Proteus Gowanus www.proteusgowanus.com is pleased to announce the first
event of its Year-Long Interdisciplinary Library Exhibit
To Build a Library: An Analog Landscape in Eight Squares
A slide show and presentation by Rick Prelinger and Megan Shaw Prelinger
of the Prelinger Library
Tuesday, September 5th, 8 - 9 pm
The event is free. Seating is limited, please email your reservations to
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Founded by Rick Prelinger and Megan Shaw Prelinger, and based in San
Francisco, the Prelinger Library is an access-oriented, image-rich
experimental research library of books, printed ephemera, and over 600
periodical titles. It serves readers, artists, scholars and other
iconoclastic thinkers and is centered on histories of U.S. regions,
culture, industry, landscape, natural history, media, and politics.
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alysons/library.html
A year-long "Library" theme at Proteus Gowanus
The topic of "Library" is captivating the minds of people in many
disciplines today, from the history of libraries and their elaborate
cataloging systems, to the challenges facing libraries as they confront
the web. The visual, conceptual, and metaphorical implications of the
theme have inspired work in the arts, and a flowering of small
alternative libraries has appeared around the country as the role of
library, and the book itself, is questioned. We invite you to visit the
gallery, and consult our website in the coming months for a schedule of
upcoming events, and links to interesting libraries around the world.
The 2006/2007 Library Exhibit and Program participants include:
The Brooklyn Museum Library, The Brooklyn Historical Society, The
Prelinger Library, Reanimation Library, The Encyclopedia Project,
Cabinet Magazine, Bomb Magazine, Kentler International Drawing Space,
Place in History, Recrossing Brookyn Ferry, Ugly Duckling Press,
Purgatory Pie Press, the Institute For Figuring, Temporary Services, J &
L Books, The New York Public Library's Donnell Media Center, The
Artistbook Library (curated by Maddy Rosenberg), The Museum of Matches
Project, "Library Correspondents" Wendy Walker and Tom LaFarge, artists
Nick Defriez, Harrell Fletcher, David Gatten, Nina Katchadourian, Jeanne
Liotta, Jeffrey Schiff, Tracy Priest, Robert The, Alexandra Walcott and
many more.
Proteus Gowanus
543 Union Street @ Nevins St.
enter through gates on Nevins
Brooklyn, NY 11215
718-243-1572
www.proteusgowanus.com
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Beth Kushner, Assistant Librarian
Brooklyn Museum Libraries/Archives
200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn NY 11238-6052
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Tel (718) 501-6309
Fax (718) 501-6125
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