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Proposed Article-


Plexus a1 Article Structure:


1. A Brief Overview: First few paragraphs will be a succinct synopsis (basic details that describe the work as a whole: creator, size, material, series, gallery/exhibition).

2. Design and Construction: Outlay the process of sewing a network of 60 miles of thread. Techniques used to create optical illusion/luminous effect. Transformation or the Dialog with the Space in the Renwick Gallery.

3. a1’s Role in The Overall Plexus Series: Discuss thematic overlap and “centerpiece” status. Also, explore a1 as an outlier and the origin of a1/series' name.

4. Social Conversations: Gender politics related to the use of needlework. Symbol for the LGBTQ community. Piece’s relation to the navigation of social convention.

5. Reception: Specifically public/press. Opening/First Renwick Gallery exhibition.


Pictures:

I will use the following images: an actual image of the installation, Dawe threading the string, a1 plexus vs. spectrum of visible light, The Plexus Series as a whole, the LGBTQ community’s approbation.


Sources:

1. Ault, Alicia. “Artist Gabriel Dawe Made a Rainbow Out of 60 Miles of Thread.” Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution, 17 Nov. 2015

www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/artist-gabriel-dawe-used-60-miles-embroider-thread-make-rainbow-180957243/.

2. Reagan, Denise. “Indoor Rainbow Made of Thread Flows Through the Toledo Museum of Art.” MOCA Jacksonville, Cultural Institute of UNF, 14 June 2017

www.mocajacksonville.unf.edu/blog/This-artist-captures-breathtaking-rainbows-inside-the-Museum/.

3. Wonder. (2016). In Issues in Science and Technology (Vol. 32, pp. 70–78). National Academy of Sciences.

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