Archival Stories: How Contemporary Design Can Illuminate the Past

In honor of American Archives Month and DesignPhiladelphia, Lisa Marie Patzer and Deb Rudman share about their creative work incorporating archival material in contemporary design and multimedia storytelling. The conversation, moderated by Chase Dougherty, The Delaware Contemporary, Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art, will touch on themes of storytelling, memory, technology, and preservation of domestic archives through design. The event includes prints and illuminated art panels from Chromatographic Landscapes by Lisa Marie Patzer as well as the video Sample Portrait by Deb Rudman and a 35mm slide show of Ben Kabakow’s photographic archives.

Location: Cherry Street Pier 121 N. Columbus Boulevard, Studio 1, Philadelphia, PA 19106

About The Artists

Lisa Marie Patzer is a digital media artist, designer, and entrepreneur whose work integrates light, pattern, historic imagery, and color to evoke site-specific stories for a contemporary audience. Trained in film and media arts, Patzer is interested in the power of storytelling as a way to connect with place. Based in the Greater Philadelphia region, Lisa Marie Patzer works out of a studio in the Delaware Contemporary Art Museum and a wood shop in Media, Pennsylvania.

Deb Rudman is a media arts curator and maker, with active engagement in social justice issues and a passion for creativity, integrity, equity and sustainability. Based in Philadelphia, Rudman is the TV Programming Director at PhillyCAM, the non-profit designated by the City of Philadelphia to operate its public access television network. Rudman is also a member of Termite TV Collective.

Host or Publisher Termite TV Collective