The Infinite Almanac
| Date start | 12.23.25 |
| Date end | 03.31.26 |
| Start Time | 11am |
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| Admission | Free |
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| Associated Program | Welcome to my Homepage |
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Welcome to my Homepage presents The Infinite Almanac by Ivan Zhao.
Project Description
The Chinese lunisolar calendar (黄历) is a traditional time-tracking system meant to be useful for agricultural and cultural purposes. The history of the calendar is vast and complex, but at its core tracks both the cycles of the moon and the sun. The calendar is divided into 24 solar terms (节气), each marking a specific astronomical event or natural phenomenon throughout the year, further divided into three seasons (候), which often reflect a particular aspect of nature or change during that period. The Infinite Almanac is inspired by this traditional system and expands the 72 lines to a full calendar cycle of 365 days. Written in a style inspired by the renga (a Japanese poetry form), each line corresponds to a day of the year and reflects the changing seasons, natural phenomena, and cultural events associated with that day, and is intended to be read in any order throughout the year. The poem is a meditation on existence, moving between queerness, becoming, and loss, in relation to the everpresent changing of nature and the speaker's own notion of self.
Perfect for fans of poetry, calendars, graphic design, and infinite scrolling.
Artist Bio
Ivan Zhao is a designer, programmer, and words artist based in San Francisco. His work reckons with digital, diasporic, and queer identity through permutations of forms and objects, the interaction between human and machine, and the mathematical and mechanical language of creation. His webart work can be found in Taper, thehtml.review, The New River, Adjacent, and Crawlspace, and his poetry can be found in Prism, Foglifter, Yalobusha Review, and elsewhere.
Viewing Details
On view online (desktop preferred) thru March 2026 at welcometomyhomepage.net.
