$100 from each sale will be donated to WYSO 91.3, the Yellow Springs NPR affiliate, in support of the important community and reporting work the station produces every day.
19”x13” Printed on 100% cotton rag, signed, numbered, and stamp-authenticated by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Comes with copy of tag displayed with art during the exhibit. Only 5 prints will be made from this run. Prints are handmade. Please allow 10–15 business days for production and delivery.
Art description: A concise vehicle for urgent communication, the telegram compressed language into essential phrases transmitted across electrical networks. Delivered as printed slips or forms, it carried messages often associated with significance like arrival, loss, or instruction. The cost structure encouraged brevity, shaping a distinct, declarative style of writing. Its arrival introduced immediacy into a slower communicative landscape, collapsing distance while preserving material form. The telegram functioned as both message and event, where content and delivery were inseparable. It marks a transitional moment when communication became rapid yet remained physically received.
$100 from each sale will be donated to WYSO 91.3, the Yellow Springs NPR affiliate, in support of the important community and reporting work the station produces every day.
19”x13” Printed on 100% cotton rag, signed, numbered, and stamp-authenticated by the artist. Print is delivered in a sturdy mailing tube. Comes with copy of tag displayed with art during the exhibit. Only 5 prints will be made from this run. Prints are handmade. Please allow 10–15 business days for production and delivery.
Art description: A concise vehicle for urgent communication, the telegram compressed language into essential phrases transmitted across electrical networks. Delivered as printed slips or forms, it carried messages often associated with significance like arrival, loss, or instruction. The cost structure encouraged brevity, shaping a distinct, declarative style of writing. Its arrival introduced immediacy into a slower communicative landscape, collapsing distance while preserving material form. The telegram functioned as both message and event, where content and delivery were inseparable. It marks a transitional moment when communication became rapid yet remained physically received.