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  Unfolding : architecture as dwelling in a folded space-time continuum

  Feiyi Bie

  Architecture can be described as the relationship between exterior form and interior space — typically a representation of desire by both architect and inhabitant. However, when architecture responds specifically to issues of transportation, it must unfold in time and space, creating different spatial experiences that provoke an evolution in human habitation.

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  Double takes : secular magic & empathic vision

  Lake Buckley

  This thesis examines the ways that a history of secular magic has shaped contemporary culture and design lexicons. It reviews modes of secular magic as design principles as well as the terms by which the meaning and value of these modes changed over time.

  I carry on the legacy of magician filmmakers who thoughtfully questioned the material nature of their surroundings and tools in order to unearth new modes of visual experience. With film, delight drives invention which in turn strains vision and perception, requiring a certain collusion with the audience. My work celebrates the notion of the double take and the value of prompting an audience to look twice at their environment and to understand it as mutable.

  Through constant interrogation of tactility, reconfiguration of the mundane and the craft of editing, I re-pose stories for the screen that court humor and delight as they tease out layered themes of human experience.

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  2017 MLK Keynote Emory Douglas Educational Foldout

  Center for Social Equity & Inclusion and Emory Douglas

  Educational foldout for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

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  2017 MLK Keynote Emory Douglas Educational Foldout

  Center for Social Equity & Inclusion and Emory Douglas

  Educational foldout for the 2017 MLK Keynote Address: Emory Douglas. An artist, educator and human rights activist, Emory Douglas served as the Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967-80. Best known for his political drawings and cartoons in the Black Panther Newspaper, he articulated the injustices experienced by African Americans living in the inner city, the growing militancy and organization among urban black youth in the face of police violence and the need for community-based social programs. 2017 MLK Keynote, Emory Douglas discusses the process, meaning and impact of his artwork then and now.

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  Center for Social Equity + Inclusion Action Plan

  Center for Social Equity & Inclusion, Rosanne Somerson, and Rene Watkins Payne

  Art and design have far-reaching capacities for generating shared language and connecting people and communities. The creative forms we study at RISD are powerful means for conveying ideas and shaping experiences across habituated boundaries. Today we see those forms resonate more than ever before in the multilingual, culturally heterogeneous, digitally interconnected spaces around the globe. In fact, the democratization of communications media has made it possible for long marginalized voices to join and substantively transform our public discourses. The resulting body of critical knowledge has focused attention on interlocking systems of privilege and disenfranchisement entrenched throughout our social institutions, including those of higher education. In response, numerous institutions have worked to counteract the systemic forces of bias and inequality, but these efforts have produced, more often than not, only limited effects, especially when seen in the context of more rapid cultural changes in society at large. This differential between intent and outcomes has added a new level of urgency to the conversation on issues of diversity, identity, inclusion, access, agency, and equity in the halls of American higher education. The following Center for Social Equity and Inclusion (SEI) Action Plan provides the RISD community with an historic opportunity to carefully and systematically address those issues, and realize a forward-looking example for other institutions to follow.

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  Imagination in the Stars: The Role of the Imagination in Artistic Astronomical Photography

  Stephen Chadwick

  In this article I discuss the role the imagination plays in the production of what I call artistic astronomical photographs. I examine the entire creative process, which has been defined as “that stretch of mental and physical activity between the incept and the final touch.”[1] I begin with an examination of some of the ways in which the imagination is exercised in traditional artistic photography and in observational painting, in order to tease out the similarities and differences. Following a brief explanation of the way artistic astronomical photographs are produced, I examine these similarities and differences and, in doing so, show the unique ways in which the imagination is exercised in this form of photography. I go on to explain that this is because of the nature of its subject matter. I conclude by demonstrating that, although the imagination plays this unique role in artistic astronomical photography, this does not compromise its photographic integrity.

