Here I am Pressing Buttons
12–18–23
Performance lecture.
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Paprika!
Volume 9, Issue 3
12–01–23Abolition in Practice?
This issue of Paprika! invited architects, designers, artists, educators, students, and activists to help us break from the death-dealing logics of abstraction and accumulation. And, instead, envision abolitionist architectural practices. The conversation emerged from a collective recognition that the inherited disciplinary tools and techniques at our disposal remain insufficient for confronting the task at hand—that is, the creation of a world unbound by the strictures of property, policing, and prisons. If racial capitalism redefines worlds in a way that unravels relationships of interdependence, then how might an abolitionist spatial praxis function to repair, renew, and reconstruct these broken bonds?
Collaboration with Lobbin Liu.
PDF version can be viewed here.
A Comparison of Digital Unwrapping Methods for Cylinder Seals
11–15–23Research Poster
Advancements in technology and digital humanities have expanded the options for cylinder seal digitization, including the creation of "digital unwrappings"—scanned seal surface images rolled out into rectangular panels. These unwrappings illuminate the relationship between the seal material and engraved imagery, serving as valuable tools for researchers. To create digital unwrappings, various methods exist.
At the Yale Babylonian Collection, three different approaches were tested, utilizing distinct equipments: a Better Light 4x5 Digital Scanning Back, the Oxford/Southampton SIANE device, and an OrangeMonkie turntable with stitching software.