Stories
Bob Moran – Engineer
Object Lesson
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‘The only certainty is the certainty of change.’
Having a favourite machine is a problem, I like the index machines because they’re simple, some of the very early machines were super complex.
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Object Lesson
Object Lesson is a Powerhouse digital content series that upends and inverts the legacy of a set of lesson cards held in the collection since 1880. Named for English educator. Elizabeth Mayo’s 1831 publication Lessons on Objects, the series is underpinned by a desire to learn more about the objects in our collection from people and communities who have special relationships with them.
‘Knowledge stems not only from teacher or institution or object alone — but at the intersection of all.’
Agatha Gothe-Snape, Powerhouse artistic associate