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Re-making History; J. Makary and Hironaka and Suib at Landmarks Contemporary Projects

Historic house museums all face considerable challenges. On the practical level, their fund-raising depends upon visitor numbers and these days there’s a lot of competition for visitors’ leisure time. Furthermore, historic houses have been premised on the idea of stepping back to a particular moment in time, an idea that has made historians increasingly uncomfortable.   Heritage properties have often portrayed simplified and sanitized histories that mislead as much as educate. Since 2006 the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks has engaged artists both to attract new audiences for changing art installations and to offer more complex interpretations of its ... More » »

Landmarks in Wilmington

Post by Andrea Kirsh Caitlin Perkins’ shop in DCCA workshop; all photos here by Andrea Kirsh Landmarks Contemporary Projects (aka Robert Wuilfe) has expanded beyond the confines of Philadelphia with its first joint venture with the Delaware Center of Contemporary Arts. In mid-May they presented “Foolscaps and Inkshed,” the most recent installment of Caitlin Perkins’ ongoing project: “Playing Telephone with Ghosts.” Landmark’s Robert Wuilfe with DCCA director Maxine Gaiber Perkins, who was joined by Katie Baldwin, Alison Dilworth and Chris Terrell, set up a traveling print shop and bindery where members of the DCCA’s Young Contemporaries group could try their ... More » »