Collective wisdom,

 

I’d be interested in knowing what you perceive to be ‘cutting edge’ as far as art library spaces & technologies are concerned.

 

We’re renovating a couple of group studies and while the furniture is modular Knoll (which is staying) and the technology in one of the rooms works just fine (ceiling mounted projection w/laptop hookups; decent speakers/audio; dvd; vcr) it’s all a bit circa 1990’s. I’m thinking attractive, high-quality equipment/technology…

 

I’d love to hear your thoughts and/or see images of what you think is are most excellent spaces and/or technologies suitable for smaller (less than 20) art library group study rooms.

 

Thanks & be well,

Jen

 

 

 

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 and founder of the Zine Collections at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University; Tasha Lopez de Victoria, artist and zine educator, TM Sisters; Carol Todaro, artist, educator, printmaker; Ximena Izquierdo, artist, zinemaker, student, assistant director, University of Wynwood

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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