Iowa City Public Library (ICPL) in February 2020, suggests that information is always mediated by the tactile, tangible, material, and personal. Simply put, Thread Library is a collection of thread with a card catalog, and each thread is cataloged as if it were a book.

Volume 1, Collection, ArtEngaging CollectionsJuly 31, 2020artist's archives, interdisciplinary, interpreted archives, art, Library, libraries, archives, archivist, thread, fiber, installation, site specific, Public Art

Contemporary Cryptozoology: Problematic Legacy Of Cabinet Of Curiosities

Cryptozoology is part of fringe science or pseudoscience along with ufology, numerology, transcendental meditation, electrogravitics, and more. These include different communities that often seem to be fun, harmless, and open-minded, but can be quite misogynistic, transphobic, homophobic, racist, and sexist.