John McVey professes design in beverly, and lives in cambridge, mass
several biographical episodes are detailed or alluded to elsewhere in these pages — freeway, hardware, ea, radioaves.
lobang2 dalam penceriteraan ini juga ada, termasuk bertahunan silam saya coba mendalami Indonesia — sasteranya, sejarahnya, musiknya (kroncong yang paling kunikmati) tapi akhirnya tak lulus – sama sekali gagal – dan ngambil jalan lain.
married, Kuniko Yamada
two sons, Euan Ryuta (b.1990) and Chisaku Pramoedya (b.1997)
presentations, exhibitions, etc.
- Codex/Code : Book and Procedure at the Center of Telegraphic Reading and Writing
proposal (accepted) to CBAA Biennial Conference, University of Iowa Center for the Book —
Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place January 8-10, 2009 - Telegraphic Codes and Message Practice, a Selection from Harvard Library Holdings
curated exhibit
Cabot Science Library, 9 February – 26 May 2006 - Ekphrastic Telegraphy
lecture at Montserrat College of Art, 5 April 2006 - Thesauruses, codes and mundane telegraphy 1870-1930
paper presented at 2005 Annual Conference, Society for the History of Technology (Minneapolis, 3-6 November 2005) - Elementary Types : Not-so dead-end ideas in telegraphic printing of letters and pictures, 1900-1925
paper presented at Temporary Type Conference, St Bride Library (London, 10-12 October 2005)
on elemental types for "facsimile" telegraphy and for letterform generation in printing telegraphy
see elementary signs - Kalkzeep / There is a perfect understanding : Telegraphic clarity and Gertrude Stein's writing 'clear as mud'.
paper presented at Northeast Modern Language Association annual conference (Boston, March 2003)
jmcvey at tiac.net