Knowing The Ropes #2
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.
By BRYNHILDUR PÁLSDÓTTIR, ÞURÍÐUR RÓS SIGURÞÓRSDÓTTIR, THERESA HIMMER.
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.
By BRYNHILDUR PÁLSDÓTTIR, ÞURÍÐUR RÓS SIGURÞÓRSDÓTTIR, THERESA HIMMER.
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.
By BRYNHILDUR PÁLSDÓTTIR, ÞURÍÐUR RÓS SIGURÞÓRSDÓTTIR, THERESA HIMMER.
The second book takes the project further into the realm of the premodern domestic interior and its hidden infrastructures of technology.