---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: tlgalloway via Shakespeare at Winedale Email List shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list@googlegroups.com Date: Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 6:44 PM Subject: Re: Teresa Jaynes-- The Moon Reader To: robertpees@gmail.com, mnemonic@gmail.com Cc: jayres@cvctx.com, shakespeare-at-winedale-email-list@googlegroups.com
Hey Folks!
I thought some of you would like to hear about (and support) this project by one of the most distinguished visual artists from our shared Winedalean past-- Teresa Jaynes.
A few years ago, my sweetie Donna and I happened to be in Philly and were able to see the city wide exhibits that she had curated for Philadelphia International Festival Celebrating Print in the Contemporary Arts. She's started another incredible project called The Moon Reader. I've copied an pasted a description of that project at the end of this missive.
When I was reading about the Moon Reader I stumbled upon a message Teresa put out on her facebook page. You can read for yourselves but in short it says she is starting a hatchfund campaign to take the Moon Reader to other libraries in the U.S.
Those of you (including Rando, Bruce, Robin, Alice among others) who know Teresa's work will vouch for her brilliance and vision. Please read her appeal. And of course the description of the work itself. I took it upon myself to send this out to others who know her and her art and are in a position to support it, because, well, we're that kind of community.
Love to you all Terry
HERE'S TERESA'S MESSAGE ON HER FACEBOOK PAGE Dear friends and family, Most of you are aware of my latest art project "The Moon Reader". What you may not know is that it's the first of a two-part plan. The second phase is to complete two more sets of The Moon Reader with shipping crates for them to travel to other libraries in the U.S. (The two installations that are currently on exhibit will continue to circulate to local libraries in the Philadelphia area.) So here's the pitch that you knew was coming! I started a campaign with Hatchfund.org -- a great artist project crowd sourcing site. I've raised 40% of the goal and just got a pledge of $500 if I can raise $250 by the end of the day on Friday, October 17. Yep, that's in 3 days! It's short notice but it would be great if you're able to donate something. No amount is too small - for real! $10 is terrific. The idea is to build on the momentum and my number of donors is as important as the amount. Your donation is tax deductible and there are "perks" for gifts above $15. (It's also absolutely ok if you're not able to do anything at this time. I also accept good vibes!) Thanks to everyone who helped me get this far. Your generosity provided me the momentum that is so critical if I'm to reach my ultimate goal by October 27. Here's the address and there's more information and images at the end of this post. http://www.hatchfund.org/project/the_moon_reader Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! HERE'S THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MOON READER PROJECT The Moon Reader The Visual Culture Program (VCP at LCP) will host an installation of the first new work by Teresa Jaynes since her directorship of the acclaimed print festival Philagrafika 2010. The Moon Reader, created with the assistance of Katherine Allen, is a multimedia installation that invites participants to learn to read Moon, a raised-letter writing system for the blind invented by blind educator William Moon in 1845. The Reader is based on two handmade books. The first is set in Moon type and has embossed illustrations. The second book, a translation of the first, is printed in both braille and large type. The texts and an accompanying audio recording are designed to be read against one another to enable readers of varying visual ability to decipher Moon. Modeled after Victorian primers, the books are based on research in the Library Company's Michael Zinman Collection of Printing for the Blind. Beginning with an exercise to learn Moon, readers deepen their involvement with the writing system through a series of lessons inspired by history, music, and science textbooks in the Zinman Collection. The experience----touching, deciphering, translating and finally comprehending----is intended to be a serene act of discovery. The Moon Reader seeks to challenge participants' ideas about visual culture, in ways that elicit curiosity, humor, and empathy and expand their understandings of historical and contemporary connotations of sight. A touch screen with access to the Moon Reader Facebook page and blog enable visitors to further interact with the project. William Moon lost his sight at 21. He became a teacher at a school for blind boys in Brighton, East Sussex, Great Britain. Finding that his pupils had difficulty learning the existing embossed dot codes in use at the time, in 1845 he devised a new reading code, "Moon Type," based on a simplified Roman alphabet. Moon's system used just nine basic marks that were turned at various angles to produce the 26 letters of the alphabet. The text was meant to be read from left to right, hen back from right to left on the next line, so that the finger never had to leave the page. It was an excellent method for people who had lost their vision after already having experienced the Roman alphabet, as the marks bear a resemblance to the letters they represent. Although braille has since replaced Moon type in popularity, Moon is still used in some parts of Great Britain today. The Visual Culture Program's collaboration with Jaynes will continue through the fall on development of a main-gallery exhibition also based on her work with our historic material printed for the blind. Provisionally entitled "Talking to the Fingers in the Language of the Eyes," the exhibition will combine historic collections with new work and multimedia experiences designed to challenge the privileged status of sight. "Talking," which is being funded by a major grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, is scheduled to open in February 2016. On September 23, 2014, to celebrate this collaboration, the Library Company will host a conversation with project advisors from the blind community who will discuss changing relations between sighted and visually impaired people over the centuries. A three-set, limited edition, The Moon Reader will also be on display at the Magill Library at Haverford College and the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The Moon Reader was made possible by an Indep
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