MIAMI DADE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
The Reading Room
A Temporary Space for Artists' Books, Publications and Multiples
Friday, June 11, Noon - 2 p.m.
Miami-Dade Public Library System, Main Library Children's Room, 101 W.
Flagler Street, Miami
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With special guests:
Cristina Favretto, Head of Special Collections, University of Miami
Libraries <http://www.library.miami.edu/specialcollections/> and
founder of the Zine Collections
<http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/zines/> at the Sallie
Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University; Tasha
Lopez de Victoria, artist and zine educator, TM Sisters
<http://www.tmsisters.com/> ; Carol Todaro, artist, educator,
printmaker; Ximena Izquierdo
<http://www.cargocollective.com/ximenaizquierdo> , artist, zinemaker,
student, assistant director, University of Wynwood
<http://www.hinchasdepoesia.com/>
With special feature:
A selection of zines from 1992-1996 from the collection of seminal
zinestress Scapula Ray
On the second Friday of each month, a secret room in the Children's Room
at the Main Library becomes The Reading Room. Visitors can stop by any
time between 12 and 2 p.m. to get up close and personal with selections
from the Library's collection of artists' books, publications and
multiples.
The theme of this month's Reading Room is zines and obsolete
technologies. There are many definitions for zines, but they tend to be
do-it-yourself or independently produced and distributed publications.
Often they are fueled by the personal expressions or obsessions of their
creators. Some trace zines to fanzines, publications created by 1930s
science fiction fans. Zine librarian Alycia Sellie writes, "Others
believe that the medium was more influenced by the punk rock movement of
the 1970's. Many refer to the legacy of zines in the pamphlets and
broadsides published as far back as Thomas Paine and Benjamin Franklin,
or to the works of the Dada art movement." In the 90s, zine culture
thrived among women and girls as part of "the riot grrrl movement's
reaction to sexism in punk culture..and the rise of third wave
feminism."
Because zines are often created on Xerox machines, we'll also be talking
about the use of obsolete technologies in art and elsewhere. On special
display this week is a selection of rare, early-mid 1990s punk/feminist
photocopy zines from the collection of Oneco, FL-based zinestress
Scapula Ray including Libel, Pawholes, Hey 19, Action Girl, and many
others.
As always, there will be coffee and cookies. We may also talk about the
World Cup.
For more information about exhibitions and programs at the Miami-Dade
Public Library System, visit
http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp
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