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>Topics of the day:
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> 1. Symposium October 23 and 24: "Imaging the City in the Americas"
> 2. Metaworlds/VRML
> 3. MMA Standards Manual for Signs...
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>Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 17:34:54 -0800
>From: "Getty Public Affairs Department (Rebecca Bubenas)"
> <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Symposium October 23 and 24: "Imaging the City in the Americas"
>
>For Immediate Release
>Contact: Lori Starr
> Director, Public Affairs
> Dale Kutzera
> Public Affairs Assistant
>
>SCHOLARS GATHER FOR INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HISTORY
>AND IDENTITY OF WASHINGTON, D.C. AND MEXICO CITY
>Renowned Mexican Author Carlos Monsivais to Present
>Keynote Address
>
> LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- An international group of scholars will
>gather in Washington, D.C. on October 23 and 24 for a two-day
>symposium about the history, tradition, and identity of Washington and
>Mexico City at the turn of the century. *Imaging the City in the Americas:
>Washington and Mexico City, 1910,* to be held at the Library of Congress
>and the Mexican Cultural Institute in Washington, will focus on the grand
>epoch in which these two cities emerged as world-class capitals. The
>symposium is jointly organized by the Getty Research Institute for the
>History of Art and the Humanities, the Hispanic Division of the Library of
>Congress, the Latin American Studies Center at the University of
>Maryland at College Park, and the Mexican Cultural Institute. Admission to
>*Imaging the City* is free and open to the public. With the passage of
>the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1992, the Getty
>Research Institute began to investigate Pan-American relations at the
>beginning of the 20th century, when similar debates about the
>international flow of capital, goods, and images took place, and nations
>throughout the Americas asserted their individual identities. *Emerging
>metropolises, like Mexico City and Washington, became increasingly
>important as stages for displaying national progress and modernity, and
>as magnets for international investment,* observes Dr. Thomas Reese,
>Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute. *Dreams of metropolitan
>greatness inspired the imagination of civic leaders, urban planners,
>artists, and architects alike, and forever altered these cities' physical
>appearance and social fabric. Citizens responded by inventing images
>that both reflected and defined how city dwellers throughout the
>Americas viewed their cities and how they responded to the challenges
>of the new technological age.*
>
> *Imaging the City* will introduce innovative research
>methodologies that stress the importance of images--photographs,
>posters, postcards, films, maps, and advertising--in the study of urban
>history. The symposium will also highlight archival holdings related to the
>study of Mexico City and Washington, such as those of the Library of
>Congress. *We are very excited about this opportunity to show
>researchers the vast map, pictorial, and film collections of the Library of
>Congress that relate to urban images,* says Dr. Georgette Magassy
>Dorn, Head of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.
>*Fascinating similarities of the two great capitals--Washington and
>Mexico--have been known for years. Finally, through this collaborative
>effort, we can demonstrate how fruitful such studies can be.*
>
> The second day of the symposium will be held at the stately
>Mexican Cultural Institute, an historic Washington landmark, built in 1910.
>*The Mexican Embassy is very enthusiastic about exploring and
>comparing scholarly resources to study Mexico City and Washington,*
>says Dr. Alvaro Rodriguez Tirado, General Director of the Mexican
>Cultural Institute. *It is a great opportunity to bring scholars together from
>both countries.*
>
> In all, ten internationally noted scholars will deliver papers that
>outline the social and political histories of Washington and Mexico City in
>1910 and explore the role images have played in shaping civic identities.
>Mexican author Carlos Monsivais will present the keynote address. The
>conference papers will be published by the Getty Research Institute and
>the University of Maryland in the fall of 1997.
>
> *This symposium provides a unique approach to the study of
>urban developments around 1910,* observes Dr. Saul Sosnowski,
>Director of the Latin American Studies Center at the University of
>Maryland, College Park. *From an academic perspective, I envision the
>creativity of this approach as fertile training ground for a new generation
>of scholars across disciplinary boundaries. It is towards that goal, in
>addition to the design of conferences, symposia, and exhibits, that we
>shall also direct our efforts.*
>
> The symposium is part of the Getty Research Institute's larger,
>ongoing project entitled *Imaging the City in the Americas: The Formation
>and Display of Urban Identities Around 1910,* a multi-national research
>effort that explores the creative functions of images in the formation of
>urban and national identities. For more information about the research
>project or the symposium, please call (310) 458-9811 ext. 5028.
