Marcia Ancier

It's the Moon of the Grass Arising: April 10 Women's March to the Pentagon

Maker

Marcia Ancier
Nancy Cheser (American, b. 1949), (RISD BFA 1972, Fine Arts)
Jamie Horwitz
Mary Pattern
Judith Rothchild (American, b. 1950, Boston, MA), (RISD BFA 1972, Photography; MAT 1973, Art Education)
Ellen Tranes (American)

Title

It's the Moon of the Grass Arising: April 10 Women's March to the Pentagon

Year

1971

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silkscreen

Dimensions

58.4 x 43.2 cm (23 x 17 inches) (plate)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Ms. Nancy Cheser

Object Number

2003.118.3

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 19: Many Moons

Approximately thirteen moons ago, I asked myself: Is it possible to live under a lunar calendar?

What would such a life reveal? What happens when you measure life in months instead of years? How would you interface with the databases that underlie digitized capitalism? Where to begin?

One begins with one’s own body, of course. Has science fiction taught us nothing?

—Badly Licked Bear, introduction

 

Manual 19 looks up to the skies to consider astronomy and space travel and ponder broader, more ancient associations, including the night in all its inky glory; tides, time, and calendars; the feminine; reflections and mirrors; love and enduring companionship; and lunacy, strangeness, and magic.

Articles

Defending the Right to Live

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Marcia Ancier
Nancy Cheser (American, b. 1949)
Jamie Horwitz
Mary Pattern
Judith Rothchild (American, b. 1950, Boston, MA)
Ellen Tranes (American)
It's the Moon of the Grass Arising: April 10 Women's March to the Pentagon, 1971
silkscreen
58.4 x 43.2 cm (23 x 17 inches) (plate)
Gift of Ms. Nancy Cheser 2003.118.3

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