And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a emblematic of modernity, the grid is the underlying form of everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to paintings by mondrian and a piece of computer code. The grid book paperback jan 23 2009 by hannah b higgins author 4. Gallpeters projection simple english wikipedia, the free. Early computing and the foundations of digital art university. Hannah higgins is professor of art history and director of the ideas program in cada, which launched last year thanks to the support of dean everett and judith dejong. Early computing and the foundations of digital art 2012.
Hannah b higgins is associate professor in the department of art history at the university of illinois at chicago. Charting the evolution of each grid, from the paleolithic brick of ancient mesopotamia through the virtual connections of the internet, higgins demonstrates that once a grid is invented, it may bend, crumble, or shatter, but its organizing principle never disappears. Hannah higgins the grid book otis college of art and design. Higgins emblematic of modernity, the grid gives form to everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to mondrian paintings and bits of computer code. The grid book offers a deceptively simple sequence of chapters on different kinds of grid. Visit author central to change your photo, edit your biography, and more see author pages frequently asked questions. Grid book journal of design history oxford academic. Following on from vaughans excellent carl andre post, i thought id make a quick plug for this fascinating book. Buy the grid book the mit press book online at low. The maintenance and refiguring of the grid for newer alternative energy sources that arent steady and reliable like fossil fuels but are unlimited and less hostage to the fortunes of foreign affairs. The chapter was an awesome simplification of what the box means in our everyday life, and how everything man made is now, a square or box. In addition to refiguring to new sources of power the grid is aging and falling apart. Higgins, hannah b art history university of illinois. Higgins born 1964 is an american writer and academic living in chicago, illinois.
Hannah b higgins is a professor in the school of art and art history at uic, where she has been teaching since 1994. Its elegant prose and easy erudition recall the work of lewis mumford. Hannah higgins the deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of. Hannah higginss new book on grids is a confident synthesis of art. Hannah higgins new book on grids is a confident synthesis of art, architecture, geography, geometry, urbanism, and social history. It proceeds chronologically, starting 11,000 years ago with the humbl we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Abbott miller to the book the kitchen, the bathroom, and the aesthetics of waste. Emmett williams 4 april 1925 14 february 2007 was an american poet and visual artist.
And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long. Today at work, i read a chapter of hannah b higgins book, the grid book. Along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde and experimental education in the arts, her books include fluxus experience 2002 and the grid book. Along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde and experimental education in arts, hannah b higgins books include fluxus experience 2002, the grid book 2009 and the anthology mainframe experimentalism. Higgins, looks at modular devices across history, showing that where each powerful new grid appears, it profoundly changes the community that wields it. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this wideranging and revelatory book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity. Jul 12, 2016 the grid is a welldone book on a topic that is not sexy.
In the grid book, higgins examines the history of ten grids that changed the world. Early computing and the foundations of digital art university of california press, 2012. Hannah higgins the deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of each grid s organizing principles. The grid book author hannah b higgins publisher mit press.
Higgins, looks at modular devices across history, showing that where each powerful new grid. In conjunction with the performing the grid exhibition, hannah higgins, professor and chair of the department of art history at the university of illinois at chicago, lectures on her 2009 mit press publication, the grid book, which examines the history of ten grids that changed the world. Hannah higgins is professor of art history and university scholar at university of illinois chicago. Higgins takes us on a wideranging tour through time and space in the grid book.
A controversy came up in the late 20th century about the political implications of map design. Nov 20, 2016 fulcrum point founder and trumpet virtuoso stephen burns, poetactivist kevin coval, founder of louder than a bomb and editor of the breakbeat poets, and hannah b higgins, professor of art history at the university of illinois chicago and author of several books on the avantgarde, will discuss the intersection of poetry, art, music, and fluxus. Mar 28, 2019 along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde, and experimental education in arts, hannah b higgins books include fluxus experience 2002, the grid book 2009 and the anthology mainframe experimentalism. The grid book starts with a disaster a gridbreaking incursion of elemental chaos, represented by the hannah b. Profiles thinking through sound richard and mary l. The grid book the mit press paperback 27 jan 2009 by hannah b higgins author 3. Higgins is solo author of fluxus experience university of california press, 2002 and the grid book mit press, 2009 and coeditor of with douglas kahn of mainframe experimentalism. It is a map style that has areas near the equator appear to be smaller than they are. Emblematic of modernity, the grid is the underlying form of everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to paintings by mondrian and a piece of computer code. Jan 23, 2009 the grid book the mit press higgins, hannah b on.
