ID/entity: Portraits in the 21st Century
Alternative Autobiographies Digital Limnings: Miniature Memories Experiments in Digital Limnings Loops Portrait of Cati Security By Julia XXXXIII Strangers to Ourselves Telephone Story: A Portrait This Voice Anywhere Van Eyck's Mirror	Digital Limnings: Miniature Memories 2001 Photo by Webb Chappell Joan Logue born 1942 lives and works in New York, New York with Kelly Dobson and Raffi Krikorian Mannequins, digital video, digital screens In the Renaissance, kings rarely traveled to find a bride: instead, an artist was sent to paint her likeness. These artisans were often not the official court painter but lesser-known painters who also illuminated manuscripts as their highly refined trade. One particular Netherlandish family established a workshop serving British monarch Henry VIII, producing miniature portraits called "Limnings" and setting a trend that would continue in England and on the Continent for centuries. For today's celebrated personages, Digital Limnings are also miniature memories wherein the past is stored in the present.