SILIAN RAIL ON BONE: A HISTORY OF BUSINESS CARDS WITH BRANDON JOHNSON OF ALMIGHTY & INSANE BOOKS
08/11/2022
For this summer talk & mixer, Brandon Johnson of Almighty & Insane Books will take inspiration from Devon Dikeou’s Mid-Career Smear installation WE’D LIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU to discuss the history of business cards. Extending his prior research on the subject for the publication Thee Almighty & Insane: Chicago Gang Business Cards from the 1960s & 1970s, Johnson will examine more broadly the origins and uses of business cards, the art of their design, and their importance as primary sources to reflect historical structures of power, economics, and culture. Attendees are invited to bring their own cards, whether printed or handmade, to exchange among one another and enter into a raffle to win a prize.
