Olivia Farrar
Digital Content Specialist
Harvard Magazine

This image depicts a suitcase (back and front) with the back side removed. The suitcase is covered in drawn portraits of famous authors, artists, inventors, comedians, and other figures from history and contemporary society who have generated famous or creative ideas.

Whatcha got in there?

Graphite pencil

Ideas create the world–and, like a suitcase, we take them and what they contain, hoping they’ll supply us for the journey. This piece depicts authors, artists, inventors, and comedians who have packed big ideas still reverberating today.

Artist Statement

Olivia Farrar is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A. Honor English, 2021) and the University of Oxford (MSc in Visual, Material, and Museum Anthropology, 2022). She previously worked in content strategy and script editing for Audible’s U.K. office.

Website

OliviaFarrar.com

Contact Information

olivia_farrar@harvard.edu

School / Unit

Central Administration