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Print, Cadastral Shaking (Chicago v1)
This is a Print. It was designed by Amanda Williams and printed by Spudnik Press. It is dated 2019 and we acquired it in 2021. Its medium is blind debossment, screen and relief printing on paper. It is a part of the department.
In Cadastral Shaking (Chicago v1), Amanda Williams explores themes of racism and segregation through an imagined reshaping of Chicago’s historical redlining practices. The ghost print is an image of an historic redlined map from the Federal Housing Administration. The red zones demarcate which zones are risks for housing loans because the federal government has deemed them hazardous. To create this new map of Chicago, Williams cut out pieces approximating each zone and shook them up, speculating what would happen if the forces of nature rather than human bias determined housing policy.
It is credited Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.
Its dimensions are
152.4 × 142.2 cm (60 × 56 in.) Frame H x W x D: 165.1 × 154.9 cm (5 ft. 5 in. × 5 ft. 1 in.)
Cite this object as
Print, Cadastral Shaking (Chicago v1); Designed by Amanda Williams; Printed by Spudnik Press; blind debossment, screen and relief printing on paper; 152.4 × 142.2 cm (60 × 56 in.) Frame H x W x D: 165.1 × 154.9 cm (5 ft. 5 in. × 5 ft. 1 in.); Museum purchase through the American Women's History Initiative Acquisitions Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative; 2021-26-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Duro Olowu Selects.
