Named after the small red sticker that once guided scholars through legacy 35mm slides, The Red Dot is here to help you navigate the ever-evolving landscape of visual and material research. While rooted in the University of California, Santa Barbara community, our posts are open to all.
At MIRL, we engage with art history, digital humanities, and material culture through hands-on research and archival projects. Guided by our core principles—critical engagement with visual and material culture, ethical stewardship of images and data, and innovative approaches to research and pedagogy—we work at the intersection of technology and the humanities. We are especially interested in how digital tools can expand the study of images, objects, and spaces.
Here, we’ll share insights on Digital Art History and Architectural History, highlight new image and data resources, discuss copyright and ethical considerations, and spotlight events that shape our field.
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DH Monday: “Absurdist Electronics: Wearable Coping Mechanisms, Techno-Anxiety and Thoughts on Dada” (VR gallery exhibition)
The Journal for Digital Art History (DAHJ)’s first VR gallery exhibition is still accessible on our website! The space now includes videos from Francesca Albrezzi (DAHJ Gallery Director and Curator) and Harald Klinke (DAHJ Co-founder). If you weren’t able to attend the opening, make sure to watch those remarks. The largest retrospective of Kathleen McDermott’s… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Appraising Your Research As Data: Managing, Visualizing, and Preserving Your Scholarship (CAA 2022 In-person Session)
110th CAA Annual Conference, Virtual Session, “Dismantling the Patriarchal Canon: Foregrounding Women Artists and Patrons through Digital Art History” (Chicago, February 16 – 19, 2022) Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 16 The session chair invites paper proposals for the College Art Association (CAA) 2022 affiliated session of the Art Libraries Society of North America, Appraising Your… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – Dismantling the Patriarchal Canon through Digital Art History (CAA 2022 Virtual Session)
110th CAA Annual Conference, Virtual Session, “Dismantling the Patriarchal Canon: Foregrounding Women Artists and Patrons through Digital Art History” (Virtual live sessions, March 3-5, 2022) Submission Deadline: Thursday, September 16 The session chairs invite paper proposals for the CAA 2022 affiliated session of the Digital Art History Society, “Dismantling the Patriarchal Canon: Foregrounding Women Artists… Read more
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World Photography Day: 25 Emerging Architectural Photographers from Around the Globe
Written by Paula Pintos, via ArchDaily. Architectural photography has developed into its own art form, and it might be as important as the built work itself. We consume architecture not only physically and spatially in a building but also through photographs. A good image reportage work can give the viewer a feeling of the atmosphere,… Read more
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DH Monday: CFP – ConCave Ph.D. Symposium 2022: Divergence in Architectural Research (April 7-8, 2022 / Georgia Tech | Atlanta, GA
Deadline for Abstract Submission: September 15, 2021 “Divergence in Architectural Research” is an international doctorate symposium organized by the ConCave Ph.D. Student Group in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture. The Ph.D. Symposium seeks to create a platform for sharing current research in architecture, with invited scholars and other doctoral students from architecture… Read more
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DH Monday: A “Virtual Village” Mapping Where Artists, Publishers and Activists Lived
Explore “Virtual Village” — South of Union Square where Village Preservation, a New York preservation group, launches online mapping tool to champion former haunts of artists and activists. This is just one of the visual stories created with the platform Urban Archive, an app (for both web and iOS) that enhances collection engagement and digital… Read more