Surfacing A Loose Manual on Unlayering, Stuff-Making and Hypervisibility |
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| Author:
| Pulley, Zoë |
| ISBN: | 979-8-218-21029-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2023 |
| Publisher: | Zoë Pulley
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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This is a (loose) manual on a method I like to refer to as surfacing. A method that synthesizes narrative through the use of surfaces such as textiles, paper, web & video to reveal the spectacularly ordinary parts of Black life within a growing design practice. A method I (currently) practice in three (evolving) steps: Unlayering and piecing together stuff (rememory)Acknowledgment of ancestry through stuff-making (kin)Consciousness of oneself and the place / time / space in which the...
More DescriptionThis is a (loose) manual on a method I like to refer to as surfacing. A method that synthesizes narrative through the use of surfaces such as textiles, paper, web & video to reveal the spectacularly ordinary parts of Black life within a growing design practice. A method I (currently) practice in three (evolving) steps: Unlayering and piecing together stuff (rememory)Acknowledgment of ancestry through stuff-making (kin)Consciousness of oneself and the place / time / space in which the work is being disseminated (hypervisibility)This is a manual that profiles a (current) design practice of a Black female maker in 2023 (me! lol).A Black female maker that continues to amalgamate, respond-to and learn-from.One who recognizes that they are still growing - that their views expressed in this text will shift, evolve or change with time.