Materiality and Spectacle 2015

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In the Buffalo Pan-American Exposition of 1901, electricity became a central theme. By creating a hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls, the Exposition was equipped with a seemingly endless electric source. In attempts to outdo Chicago’s efforts…

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The actual wood blocks are the ones that are reversed. The others are edited for closer inspection and readability. Large hand carved circus menagerie scene letterpress wood block. Made by the Neal Walters poster company in Arkansas c. 1930's-1940.…
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