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 [log in to unmask] or call
718-243-1572
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
submitted
by:
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