We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum Some cannot see the forest for the trees—drawn too close to the core, captivated by its light and promises, unable to look back. Others, existing … Continue reading Standing and Showering in Sound: What Center and Periphery Mean in Mami Takahashi’s Audio Journal
Hidden in Plain Sight: The Paradoxes of Self-Expression in Mami Takahashi’s Writing Myself
We Live in the Sky: Home, Displacement, Identity from October 16 to December 7, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Noa Nelson Mami Takahashi’s video performance Writing Myself is a fascinating exploration of identity, language, and the paradoxes of self-expression. In this work, Takahashi uses writing as … Continue reading Hidden in Plain Sight: The Paradoxes of Self-Expression in Mami Takahashi’s Writing Myself
Anacostia Intelligence
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Oliver Foley Art can be divided into two elementary actions: observation and synthesis. In the creation of a piece of art, the human takes in their surroundings, their own thoughts, their friends; … Continue reading Anacostia Intelligence
Assimilation, Loss, and Home in Kat Navarro’s Kalapati Without a House
The Digital Landscape from August 26th to October 5th, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by James Cho The process of immigration has always been a difficult one, no matter the time, place, or people involved in it. What most people don’t fully recognise, though, is that immigration … Continue reading Assimilation, Loss, and Home in Kat Navarro’s Kalapati Without a House
Caught in the Glitch
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Ellen Zhang Digitalization has drastically changed the relationship between space, time, and self. With the help of phone cameras, humans can now exist in pixels instead of atoms. Through the cloud, memories … Continue reading Caught in the Glitch
Securi ex machina, or Safe from the machine
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Trinitee Tatum For an instant, I stood in front of Chris Combs’ Pollination (2023). It simultaneously stole my face and voice, projecting a virtual me before the physical me. The real me. … Continue reading Securi ex machina, or Safe from the machine
Subjugating Spaces and Bodily Autonomy: Resistance with Michelle Lisa Herman
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Olivia DiJulio As a woman with disabilities, my work is often multisensory and immersive, as I feel it is important to provide multiple ways for people to experience the artwork. Michelle Lisa … Continue reading Subjugating Spaces and Bodily Autonomy: Resistance with Michelle Lisa Herman
The Power of What We Don’t See: Reflections on Mollye Bendell’s Outgrown
The Digital Landscape from August 26 to October 5, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Noa Nelson The Power of What We Don’t See: Reflections on Mollye Bendell’s Outgrown In the modern world, we’re conditioned to focus on what we can see, on the immediate and the … Continue reading The Power of What We Don’t See: Reflections on Mollye Bendell’s Outgrown
Paying with Our Time, and From Our Wallets
The Digital Landscape from August 26th to October 5th, 2024 at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Rachel Schmid-James While humans are known for their adaptability, one could argue that the past twenty-something years have been overwhelming regarding technological development. It is often forgotten that the world first began … Continue reading Paying with Our Time, and From Our Wallets
Seeing Again: An Exploration of Concepts in Margaret Walker’s ‘living’ and ‘dressing’
Palinopsia from April 23 to May 17, 2024, at The Stamp Gallery | University of Maryland, College Park | Written by Rachel Schmid-James “The past often repeats itself” is a popular saying in the modern world, but there is much more truth in it than just surface level. When I am performing a task such … Continue reading Seeing Again: An Exploration of Concepts in Margaret Walker’s ‘living’ and ‘dressing’