Conn, Steven; Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926 (1998) ICI Shelf: Museology First Line: “We begin with a visit.” Last Line: “Perhaps, in the end, there are objects.” ICI History: First Line, Today at the ICI — Twitter Feed (07-23-14); Last Line, Today at the … Continue readingLIBRARY SHELF: Museums and American Intellectual Life, 1876-1926
ACCESSION #: ICI-22214-d TITLE: “What Remains” DESCRIPTION: Aerial view of Köln, Germany c. 1945. This northern German city endured over 1,000 bombings during World War II. Remarkably, the medieval cathedral at the center of the city withstood this bombardment. Its haunting presence inverts the usual concept … Continue readingEPHEMERA KABINETT: 1945 photograph of Köln after WWII allied bombing
The main entrance of the Great Eastern Hotel in London offers a ‘sign’ that is hidden in plain sight. Even though it was left off the hotel’s official floorplan, three bricked in windows act as a visual sign for a Freemason’s temple built into the … Continue readingThe Sign of the Masons
This is our favorite photo from the documentation of our research trip to Tinkertown, an outsider artist project in New Mexico and we use it as both beacon and salvo for our own project even though (or maybe, because) it’s congratulatory and accusatory signification is … Continue readingWe did this all…