And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a ten grids that. Ellen lupton is curator of contemporary design at cooperhewitt, smithsonian design museum in new york city and founding director of the graphic design mfa program at maryland institute college of art mica in baltimore. Professor hannah b higgins is solo author of fluxus experience university of california press, 2002 and the grid book mit press, 2009. Early computing and the foundations of digital art 2012, coedited with douglas kahn. Mar 28, 2019 along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde and experimental education in arts, hannah b higgins books include fluxus experience 2002, the grid book 2009 and the anthology mainframe experimentalism. She has received daad, getty research institute and philips collection fellowships in support of her research on sensation, cognition, and.
Higginss research examines various postconceptual art historical subjects visual, musical, computational and material in terms of two philosophically and practically entwined terms. The grid book the mit press paperback january 23, 2009. This book tells the story of the evolution of each grid from the handmade brick. In addition to articles on the historic and neoavantgardes, her books include fluxus experience 2002 and the grid book 2009, and an anthology mainframe experimentalism. This is a meditation on media, representation and technology, and makes for a deeply textured and luxurious reading experience. Higgins, hannah b art history university of illinois at. By continuing to use our website, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Click to read more about the grid book by hannah b higgins. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity. She has received the uic university scholar award, daad, getty and philips collection fellowships and is co. Higgins examines the organizing principle of the grid throughout cultural history. The grid book, a clever and cogent treatise by hannah b. Along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde, and experimental education in arts, hannah b higgins books include fluxus experience 2002, the grid book 2009 and the anthology mainframe experimentalism. Gallpeters projection simple english wikipedia, the. Along with articles on food and art, early computer art, the avantgarde and experimental education in the arts, her books include fluxus experience 2002, the grid book 2009 and the anthology. Hannah b higgins is a professor and art historian in the department of art at the university of illinoischicago and author of fluxus experience university of california press, 2002 and the grid book mit press, 2009 and coeditor with douglas kahn of mainframe experimentalism.
The grid is a welldone book on a topic that is not sexy. Early computing and the foundations of digital artuniversity of california press, 2012. Charting the evolution of each grid, from the paleolithic brick of ancient mesopotamia through the virtual. For thousands of years, human beings have used grids to build structures and to institute laws and social systems. Williams was born in greenville, south carolina, grew up in virginia, and lived in europe from 1949 to 1966. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
So, this book is about ten different types of grid bricks, tablets, gridiron cities, maps, notation musical, ledgers accounting, screens, typography, boxes, and networks interwebs each type of grid gets a chapter, and the order is roughly chronological according to when that grid was introduced into western culture. Her choice of topic may mystify potential readers, but higgins sees the grid as a critical theme running through human history and technological innovation over the last eleven thousand years. She has received daad, getty research institute and. Higgins, hannah b art history university of illinois at chicago. Professor hannah b higgins is solo author of fluxus experience university of california press, 2002 and the grid book mit press, 2009 and coeditor of with douglas kahn of mainframe experimentalism. The gallpeters projection is an equalarea map projection. Grids rosalind krauss unit 4 creativity and context. Electrical infrastructure for a new era by gretchen. The chapter was an awesome simplification of what the box means in our everyday life, and how everything man made is now, a. Hannah higgins the grid book otis college of art and. This universal structure has been used by mankind as a principle of design and order since neolithic times as has been pointed out by hannah b. The grid book by hannah b higgins books the guardian.
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