Visible Epistemologies, 2019, Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
How is knowledge constructed? In what entangled spaces does it exist? Who are we in relation to it? This installation attempts to make visible the epistemological frameworks of artistic and humanistic ways of knowing that undergird everyday Pratt praxis. In the current climate of a post-fact world, we see a critical need for an approach to making visible new modes of knowledge production. Attempting to meet Johanna Drucker’s 2014 challenge to, “imagine new intellectual forms of interpretation [and] to design the spaces and supports that structure interpretive acts,” we employ art-making methodologies as the starting point to rethink the relationship between artistic and humanistic traditions of knowledge production. From this foundational notion, we take for granted that artistic practice is a critical way of knowing, and that this in turn can serve to reimagine 21st century Liberal Arts practice – one which may help mitigate passive approach to truth, fact, evidence, etc. that we see propounded in the news each day, and that affects the material realities of every facet of life on the planet. This installation invites you to walk through the architecture of knowledge in production, and to participate in forming juxta/positions, adding to research, and creating connections between humanistic and art-making practices.
Natalie Moore
Nancy Seidler
With gratitude for support from:
Visible Epistemology Consultants:
Lorraine McNeil-Popper, Com-D
Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Photography
Amir Parsa, Interdisciplinary Programs
Basem Aly, Everywhere Allthetime
Judit Torok, CTL
Institutional Support:
The Faculty Development Fund
Pratt Library & Library Staff, most notably: Chris Arabadjis, Russ Abell, Johanna Bauman
Systems Design:
Holly Adams, 4th Year Interactive Arts Student
Jared Lynch, 4th Year Interactive Arts Student
Kasey Roberts, 4th Year Com-D Student
Visible Espistemologies installation from 2019 at the Pratt Library, creating connections between humanistic and art-making practice