

Gathering, sewing, research and writing, we’ve honed in on some key ideas that Intersecting histories as jumping off points for conversations from many In its best form, what is very clear to us is the importance of using these historical images that speak to Grappling with exactly where to go and what to do to move this project forward Many hands that contributed stitches, and now also a material record of the The Rhinoceros, the map will become a document and a story, evidence of the We stayed in the Comune di Barisciano, in Abruzzo, and held sewing circles there, as well as in Fontecchio, Panfilo di Ocre, Acciano, and PIcenze. To bring the Map project to Abruzzo, Italy, as part of a new artist residency Though, as things seemed to be opening up, we were invited by LAB-8 Intentionality, and the importance of stillness. During that time, we began to embrace ideas of slowing down, When all came to a stand still with Covid.įor many of you, we’re sure, 2020 was a year of quarantine and socialĭistancing. Years, and our future plans for Rhinoceros Paper Pours and Map Sewing Circles, In conjunction with our exhibition at the Mendocino Art Center.Ĭame down, we were taking a break to assess the whirlwind of the past few In 2019, We held our first US sewing circles on the map To the TEXTIM III conference hosted by the Museo Textil de Oaxaca, in Oaxaca, Tenochtitlan is now the foundation for another monumental, collective Lake that surrounded it, were displaced by colonialism. And, like the rhinoceros, the Aztec city and the Were dedicated to the deities Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli, gods of water andĭurer never saw Tenochtitlan. Of the city is the temple precinct, and at its center are the twin temples that The raised causeways that linked the island city to the mainland. On the right is theĬity of Tenochtitlan, under the Hapsburg flag, surrounded by Lake Texcoco, with Mexico and Southeastern United States, including Florida. Map represents, at a very different scale than that of the city, the Gulf of The image itself is oriented with south at the top, the left hand side of the Interpretation, based on Cortes’ accounts, of an American indigenous cosmology. The New World were published in Nuremberg and disseminated throughout Europe. Spanish colonial exploration of the New World. Nuremberg investors financed a great deal of Resided, was a center for printing, cartography, weaponry, and finance during Hernan Cortes’ letters to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, celebrating his

Tenochtitlan (pre-hispanic Mexico City) that was published in a 1524 edition of a new embroidery underway.ĭurer and his Rhinoceros, we learned that he printed a woodcut map of Woodblock print on handmade abaca paper Interior - Neemah Environmental Almond paper Painted with handmade inks of cochineal, anatto, indigo, quebracho,Ĭurly dock, pomegranate, cutch, and turmeric. muslin naturally hand dyed with anatto, upholstery fabric sample, Images: Onward, artist book by the Rhinoceros Project. There will be several events in conjunction with the exhibition - stay tuned! The exhibition runs from NovemJanuary 16, 2022. The Rhinoceros Project will have some of our artist books and ephemera in the upcoming exhibition Finding Common Ground, Sowing the Seeds of Community and Collaboration at the San Francisco Center for the Book. Finding Common Ground: Sowing the Seeds of Community & Collaboration.
