Dr Karen Di Franco
@archivist23.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, MA Curating & Collections | Programme Curator, Chelsea Space | Chelsea College of Arts, UAL 🍩 Archives, Reproduction (artists' publishing), Feminisms, Writing 📐 Personal account 📎
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Very excited to spot a new bird in the tree today — not quite sure what it was — quite large, brown / beige with whiteish spots ?
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Very excited to spot a new bird in the tree today — not quite sure what it was — quite large, brown / beige with whiteish spots ?
Hard to work because I keep getting distracted by the woodpeckers in the tree outside my window.
November 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hard to work because I keep getting distracted by the woodpeckers in the tree outside my window.
Yeah, Frieze week is fun, but you could be at home listening to a Tawny Owl! 🦉
October 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yeah, Frieze week is fun, but you could be at home listening to a Tawny Owl! 🦉
Well this was devastating.
October 7, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Well this was devastating.
Am presenting at the STS conference tomorrow on the panel Reimagining Archives: Visual Feminist Epistemologies in Digital Access — convened by HGK Basel!
September 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Am presenting at the STS conference tomorrow on the panel Reimagining Archives: Visual Feminist Epistemologies in Digital Access — convened by HGK Basel!
Stonehenge as viewed from the A303 — on a 24 hr London to Devon birthday mission.
August 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Stonehenge as viewed from the A303 — on a 24 hr London to Devon birthday mission.
UK news right now.
July 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
UK news right now.
Been at work for 12 hours straight
July 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Been at work for 12 hours straight
Sitting with my feet up.
June 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Sitting with my feet up.
Last glow of light.
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Last glow of light.
Moon Tent for the Flower Moon, a one night event iterating a previous installation by Rosemary Mayer, curated by Hollybush Gardens.
May 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Moon Tent for the Flower Moon, a one night event iterating a previous installation by Rosemary Mayer, curated by Hollybush Gardens.
Beautiful light tonight.
May 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Beautiful light tonight.
New AI Carolee Schneemann colab just dropped:
May 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New AI Carolee Schneemann colab just dropped:
Completed on the flat today!
April 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Completed on the flat today!
Beautiful light this evening
April 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Beautiful light this evening
A friend is running in the marathon today.
April 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A friend is running in the marathon today.
From his campaign office — a sentiment we can all appreciate.
April 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
From his campaign office — a sentiment we can all appreciate.
From now on this is going to be a boring view account. Sorry.
April 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
From now on this is going to be a boring view account. Sorry.
It’s the first time I’ve ever opened the Stocks app on my phone.
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
It’s the first time I’ve ever opened the Stocks app on my phone.
Two excellently coloured exhibition publications from this weekend. Peter Hujar at Raven Row and Barbara Steveni at Modern Art Oxford.
March 2, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Two excellently coloured exhibition publications from this weekend. Peter Hujar at Raven Row and Barbara Steveni at Modern Art Oxford.