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Post-Digital Print, Chapter 1

“On the other hand, none of these media ever really disappeared; they ‘merely’ evolved and transformed, according to new technical and industrial requirements.”

In 1910, the invention of the telegraph fueled visions that audio would replace paper. In the 1940’s there was large speculation that the invention of radio and broadcasting would inevitably supplant newspapers. In 1965 JCR Licklider sketched a computer-based technology including pen input and voice recognition to overcome the limitations of paper. In 1975 a Business Week article boasting about “the paperless office” predicted computing giants would dominate offices and end the use of paper. Through the 80’s this propaganda would continued into what we might remember as the invention of the iPhone and online media rumoring the detonation of publishing as we know it.

When I started my quest to be in publishing about 5 years ago people told me to pick a different field since magazines were “dying”. Though it’s 2018 and that has proved to not be true I can’t however argue the decrease in use of paper. Before this class I couldn’t name a time I frequently used pen and paper besides signing receipts. However, I don’t believe this is a negative since we now know the dangers of overuse and importance of recycling. While cutting our carbon footprint our efforts to strive for better technology has greatly improved the quality of life from knowing my work is always safe on a drive somewhere to having all of the answers in the palm of our hands.

(UPDATE: I past a News stand this morning that crossed out the word “magazines” on their sign and replaced it with makeshift lettering reading “JUUL SOLD HERE” so maybe magazines are dead....  so is hope for humanity.)

Uzanne notes that, just as eye doctors flourished when journalism was invented, ear specialists will prosper in the future. He concludes: “how happy we will be not to have to read any more; to be able nally to close our eyes”. The daily strain on the eyes from devouring news and essays, stories and novels, could at last be avoided as the ears absorbed the information, much faster and almost effortlessly.

I wonder what Uzanne would think of todays society with our faces constantly rigged behind a bright screen which has also caused many eye problems as well has neck and back problems due to our poor posture hunched over a tablet, laptop or phone.

Just a note, I like the line “ ‘I live right inside radio when I listen. I more easily lose myself in radio than in a book,’ said a voice from a radio poll.” (Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media, 196411)

Felting Samples

Far Left: machine felted wool yarn with half double crochet edge and triple crochet in center Top Middle: machine felted wool yarn and twine in a triple crochet Top Right: wet felted sheet with red, yellow, brown, and white color wool Middle Right: needle felted sheet with blue and orange wool Middle Bottom: felted rope with various brown and white wool Inner Middle Bottom: felted ball with blue, violet, and yellow wool Bottom Right: needle felted iris stitched on white crochet dome to make eyeball (part of monster teach-in)

Carageenan Marbling This is one of the methods of marbling fabric. The Carageenan method involves a lot of prep work. The fabric needs to be clean, treated with Alum(aluminum sulfate), and left out to dry (preferably stretched to avoid wrinkles). The Alum fabric needs to be used within 24hours. The water needs to be thought mixed with Carageenan and let sit in a refrigerator for 24 hours. Carageenan makes the water thicker and easier for the dyes to float on top. The dyes should be treated with synthetic gall and diluted with water. When applying the dye you can use eyedroppers then agitate with sticks, combs, air, etc. After laying the fabric on the surface let it sit to soak in the dye (preferably flat). Then rinse with cold water and let air dry before sealing with heat from an iron.