OBJECT AMERICA

Content

—1—
Observing “America” through everyday objects.
Pascal Glissmann, Selena Kimball
Observational Practices Lab, Parsons

—2—
The Model 500 telephone, quintessential American object
Ellen Lupton
Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

—3—
What has this phone seen?
Cindy Katz Professor of Geography in Environmental Psychology and Women’s Studies

—4—
Lived abstraction, making senses
Michael J. Barany
Historian of Modern Science and Mathematics

—5—
What gave meaning to your life?
Fernando Kawai, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

—6—
f plus own = phone
Katie Merz
Visual Artist

—7—
How did the telephone impact face to face interactions?
Lisa M. George
Associate Professor of Economics at Hunter College

—8—
Fantasies calling
Sumita Chakravarty
Associate Professor of Media Studies, The New School

—9—
What can we hear when we stop talking?
Roarke Menzies
New York City-based Artist and Composer

—10—
Hacking and testing the sound of the Model 500
Mara Mills
Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU

—11—
Communicating from the inside
LB Thompson
American Poet and Creative Writing Instructor at The New School

—12—
I pushed my shoulders back — then I answered the phone
Anuja Bagul
Senior Material Scientist, New Technologies

—13—
Is this black phone really black?
Marco Tedesco
Research Professor at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

—14—
A Pavlovian response to the ring
Benjamin Rubin
Director at Center for Data Arts, The New School

Observational Practices, Transdisciplinary Research Posted by Pascal

—1— Observing “America” through everyday objects

Pascal Glissmann, Selena Kimball — Co-directors, Observational Practices Lab, Parsons, The New School New York

Collection, Curating, Design Posted by Pascal

—2— The Model 500 telephone, quintessential American object

Ellen Lupton — Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City.

Environmental Psychology, Geography Posted by Pascal

—3— What has this phone seen?

Cindi Katz — Professor of Geography in Environmental Psychology and Women’s Studies

history of science, mathematics Posted by Pascal

—4— Lived abstraction, making senses

Michael J. Barany — Historian of modern science and mathematics, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College

Etymology, Visual Arts, Visual Language Posted by Pascal

—6— f plus own = phone

Katie Merz — Visual Artist based in New York City

Creative Writing, Poetry Posted by Pascal

—11— Communicating from the inside

LB Thompson — American Poet and Creative Writing Instructor at The New School

—1— Observing “America” through everyday objects

Observational Practices, Transdisciplinary Research Posted by Pascal

Pascal Glissmann, Selena Kimball — Co-directors, Observational Practices Lab, Parsons, The New School New York

—2— The Model 500 telephone, quintessential American object

Collection, Curating, Design Posted by Pascal

Ellen Lupton — Senior Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York City.

—3— What has this phone seen?

Environmental Psychology, Geography Posted by Pascal

Cindi Katz — Professor of Geography in Environmental Psychology and Women’s Studies

—4— Lived abstraction, making senses

history of science, mathematics Posted by Pascal

Michael J. Barany — Historian of modern science and mathematics, and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Society of Fellows at Dartmouth College

—5— What gave meaning to your life?

medicine, palliative care Posted by Pascal

Fernando Kawai, M.D. — Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

—6— f plus own = phone

Etymology, Visual Arts, Visual Language Posted by Pascal

Katie Merz — Visual Artist based in New York City

—7— How did the telephone impact face to face interactions?

Data, Economics Posted by Pascal

Lisa M. George — Associate Professor of Economics at Hunter College

—8— Fantasies calling

Media Studies Posted by Pascal

Sumita Chakravarty — Associate Professor of Media Studies, The New School

—9— What can we hear when we stop talking?

Music, Sound Art Posted by Pascal

Roarke Menzies — New York City-based Artist and Composer

— 10 — Hacking and testing the sound of the Model 500

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, Media Studies, SOUND STUDIES Posted by Pascal

Mara Mills — Associate Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at NYU

—11— Communicating from the inside

Creative Writing, Poetry Posted by Pascal

LB Thompson — American Poet and Creative Writing Instructor at The New School

—12— I pushed my shoulders back — then I answered the phone

Material Science Posted by Pascal

Anuja Bagul — Senior Material Scientist, New Technologies

—13— Is this black phone really black?

Cryosphere Sciences, Space Studies Posted by Pascal

Marco Tedesco — Research Professor at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University

—14— A Pavlovian response to the ring

Data Science Posted by Pascal

Benjamin Rubin — Director at Center for Data Arts, The New School