Yesterday we lost Judy Heumann, a disability rights activist to be reckoned with and a blazing light that showed so many disabled people (myself included) to fight for what they deserved and more. This one really hurts.
https://judithheumann.com/the-world-mourns-the-passing-of-judy-heumann-disability-rights-activist/
The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist - Judy Heumann
For Immediate Release: March 4, 2023 Contact: Yoli Navas at [email protected] or 561-990-9029 The World Mourns the Passing of Judy Heumann, Disability Rights Activist Judith “Judy” Heumann (1947-2023) Judith “Judy” Heumann-widely regarded as “the mother” of the disability rights movement-passed…
As a museum of design and process, we've been acquiring 3D printing for YEARS at the V&A. Here's a short history of our collecting efforts, with a short history of 3D printing
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/at-the-press-of-a-button-a-va-history-of-3d-printing #3dprinting
V&A · At the press of a button: A V&A history of 3D printing
As a technology of promise – the ambition of printing anything, anywhere, anytime – 3D printing has long been a futuristic dream.
Sorting Song joins the V&A's collection alongside ZEITGUISED's geist.xyz (2016), a ground-breaking computer generated '0% organic' textiles project by the Berlin based studio using an array of software including Cinema 4D and Marvellous Designer as well as biomedical scientific simulation software.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1671306/geistxyz-geistxyz-zeitguised/
geist.xyz | V&A Explore The Collections
'geist.xyz' is a film by Berlin-based studio ZEITGUISED using 'handcrafted algorithmic textiles' created with procedural computer software. Described as ‘0% organic’ and ‘100% processed’, 'geist.xyz' is an experiment in speculative textiles which encourages the viewer to imagine the future possibilities of fabrics and their potential evolution.
I'll be writing more about my Art Fund New Collecting award acquisitions I've been making at the V&A soon with some of the research into computer generated design and graphics in our collection, however I'm really happy that a recent addition made possible with the funding has been Sorting Song (2021) by Simone C Niquille.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1731161/sorting-song-sorting-song-simone-c-niquille/
Sorting Song | Simone C Niquille | V&A Explore The Collections
Sorting Song (2021), a computer generated film by Simone C Niquille.
The Computer History Museum have released the source code for the Apple Lisa on the occasion of the computer's 40th birthday. It's made possible through the permission and collaboration with Apple, an interesting challenge to industrial heritage facing many institutions working with software history (including my own) in that preservation sometimes relies on these relationships.
https://computerhistory.org/press-releases/chm-makes-apple-lisa-source-code-available-to-the-public-as-a-part-of-its-art-of-code-series/CHM Makes Apple Lisa Source Code Available to the Public as a Part of Its Art of Code Series
Mountain View, CA – Jan. 19, 2023: The Computer History Museum (CHM), the leading museum exploring the history of computing and its impact on the human experience, today announced the public release and long-term preservation of the source code for the Apple Lisa, including its system and applications software, as part of its Art of […]
Our Assistant curator Livia Turnbull has done some amazing research about some Christmas and seasonal post by early computer artists that collector and curator Patric Prince collected, which forms some of the V&A’s collection (including these great examples by Yoichiro Kawaguchi and Vera Molnar).
https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/digital/seasons-greetings-cards-digital-art-from-patric-princes-personal-collection
Season’s greetings cards – Digital art from Patric Prince’s personal collection • V&A Blog
We’ve hit mid-December, and the festive season is well and truly underway. It’s the time of year when, even in our digital age, many seasonal cards – from Merry Christmas to Happy Hanukkah, Seasons Greetings,...
Visited Rene Matić’s brilliant upon this rock today at South London Gallery today, which is made up of photographs, objects of history and iconography and an astonishingly honest and to-the-bone film ‘many rivers’ which is as intimate as it is complex. I’ve loved Matić’s work for a long time so it’s great to see it come together to tell a story of contemporary Britain and the artist’s own family stories in such a compelling and rich way. It’s open til 27th November, you’d be daft to miss it.
