conclusion
Introducing genealogy collections to book artists can bring stories to life in unexpected ways. The starting point for the participants was the physical engagement with the materials. Wright, McCarthy, and Meekison (2005) believed physical/tangible materials could affect users intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally which translate into attributes of emotions and feelings constructed through our personal interests and ideologies (Wright, McCarthy, and Meekison, 2005, 44).
Mandy Lupton’s research on information-as-it-is-experience in the creative arts investigated how artists “create, communicate and express information as an art form” (Lupton, 2014, 70). Librarians and archivists recognize the importance of documentary or codified information, yet subjective and affective information is rarely studied at in the information science world (Lupton, 2014). The participants in this small study experienced various forms of information as starting points for inspiration offering archivists and genealogists a new perspective on their collections as sources of inspiration for book artists, giving archivists an interesting take on how a particular group uses that information. For the artist, information is both objective and subjective, tangible and intangible and transcends documentary sources to include sociocultural and internal information.
Genealogy collection can inspire artists to continue an old narrative in a creative way or create new narratives with their own voice, adding new information on historical events in a person’s life.
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Mandy Lupton’s research on information-as-it-is-experience in the creative arts investigated how artists “create, communicate and express information as an art form” (Lupton, 2014, 70). Librarians and archivists recognize the importance of documentary or codified information, yet subjective and affective information is rarely studied at in the information science world (Lupton, 2014). The participants in this small study experienced various forms of information as starting points for inspiration offering archivists and genealogists a new perspective on their collections as sources of inspiration for book artists, giving archivists an interesting take on how a particular group uses that information. For the artist, information is both objective and subjective, tangible and intangible and transcends documentary sources to include sociocultural and internal information.
Genealogy collection can inspire artists to continue an old narrative in a creative way or create new narratives with their own voice, adding new information on historical events in a person’s life.
For full citations, see Bibliography page