On was an interdisciplinary graduate periodical established by RISD graduate students in 2006. It featured essays and student work that related to a general issue theme. On was intended as a quarterly publication, but it is unclear if further issues beyond the first were ever published.
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Two-Fisted Librarians : Weird Tales of Patrons and Horror
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Matthew Murray
Cover for Two-Fisted Librarians : Weird Tales of Patrons and Horror, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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Lovf : New York: Destination Crisis
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Jesse Reklaw
Cover for Lovf : New York: Destination Crisis, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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Moon Between the Mountains
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Yumi Sakugawa
Cover for Moon Between the Mountains, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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Stethoscope Microphone
Special Collections, Fleet Library, and Whit Taylor
Cover for Stethoscope Microphone, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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The Baboon, The Banana Dog & Other Stories
Special Collections, Fleet Library, Dakarai Washington, and Providence Comics Consortium
Cover for The Baboon, The Banana Dog & Other Stories, from the RISD Library Zine Collection.
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America's National Parks : A Pop-up Book
Don Compton, Dave Ember, Bruce Foster, Special Collections, and Fleet Library
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map. The book is a coast to coast journey featuring 18 of our most visited national parks, six as stunning double page pop-ups: Everglades, Great Smoky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Glacier and Yosemite national parks. Everglades National Park -- Great Smoky Mountains National Park -- Grand Canyon National Park -- Yellowstone National Park -- Glacier National Park -- Yosemite National Park. Walter Lorraine Fund.
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Crafty Entanglements: Knitting and Hard Distinctions in Aesthetics and Political Theory
Kate M. Daley
Many theoretical writings on aesthetics and politics rely on hard distinctions between what is and is not art, and what is and is not political. In this article, I draw on the work of theorists, knitters, and fiber artists to argue that hand knitting provides a lens through which to unsettle some of these distinctions. I illustrate some of the ways in which aesthetic theory relies on hard distinctions between art and not-art and politics and not-politics, with particular focus on the work of Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, and Rancière. I explain how knitting is often seen as falling clearly outside the definitions of art and politics, and explore the surprising ways in which knitting shows the instability of these categories and expectations. I show that common social traditions and practices that often go unanalyzed can provide insight into the limitations and complexities of prevalent theoretical assumptions
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Along the Tokaido with Two Brushes (2013)
Theory & History of Art & Design Department and Elena Varshavskaya (H791 Instructor)
"This book is a student version of a scholarly catalog – it was written by RISD students to accompany the Japanese prints’ exhibition they have curated at the RISD Museum as the final project for 2013 spring semester course in art history. The idea of the course was to put emphasis on active learning from objects – not only through looking at the originals and analyzing them during visits to the museum but by trying a hand at various responsibilities of a museum curator. The Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs of the RISD Museum welcomed this experimental course and accommodated the large class with cordial hospitality on several occasions. ...
It is the hope of the students – authors of this catalog (and of their instructor) that the readers of the book will find its content interesting and useful, furthering understanding of the widely appreciated ukiyo-e prints." -- Foreword, Along the Tokaido with Two Brushes
Contributing Authors
Willa Anderson, Yu Ting Cheng, Phakaphol Bom Chinburi, Ju Yeon Julia Choi, Joseph Escobar, Annabeth Faucher, Katie Han, Joon Kee Hong, Meng Kat Jia, Minkyung Mary Kang, Ji Eun Tina Kim, Howard Kyong, Ala Lee, Michelle Lee, Stephanie Low, Tais Mauk, Miranda Monroe, Michelle Perez Villarreal, Nicole Ross, Se Dong Sam Song, Anne Swihart, Chelsea Wang, Katherine Kathy Wu, Shuran Suzanne Wu, Connie Zhao, Ming Zhen.
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Hegel's Symbolic Stage: An Old Perspective on Contemporary Art
Laura T. DiSumma-Koop
This paper proposes an evaluation of contemporary art works in light of some of the concepts embedded in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s symbolic stage. My belief is that an analysis of Hegel’s conditions for the affirmation of art opens the door to a discussion of contemporary artistic trends, a discussion that also takes distance from the (perhaps) abused question of what defines art. Art does more than question itself; art questions, and challenges, the nature of our perception.
