In the Frame

Drawing from the museological act of framing, the curator column “In The Frame” compiles images of objects, peoples, and architecture that are united by a common theme, project, or motif. The curator columnist, Delanie Linden is a PhD candidate in History, Theory and Criticism of Art and Architecture Department at MIT. She is inspired by the intellectual and creative happenings of the department and designs each column with the architecture community in mind. Her selection of subject matter is deeply motivated by her own artistic practice as an oil painter and her training as an art historian. The conditions of making, the contingencies of materials, and the artist's and beholder’s sensorial experience are the critical foundations of the column. Circumstances of making and materiality - from colonial trade networks and slavery to the fragility of matter - serve as the driving force of inquiry.