“as strong as an ox”


“As the Ox Plows“ is a poster-zine that utilizes the Boustrophedon method: an ancient technique found in both farming and literacy studies. 


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 This communal project 
includes 24 artists and 1 artist duo including: 

 ASMA
Annabell P. Lee
Anthony Coleman
Barry Elkanick 
Chioma Ebinama
Claire Milbrath
Elliot Camarra 
Emma Kohlmann
Ethan Skaates 
Javier Ramirez
Justine Rivas
Justus Kempthorne
Kevin McNamee-Tweed
Michael Childress
Mosie Romney
Nadair Asghari
Naomi Romm
Praise Fuller
Santiago Licata
Simone Bodmer Turner
Suzanna Zak
Tara Castellano 
Ursula Macussen
Vinnie Smith

Aristide Maillol, “Peasant Farmer” 1943



For millennia, plowing a field involved cutting grooved trenches in alternating directions.  A new trench does not have to start from the same direction as it began:  this type of pattern alternates  from left-to-right and then right-to-l