A-Frame Press
utility • ecology • artisan • lifestyle
A-Frame Press considers the past, present, and future of the printing press, the photograph, and the storytelling mediums that have grown up around them — an incubator for work that pays homage to where these forms began while following them toward wherever they’re headed next. Utility, ecology, artisan, lifestyle: our writers move between philosophy, animal behavior, and quiet dispatches from the analog world in service of that one question.
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Theater of Life: Part II
Grace under pressure is often a performance for survival, that can also yield attractive residual results. When the time comes where staying alive—maintaining a steady…
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The Storyteller’s Spell
The Storyteller Before the Page Before there was the page, there was the voice. Before the voice, there was only the moment itself, lived once, and then gone forever….…
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The Evolution Simulation Technology
Today, simulations exist in the form of virtual reality, advanced technology, digital games, and theoretical models. But what if I proposed that simulations have…
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Play With Meaning
From childhood games of pretend to the show lights of Broadway, from Monopoly nights to immersive virtual reality video games, play and activities have followed us…
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Theater of Life
Orientation We, the creatures of Earth, engage in theatrics to coexist. Our gestures, posture, and glances become a silent script — body language is a code we…
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Dancing for Strangers
Nature’s Stage: The Many Meanings of Performance One could say that nature is filled with performances. Some that are dazzling, some that are subtle, but all of which…
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Pleasure vs. Survival
Learning by Doing Play provides a form of mental and physical stimulation. It can be an activity that enables individuals to hone in on motor skills, strengthen social…
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Introduction to the Symposium of Entertainment
The Inception of Entertainment Why don’t we try thinking of entertainment not as a direct product of human evolution and development, but rather as stories within…
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Surf, Stars, and Silence
The Simple Luxury of Disconnecting Paddling out to the surf as the sun rises, feeling the grains of sand in between your toes on an empty beach, and gazing at a…
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Evolutionary Wave Story
This project’s ambition is to consider the past, present, and future of the printing press, the photo, and storytelling mediums, including motion. Envisioned as the…
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Key to the Essence of Life
The following is an essay that sums up my thoughts on life and goals SO FAR: Happiness; what most seem to want yet few seem to have. Hopefully all will soon realize that…