Last month my exhibition work with the Barry Art Museum started moving in two interrelated directions. On the one hand, I’ve continued doing my research independently, reading about different topics and artists and taking notes for future reference. I’ve also started meeting with the museum’s education and exhibition staff as a group, as we start… Continue reading Exhibition Work, March Update
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Dissertation Work, March Update
The last few months have been rather busy for me regarding the dissertation, but the work has changed slightly as I’ve settled into the new year. If January was all about sorting through potential subtopics and archival repositories, February and early March have been about distilling those various resources into a coherent prospectus draft. Since… Continue reading Dissertation Work, March Update
Sharing Virtual Experiences with the Equality Lab and the 2021 CDHC Symposium
Nearly one year ago, I started spending almost all of my time at home due to the pandemic and the resulting needs for stay-at-home orders, mask-wearing, and virtual work. Working at home, however, doesn’t mean I’ve been entirely disconnected from the broader academic communities at William & Mary and beyond. While most of my time… Continue reading Sharing Virtual Experiences with the Equality Lab and the 2021 CDHC Symposium
Changing Old Habits
Today’s post is one I wrote about a year ago, shortly before the pandemic started affecting my daily life in a substantial way, but it remains relevant. Better yet, I haven’t lapsed back into the old habits I describe here, so if anything I feel even more proud of it now than I did when… Continue reading Changing Old Habits
Artwork, February Update
Last month I talked about how I had revamped my sketching practice so that I could spend the weekends working on more ambitious projects. Today I’ll share what I’ve been working on so far. One afternoon in November I was walking on one of the many forest trails around my apartment when I found a… Continue reading Artwork, February Update
Exhibition Work, February Update
Last month I talked about my ongoing readings about the Uncanny Valley and other broad themes relating to robots. Today I’ll share what I’ve been up to since January 1st, and more specifically my explorations into the more nuanced aspects of human-robot interactions. Most likely it’s my art historical background speaking, but I’ve been considering… Continue reading Exhibition Work, February Update
Dissertation Work, February Update
Last month I shared some of the big ideas I’ve been thinking about regarding the dissertation. Today I’ll talk about how I’ve been exploring different topics within those bigger ideas to render them more manageable. I started January’s work by taking a closer look at the idea of federal art funding. While attending an online… Continue reading Dissertation Work, February Update
Artwork: January Update
One of the things I’ve been wanting to do this year is make more art. That’s always the case, but it’s been especially true this year. Despite being at home most of 2020, I didn’t do a lot of art-making. While I started out the year strong by finishing a lot of incomplete projects, shortly… Continue reading Artwork: January Update
Exhibition Work, January Update
In November I talked about a new exhibition I’m working on with the Barry Art Museum that looks at robots and automata. Today I’ll review what I’ve been up to since that initial post. I made my first on-site visit to the Barry Art Museum (socially distanced and fully-masked) in early December. I went there… Continue reading Exhibition Work, January Update
Dissertation Work, January Update
As promised in last week’s post, here’s my first update on my dissertation work for 2021. Since we’re covering what I’ve been up to since finishing comps, today’s post will be a bit longer. At this point, I’ve been doing more thinking than finished writing. While I do have a growing repository of free-write sessions… Continue reading Dissertation Work, January Update