Knowing The Ropes #2

The second book takes the project further into the realm of the premodern domestic interior and its hidden infrastructures of technology.

The expression “knowing the ropes” means to understand one’s craft or profession. The origin may be nautical, referring to sailors who have to learn the function of each rope on a ship, or it may come from the theatre where ropes are used to raise and lower sceneries.

The first book mapped out the project's foundation including oral histories on rope - and net-making.

By BRYNHILDUR PÁLSDÓTTIR, ÞURÍÐUR RÓS SIGURÞÓRSDÓTTIR, THERESA HIMMER.