Phase 10: Periodic Table of the Elements

Objects On My Dresser, Phase 10: Periodic Table of the Elements (1983) matches the elements in a found periodic table with objects from Objects On My Dresser. It was published on the cover of Leonardo – Journal of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1997.

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“Objects On My Dresser, Phase 10: Periodic Table of the Elements”, photocopy and colored pencil collaged onto found “Periodic Table”, 1983.

Interview about Periodic Table

Art Historians Terri Cohn and Alla Efimova present the second episode of their video series exploring pioneering computer artist Sonya Rapoport’s 12-phase project Objects On My Dresser (1979-1983 & 2015).

This episode focuses on Phase 10: Periodic Table of the Elements (1983), and features artist and writer Meredith Tromble, artist-in-residence at the Complexity Sciences Center at the University of California, Davis, and Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at San Francisco Art Institute. Tromble served with Rapoport on the board of Leonardo journal (MIT Press).

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