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First Friday Art Walk: April 3, 6–8 PM March 27–April 3

The exhibition of student’s projects completed during the workshop given by Lars Henkel on Photoshop illustration.

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rimarily a disease of the printing trade, hence the name. Printer’s Evil was undoubtedly known before the advent of moving type, although evidence to this effect remains circumstantial. The condition begins as an inflammation of the skin caused by contact with a pathogenic slime mold, Papyroplasmapora infestans. This fungus occurs worldwide and is commonly parasitical to many varieties of paper and wood pulp material. Generally harmless in its dormant state, the introduction of inks or other materials to the paper surface inspires the fungus to rapid zoosporangia proliferation. To date, there has been little research into the precise chemical nature of compounds triggering zoosporangia; assertions that squid-derived inks may constitute

an active agent have little basis in fact. Paper sufficiently infested with the growth transmits spores to the skin upon contact; the spores penetrate the epithelium and root themselves in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. The fungal manifestation, when it occurs in books, can easily be mistaken for the effects of damp, differing, however, in tile respect that it corrupts the surface of the paper and so also tends to corrupt the arrangement of the letters on the page. Heavily infested books were often held to be “rewriting” themselves, as the letters seem to change shape and form new words. The skin inflammation begins by draining the affected areas of blood, then gradually dries the epithelium. Doctors chronicling the disease refer to this as the “paper stage.” Once the spores are rooted in the muscle tissue, fine thread-like rhizoids (tendrils) appear at the epidermal surface to form a variegated pattern across the affected areas of skin. This is known as the “ink stage,” the visible rhizoids bearing someresemblance to cursive letter forms. Without treatment, the spores continue contaminating cells in the muscle tissue until every area of the infected subject manifests the condition. Once the ink stage is complete, the skin and muscle tissue becomes completely desiccated and begins to fall away from the limbs of the patient. Needless to say, death quickly follows this final stage of the disease. However, Printer’s Evil is only infectious via active spores in paper material: once the fungus is rooted in the skin, contagion ceases. A further development of the disease has seen its progress divided into two separate conditions, called, somewhat facetiously, Upper Case and Lower Case.

Lower Case Printer’s Evil confines itself to the skin tissues alone, while Upper Case attacks the nervous system, leading to violent muscular spasms (so-called “Gutenberg’s Dance”) and severe fever. The fever, which represents the climax of the Upper Case, induces hallucinations in which the patient believes that the rhizoid marks now visible upon the skin are

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entangled in a romantic mix-up. When the mischievous Robin Goodfellow puts flower juice on the eyes of Lysander and Demetrius, both unintentionally fall in love with Helena. Oberon, Titania’s husband, uses the same magic on her eyes, causing her to fall in love with Bottom, who now wears an ass’s head. Eventually, the spells are undone, true loves are restored, and they all celebrate with marriages and a play. SATURDAYS IN JUNE

Duke Senior, exiled by his usurping brother Duke Frederick, takes refuge in the Forest of Arden with a band of faithful lords. His daughter Rosalind remains at court as a companion to her cousin Celia, Frederick’s daughter. Frederick banishes her, fearing she threatens his rule. Rosalind flees to the Forest of Arden with Celia, disguised as Ganymede and Aliena, and they are accompanied by the fool Touchstone. Orlando, fleeing from his brother, also takes refuge in the forest, where he meets Rosalind disguised as Ganymede. Love blossoms elsewhere in the forest: the shepherd Silvius suffers unrequited love for Phoebe, who has fallen for Ganymede, while Touchstone pursues the goat-herd Audrey. Oliver, sent into the forest to hunt down Orlando, falls in love with Aliena.