Issue 19 Chance Fall 2005

Table of Contents

The nineteenth issue of Cabinet features a themed section on "Chance." Includes Dario Gamboni on art and the accidental; Tarot writings by Denis Johnson & Francine Prose; David Serlin’s interview with Jackson Lears about the history of luck in America; Dale Pendell on necromancy, bletonomancy, margaritomancy, and other obscure forms of divination; and Cabinet’s quite certainly ill-advised Crazy Topsy-Turvy Two-Page Reader Giveaway Bonanza-Stravaganza!™ Artist projects by Moyra Davey, Mariana Castillo Deball, Caitlin Masley, James Peel, and John Colle Rogers, and more.

Columns Main
  • Looking Forward
    Paul Maliszewski
    King Camp Gillette and the dream of Metropolis
  • Artist Project / Events
    Moyra Davey
  • Evolving out of the Virtual Mud: An Interview with Ed Burton
    Margaret Wertheim and Ed Burton
    The imaginary Galapagos of sodaconstructor
  • Artist Project / "Inspyre" and "Love"
    Kevin Okada a.k.a. Kevino­­
  • Extraordinary Voyages
    Christopher Turner
    The first daredevils of Niagara Falls
  • Harnessing Niagara Falls
    Sasha Archibald
    Lighting the Path of Progress
  • Artist Project / Reconstructions (Middle East)
    Caitlin Masley
  • The Difference Engine
    Samantha Hunt
    Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and the birth of the computer
  • The Old Curiosity Shop
    Peter Thomashow
    The philosophical instruments of Benjamin Pike, Jr.
Chance And
  • Postcard / Victoria Falls
    Julian Gantt
  • Bookmark / From the Archives of Chance
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