>[Editors note: see attached conference schedule and fact
>sheet.]
>
># # #
>
> The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the
>Humanities is dedicated to the production of innovative scholarship in the
>arts and the humanities and provides a unique environment for research,
>critical inquiry, and debate. Integral to its interdisciplinary approach is the
>concept that visual arts and artifacts should not be studied in isolation,
>but assessed within the broad historical and cultural contexts in which
>they were created. The Research Institute provides valuable support for
>scholars through its extensive collections, which includes manuscripts,
>archives, visual materials, and some 750,000 volumes of books, serials,
>and auction catalogs; and by inviting groups of interdisciplinary
>researchers to the Institute to conduct their research as scholars in
>residence.
>
> The J. Paul Getty Trust is a private operating foundation dedicated
>to the visual arts and the humanities. Through a museum, five institutes,
>and a grant program, the Getty provides opportunities for people to more
>fully understand, experience, value, and preserve the world's art and
>cultural heritage. The Getty comprises the J. Paul Getty Museum, the
>Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities, the
>Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Information Institute, the Getty
>Education Institute for the Arts, the Getty Leadership Institute for Museum
>Management, and the Getty Grant Program.
>
> The Library of Congress is one of the worlds *repositories of
>record* and an international resource of unparalleled dimensions. Its
>mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress
>and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal
>collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations. The
>Library's collections surpassed 108 million items in 1995.
>
> The Mexican Cultural Institute, funded by the Mexican
>Government, is a showcase that displays the arts and artifacts, culture,
>and history of Mexico. It holds concerts, recitals, lectures, film festivals,
>and many other cultural and scholarly events. The Institute presents
>important exhibits of graphic arts, paintings, popular art, and photographs
>of Mexico.
>
> The Latin American Studies Center (LASC) at College Park is the
>largest and most encompassing academic resource for Latin America
>studies in the Maryland-Washington, D.C. region. The Center is widely
>considered to be one of the leading programs in the United States in the
>fields of Latin American literature and culture.
>
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>
>Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 22:35:21 +0100
>From: Murph the Surf <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Metaworlds/VRML
>
>Erich Schroeder <[log in to unmask]>
>
>We have been working a small amount with VRML (see
>http://www.museum.state.il.us/research/GISlab/vrml)
>
>I realize many (most?) on the list have no idea what we're talking
>about. VRML is Virtual Reality Markup Language, QTVR is QuickTime
>Virtual Reality. They are, very simplistically, 3D environments that can
>be viewed on the Internet.
>
>In the next week or so I'll be putting up a Web site to document the
>exhibition we are planning for the List Center at MIT in January. I hope
>to make the Web site a documentation of the planning of the exhibition
>as well as a part of the exhibition itself.
>
>We have a site for our VRML/Metaworld SIG (Special Interest Group) up
>now and if you're interested you can check it out at
>http://artnetweb.com/vrml/
>
>You need a VRML browser or plug-in like Live 3D that now comes with
>Netscape and at least a 28.8 modem to view the objects (that's what I
>have). Software like Black Sun require a Pentium.
>
>We will also have a listserv for the exhibition up and running soon so
>even those who don't have vrml capability can participate in this.
>
>--
>ROBBIN MURPHY, creative director, artnetweb
>[log in to unmask] -- http://artnetweb.com
>426 Broome Street, NYC 10013 212 925-1885
>READINGS: http://artnetweb.com/views/viewsind.html
>
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>
>Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 23:11:13 -0400
>From: "Jose A. Ortiz" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: MMA Standards Manual for Signs...
>
>The book <Manual For Signs And Labels In The Metropolitan Museum of Art>
>is available through the AAM bookstore. cost $25/members,
>$34/non-members. order no. XRA849 tel 202-289--9127
>
>
>Jose Ortiz
>The Cloisters/MMA
>
>On Tue, 15 Oct 1996,
>Doug Hoy wrote:
>
>> I once heard about a standards manual for signs and labels developed by the
>> Metropolitan
>> Museum of Art (1993?). My library can't find it, and says MMA itself doesn't
>> know
>> anything about it. Does anyone have a copy, or know what the history of this
>> manual
>> might be?
>>
>
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