Shall Make, Shall Be

Girl Friday Books

Sep 19

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Product Details

Publisher: Girl Friday Books
Release Date: September 19, 2023
Formats: Hardcover, Ebook
ISBN: HC: 979-8-218-00952-6; EB: 978-1-959411-22-2
Trim: 9 x 10
Page Count: 112

The Bill of Rights at Play

Edited by Laine Nooney and John Sharp

In the 2020s, the rights and responsibilities of American citizens have been contested as never before. Amid fraught elections, Black Lives Matter protests, and a global pandemic, our nation has become roiled in debate over what America is and who has access to the rights its people proclaim. Evolving interpretations of the Constitution both reflect and escalate tensions in a rapidly changing world, affecting everything from the fabric of American society to our survival as individuals and even as a species.

Shall Make, Shall Be is a curatorial project in which ten artists and eleven legal scholars explore the meaning and impact of the Bill of Rights. Developed with production support from the Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University, Shall Make, Shall Be shares ten artworks and essays that provide a space to consider identity and life inside the American experiment and their foundations in these ten amendments. Throughout this catalog for the exhibition, readers can explore the games and interactive artwork with up close images and illuminating text from the artists and scholars involved.

Shall Make, Shall Be demonstrates how our laws and cultural norms don’t always lead to the outcomes we hope for. The thought-provoking works and essays within help us see new paths forward to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Artists

arts.codes (Melissa F. Clarke and Margaret Schedel), Peter Bradley, Danielle Isadora Butler, Arnab Chakravarty, Ian McNeely, and Moaw!, Latoya Peterson and Cherisse Santa Cruz Datu, Ryan Kuo, Andy Malone, Shawn Pierre, Vi Trinh, Lexa Walsh

Scholars

Deborah N. Archer, Monica C. Bell, Jennifer Carlson, Erwin Chemerinsky, Jessica M. Eaglin, Keramet Reiter, Sharon E. Rush, Michael E. Shammas, Nabiha Syed, Suja A. Thomas, Alexander Zhang

Project Team

R. Luke DuBois, Laine Nooney, John Sharp

Learn more about the project at shallmakeshallbe.org

General Nonfiction