Introduction
04:34
Who are the people of Gorham? What were their lives like? What difference did it all make?
Labor
11:56
A peek onto the factory floor. A glimpse of the hands that made all of this silver.
Care
11:09
Take your seat at a table set with silver. There's going to be a dinner party.
Place
11:40
Exploring the land where Gorham's factory once sat. Past, present and future.
Memory
12:36
How did Gorham shape our memories? An old Gorham advertisement, an honorary cup, and a trip to a statue they left behind hold clues.
Alex Hanesworth (Brown BA 2020, Independent Concentrator, Sound Documentary) produced this audio piece.
The Reverberations team consisted of
Jada Akoto (RISD BFA 2021, Graphic Design), designer
Mariani Lefas-Tetenes, assistant director, School and Teacher Programs
Alexandra Poterack, associate educator, Public and Academic Programs
Jeremy Radtke, assistant director, Digital Initiatives
Ruby Thiagarajan (Brown MA 2019, Public Humanities), research assistant
Liza Yeager, voice actor
Collection Object (pictured above)
RISDM 1991.126.488. Gorham Manufacturing Company, Cubic Coffee Service, 1927. The Gorham Collection. Gift of Textron Inc.
Thanks to those who contributed to the creation of Reverberations
Matthew Bird, senior critic, Industrial Design, RISD
Al Campbell, Sam Hough, & William Kennedy, interviewed for the Mashapaug Pond and Reservoir Triangle Collection of oral histories in Brown University’s Digital Repository
Maya Chavez-Akin, educator, Alvarez High School
Becci Davis, artist and 2018 RISD Museum artist fellow
Marc DeMarchena, associate professor, Johnson and Wales
Peter DiCristofaro director and curator, Providence Jewelry Museum
Freeman Freeman conservation volunteer, RISD Museum
Clarissa Guzman, Gorham site neighbor and student, Blackstone Academy Charter School
Jeff Herman, silversmith and former Gorham employee
Sherenté Mishitashin Harris, member of the Narragansett Tribe and RISD/Brown dual-degree student
Ingrid Neuman, conservator, RISD Museum
Christopher Roberts, 2019–2020 SEI Research Fellow, RISD, and former postdoctoral research associate, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Brown University
Robin Tagliaferri, visual artist, non-profit administrator, and granddaughter of Paolo Tagliaferri, hoisting engineer in the Gorham foundry
Robert A. Tagliaferri, son of Paolo Tagliaferri, hoisting engineer in the Gorham foundry
Additional thanks to those whose conversations and reflections shaped the development of this project
Barbara Barnes, historian
Kristina Brown, artist educator and policy analyst, HousingWorks RI
Gerald Carbone, historian
Erik Carlson, composer, media artist, and architect
Joost During, silversmith, educator, and former Gorham employee
Holly Ewald, artist, UPP Arts
Erik Gould, photographer and RIsd Museum employee
Fosca Maddaloni, doctoral candidate, History of Art and Architecture, Brown University
Laura Maxwell, Gorham site neighbor and educator, Hope High School
Rebecca Noon, actor-creator, former artistic associate for community at Trinity Repertory Company, current director of community engagement at Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis)
Amelia Rose, environmental-justice organizer and executive director, Groundwork RI
Keith Stokes, 1696 Heritage Group