1. “Networks of New York” by Ingrid Burrington is a guide for how to find internet cables / the infrastructure of the internet in new york. The guide features different signs of “easily overlooked networked objects”, such as cameras, cell towers, sensors, and more. The design appears like a casual instruction manual, printed with a regular printer in a serif font, featuring some hand drawn and CAD illustrations. Practically speaking, the audience would be people in New York who are interested in experiencing infrastructure in a more conscious way. Personally, I would love to get my hands on a copy of this and go look at various cabling.
2. “Manifesto for Artists in a Crumbling Arts Economy” by Paula Varjack is a printed single page flyer that consists of a list of things artists can do to survive. The theme of the text centers around the role of an artist in relation to class and the institution, as evident by the title “[…] in a crumbling arts economy” and in various lines such as “check your privilege / share your privilege” or “find ways to create and perform and display outside of allocated spaces”. Seeing that it’s a a single page with bold text, I am assuming this is meant to be posted in public spaces (poles, walls etc) and distributed widely. It is hard to tell what printing technique was used for this piece as there are no images.
3. Sad, Depressed, People by David Horvits takes a set of stock images of people being sad and juxtaposes them with some glossary terms by Laurel Ptak. It was printed with risograph. I chose this one to research because I also find stock images a bit uncanny, and the corporate lens on expressing emotions is inevitably forced and disingenuous. I find this an amusing topic to explore through print, as these photos aren’t meant to be published in the same way that an editorial portrait would be.