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  Talistones : a handful of help for homecoming soldiers

  Atulya Changanty

  We are creatures of habit influenced by our environments. We function on a 24-hour clock known as our circadian rhythm that is dictated by the solar cycle, seasonal shifts, and our daily schedules to determine our understanding of time to que our behaviors. The circadian rhythm can be disrupted by trauma to the brain, shift in lifestyle and habits, or inability to determine the passage of time and can lead to profound effects on mental health. Soldiers who are transitioning out of military service into civilian life, particularly those who have experienced combat, are an archetypal population who encounter damage to their circadian rhythm which results in critical changes to their mental health.

  The United States has deployed millions of soldiers to the Middle East. Of the troops returning home, nearly one third of them are struggling with invisible injuries. The trauma they experienced can manifest in a variety of psychological symptoms, many unique to the soldier. Complicated by the shift from military structure to the independence of civilian lifestyles, homecoming soldiers face a crippling blow to their internal clocks. The circadian rhythm is a delicate system and damage can lead to disassociation, flashbacks, panic attacks, imbalanced sleep cycles, and intrusive thoughts. Without a sense of belonging, in congruence with these symptoms, veterans face an anxiety that culminates into a critical trigger of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

  Talistones are physical objects that create haptic and visual feedback in response to their body’s physical response to their invisible wounds. Talistones embody the essence of talismans to honor veterans and provide a subtle introduction to recalibrating their internal systems through patterns and repetition to help them on their path to healing.

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  Writing a city : a self-reflexive exploration between the lines

  Po-Ming Chou

  My thesis investigates the dialogue between the act of writing and the process of making: the spatiality of the literary dimension versus the architectural dimension, through creating an invisible city. It is a self-reflexive process in which the storyline and the structure of writing affects how the casts are designed, while in reverse the process of making directs the trajectory of the story. It is a narrative project that lives in both media, and deals with the difficulties that come out of the different directions.

  Consciously working with intuition, and exploring roots in every decision made, as if diagnosing my own dream, comes challenging, but it leads to an organic understanding of how I work, as an observer, a writer, and a designer.

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  Its Yours : a collection of stories just for you

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for Its Yours : a collection of stories just for you, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Love is an Action Never Simply a Feeling .bell hooks

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for Love is an Action Never Simply a Feeling .bell hooks, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Reparations Now!

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for Reparations Now!, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Resist! Grab Back! : A Woman's Place is in the Revolution!

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for Resist! Grab Back! : A Woman's Place is in the Revolution!, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Strike! Radical Pedagogy and London Learning Cooperative

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for Strike! Radical Pedagogy and London Learning Cooperative, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  The Ladybroad Ledger : Vermont's Femme Alt Comics Collective

  Special Collections and Fleet Library

  Cover for The Ladybroad Ledger : Vermont's Femme Alt Comics Collective, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Judith Arcana

  Cover for Jane: Documents from Chicago's Clandestine Abortion Service 1968-1973, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  The OneSheet

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Oscar "FotoFlow" Arriola

  Cover for The OneSheet, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Soñe con la Guerra no me Mataron

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Ramón Beltrán

  Cover for Soñe con la Guerra no me Mataron, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Question Mark : Poems and Prose

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Charlie Best

  Cover for Question Mark : Poems and Prose, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Brian Blomerth's iPhone '64 : A User's Guide

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Brian Blomerth

  Cover for Brian Blomerth's iPhone '64 : A User's Guide, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Unconditional

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, Valerie J. Bower, and Sean Maung

  Cover for Unconditional, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Witches in Print : Or, How the patriarchy weaponized the printing press to silence independent women

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Jessica Caponigro

  Cover for Witches in Print : Or, How the patriarchy weaponized the printing press to silence independent women, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Mapping Out Utopia : 1970s boston-area counterculture

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Tim Devin

  Cover for Mapping Out Utopia : 1970s boston-area counterculture, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Lizard Ramone in Hot Pursuit

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Jeremy Ferris

  Cover for Lizard Ramone in Hot Pursuit, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  Take That Zine, Put it in Your Bag, and Walk Straight Out of That Reading Room : Visions for Digital Zine Libraries

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Jeremy Ferris

  Cover for Take That Zine, Put it in Your Bag, and Walk Straight Out of That Reading Room : Visions for Digital Zine Libraries, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.

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  My Personal History of Race

  Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Lauren Hage

  Cover for My Personal History of Race, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.