Irwin ChenFeatured Project
AshLab project website
2012-14
AshLab was a cross-disciplinary digital humanities project launched in spring 2012 at The New School as part of a larger effort to create an interactive archive of the home of John Ashbery and his partner, David Kermani, in Hudson, New York. In addition to co-teaching the seminar with Adam Fitzgerald, Robert Polito, and Tom Healy, Irwin led the digital design of the project — overseeing the 360-degree panoramic and drone photography, designing and programming the textual annotations and hyperlinking of themes, multimedia, and commentary.
Key features:
Interactive 360-degree online tour of Ashbery's house
Detailed visual database of hundreds of art pieces, books, and objects
Multimedia annotations linking physical items to Ashbery's life and work
Integration of close readings and textual analysis of Ashbery's poetry
Cross-disciplinary approach combining literature, digital design, and historical research
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