WOMEN AND THE MACHINE

"Perspectives on the Escalator in Photography and Art"

Artists, photographers, and advertisers during the past hundred years have celebrated the new visual perspectives,improvement in transportation, and increased department store sales prompted by newly-developed escalator designs. Catalogue essay appears in UP, DOWN, ACROSS: ESCALATORS, ELEVATORS, AND MOVING SIDEWALKS (Washington, D.C.: National
Building Museum/​Merrell Pub. Co., 2003).

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SELECTED WORKS by Julie Wosk

BOOKS
New Book on Images of Artificial Women in Film, Photography, Art, Anime, Videogames and more.
Journal Article
The technology and art of Fritz Lang's classic film METROPOLIS
TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE 51:2 (October 2010).
Turning catastrophe into artful designs
REVIEW OF NEW SAFETY DESIGNS
Books and Articles
Publications on Art, Technology, and Design
BOOK
Artists and photographers, advertisers and writers reveal the impact of new technologies on women's lives.
Nineteenth-century artists and designers capture the dramatic and often traumatic impact of new machines and technologies on American and European society.
EXHIBIT CATALOG ESSAY
Essay for UP DOWN ACROSS ( National Building Museum Exhibit on Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks
Journal article