Empyre+forum

The -empyre- archive is extremely difficult to navigate chronologically. (eta: Realized I can organize by thread - much easier). When thinking of the Quilt as an archive, would it too (especially before the navigational apps) resist being "read" chronologically? Does it present an intentionally messy and (to a certain extent) illegible history?

interfaces and public interactives

Is the AIDS Quilt a public interactive? How will it's role as a memorial and a form of activism change with the addition of the navigational technology?

"Our data will move freely, but we will not" - Anne Balsamo 5/8/2012 Thinking through the Quilt and mobility - or the Quilt as a form of mobility. While warehousing the quilt perhaps makes it less mobile and maybe more institutional - the blocks have a mobility that most memorials do not. It's less of you traveling to visit a monument. The Quilt memorial is more ephemeral. The form of the Quilt as a memorial makes sense when thinking of the AIDS crisis as an ongoing struggle that takes place across all kinds of borders.

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