For thousands of years, human beings have used grids to build structures and to institute laws and social systems. Gallpeters projection simple english wikipedia, the. In the grid book, published by the mit press in march, she analyzes the grid pattern as more than just an icon or a. Early computing and the foundations of digital art 2012. Early computing and the foundations of digital art 2012, coedited with douglas kahn. The grid is a welldone book on a topic that is not sexy. Hannah higgins ideas program coordinator in the mit. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a ten grids that changed the world. She is coeditor of mainframe experimentalism and the author of fluxus experience and the grid book, from which this article is adapted. The grid creates an underlying structure that is used in art. 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. Mit press is repromoting the grid book 2009 by including an excerpt in the mit press reader, their digital platform, this month.
Of grids and the great chicago fire the mit press reader. The grid book, her interdisciplinary history of this defining form in western culture, was published by mit press in early 2009. Emmett williams 4 april 1925 14 february 2007 was an american poet and visual artist. We create them, because we like to structure and organize. In addition to refiguring to new sources of power the grid is aging and falling apart. 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.
Hannah b higgins 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. 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. Hannah b higgins is a professor in the school of art and art history at uic, where she has been teaching since 1994. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Use the link below to share a fulltext version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Early computing and the foundations of digital artuniversity of. Higgins works to complicate such interpretations of the grid, for in them she does not find sterility and silence but an undulating net of desires, concepts, and. Higgins is a professor in the school of art and art history at the university of illinois at chicago where she has been teaching since 1994. Hannah higgins the deep history of ten grids that changed the world is presented, their evolution charted, to demonstrate the durability of each grid. With douglas kahn, higgins coedited an anthology of computer art 19601970 called mainframe experimentalism. Her research and course topics examine twentieth century avantgarde art with a specific interest in dadaism, surrealism, fluxus, happenings, performance art, food art and early computer art. It is a map style that has areas near the equator appear to be smaller than they are. Hannah higgins new book on grids is a confident synthesis of art, architecture, geography, geometry, urbanism, and social history.
Humans have a vigorous free spirit and a propensity to control. Higgins, hannah b art history university of illinois. Buy the grid book the mit press book online at low. The grid book offers a deceptively simple sequence of chapters on different kinds of grid. The grid book by hannah higgins ford 2011 critical. Notated rhythm, as distinct from the rhythm of sung words, dates to the midthirteenth century. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Grids are not a natural phenomenon, but seem to be produced as a natural consequence of human activity and human thought in many different spheres. We can see this control in the grid systems we have created around us throughout history and at the same time how we. As it explores the creation of the grid and its use in both ancient and modern life, it covers everything from bricks to bookkeeping to the revolution in modern commerce created by standardized shipping containers.
Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. Hannah b higgins is professor and founding director of the ideas program in the school of art and art history at the university of illinois, chicago. As the art historian hannah higgins writes in her book the grid book. It proceeds chronologically, starting 11,000 years ago with the humbl we use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Hannah higgins the grid book otis college of art and design.
Hannah higgins, professor and chair of department of art history at the university of illinois at chicago, lectures on her 2009 mit press publication. Hannah higgins ideas program coordinator in the mit press reader. Buy the grid book the mit press by higgins, hannah b isbn. The grid book wants to show us that the history of building, composing, computing, mapping, lending, painting, printing, trading, and writingthe history of modern existence, in other wordsis really a history of the grid this is ambitious. Early computing and the foundations of digital art. 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. In conjunction with the performing the grid exhibition, hannah higgins, professor and chair of the department of art. She has received daad, getty research institute and.
Follow hannah higgins and explore their bibliography from s hannah higgins author page. 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. Its elegant prose and easy erudition recall the work of lewis mumford. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this wideranging and revelatory book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity. Early computing and the foundations of digital artuniversity of california press, 2012. We can define a grid computing environment as a set of tools and technologies that. Higgins book the grid book, is a meditation on ten grids that changed the world.
The gallpeters projection is an equalarea map projection. Higgins emblematic of modernity, the grid gives form to everything from skyscrapers and office cubicles to mondrian paintings and bits of computer code. 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. Hannah higgins is professor of art history and university scholar at university of illinois chicago.
Now higgins has a new book, along with her new job and new d. Hannah higgins the grid book otis college of art and. Williams was born in greenville, south carolina, grew up in virginia, and lived in europe from 1949 to 1966. Grid book journal of design history oxford academic. 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. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long. And yet, as hannah higgins makes clear in this engaging and evocative book, the grid has a history that long predates modernity. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer.
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