A Public Humanities Project
In a nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie opens on an apparently primordial desert landscape, where a few bored-looking girls play with porcelain babies as a narrator describes the history of dolls in voice-over. A shadow falls Read More …
Ferrania, originally the Italian company Società Italiana Prodotti Esplodenti (SIPE), began in 1882 as a factory that produced nitrocellulose-based explosive powders. When demand for this powder decreased following the “Red Terror” in Soviet Russia, the factory turned toward producing celluloid, Read More …