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Rachel Deiterding

Thesis Check-in: The Ins and Outs of Interviews

Normally I write exhibition reviews, but today I am popping in with an update on my thesis project. After doing an exhibition project to...

Rachel Deiterding

Amnesia Museum and Lesions in the Landscape: The Inside and Outside of Memory

As an emerging museum professional, I thought that I thought a lot about memory. Museums, after all, are constructed by and, in turn,...

Rachel Deiterding

Alternate Futures, Alternate Delivery: Anticipation, Podcasts, and Remote Stars

Over the last month, I’ve been reflecting on a past exhibition project that I contributed to called Together We Average As Zero. The...

Rachel Deiterding

Groundwork and the Animacy of Stone

In human timescales, stone signifies unwavering permanence. As Jeffrey Jerome Cohen unearths the animacy of stone, he asks “if stone...

Rachel Deiterding

You Just Hold Your Breath: Bathing, Swimming, and States of Bodily Immersion at The Plumb

As a child, I was obsessed with the lake. The allure of the water lies in its dichotomy of sustenance and destruction, along with its...

Rachel Deiterding

Returning to Triumphant Alliance of the Ubiquitous Blossoms of Incarnate Souls

As the sun returns and spring blossoms emerge, I keep returning to Tau Lewis’ Triumphant Alliance of the Ubiquitous Blossoms of Incarnate...

Rachel Deiterding

There are Times and Places: Online Exhibitions Before Online Exhibitions Were a Thing

Digital exhibitions have become a common and expected alternative in the current era where we have been unable to view art in person....

Rachel Deiterding

The Community is the Gallery: "Three-Thirty" at the Doris McCarthy Gallery and Beyond

While online exhibitions have become the new norm over the past year, there are many exhibitions and media that are not easily...