Dust Sample 003

Dust Sample 003, originally uploaded by the ghost factory.

Public Library Stacks

March 16, 2013

Found under books by the author Gibbs.

Dust Sample 005

Dust Sample 005, originally uploaded by the ghost factory.

Public Library Stacks

March 16, 2013

Found under books by the author Baldacci.

Dust Sample 009

Dust Sample 009, originally uploaded by the ghost factory.

Public Library Stacks

March 16, 2013

Found under books by the author Jameson.

Dust Sample 011

Dust Sample 011, originally uploaded by the ghost factory.

Public Library Stacks

March 16, 2013

Found under books by the author La Mure.

Dust Sample 012

Dust Sample 012, originally uploaded by the ghost factory.

Public Library Stacks

March 16, 2013

Found under books by the author Chafets.

Call For Artists:

WORKS FOR A PREPARED LIBRARY

The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County is seeking submissions & performers for a one-night exhibition of works based on chance operations. This special edition of Experimental Music at the Library will feature experimental music, performances, video art, & other time-based media, as well as a free publication of two-dimensional & text based work.

1. Combining existing ideas is an interesting way of making new ideas. Chance operations are an interesting way of combining things.
2. Libraries are full of existing ideas. Libraries are also a public space.
3. Let's use the library as source material for making & presenting new ideas in a public space!

Experimental Music at the Library is a monthly performance series designed to bring experimental music, performance art, and other time-based media to a wider audience. It has garnered local & national attention & was recently featured in Library Journal. Previous events in the series have included a live circuit-bent soundtrack to W.F. Murnau's Nosferatu & performance art from the Brooklyn-based collective Panoply Performance Laboratory.

Works for a Prepared Library will be on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 7pm at the Main Library downtown.

TEXT / IMAGE WORKS

Artists Chris Luessen & Tory Keith are curating a zine to accompany the exhibition. The zine will include both text & images. Submissions should pertain to chance operations & be in black & white or grayscale.

TIME BASED WORKS

Using chance operations, create a work that can be shown or performed in 2 minutes & 16 seconds. For purposes of this exhibition, time-based works are defined as art/music performance, video, sound, &/or spoken word.

Deadline for all submissions is Friday, February 22, 2013 at 11:47pm.

GUIDELINES

In your submission, please describe how the work(s) use chance operations & will use the library as a source. Free interpretation of "chance operations" and "library" is encouraged.

There is no limit to the number of works a group or individual artist can submit. Performance works may be submitted as a detailed description along with documentation of past work. Submissions must be in .doc, .pdf, .mov, or .mp3 format. Please title all of your files with your last name & first name followed by the number of the documentation (e.g. lastname_firstname_001.jpg). Each submission should include the following:

• Cover page with contact information.
• List of works submitted.  Include title, corresponding file name(s), format/media, & a brief description.
• Work(s) and/or applicable documentation.

Submissions should be suitable for all ages.

Important for live performance works: Because this event will take place in the span of an hour and a half & we want to present as many works as possible, preference will be given to performances that entail minimal setup. For sound & experimental music performances, please be prepared to scale your volume to the space.  See here for details about the space.

Submissions may be submitted online (see below) or dropped off in person to the Popular Library Department c/o Steve Kemple on the first floor of the Main Library.

Email questions to steven.kemple@cincinnatilibrary.org.

More information here.

CALL FOR ARTISTS PDF

SUBMIT HERE

(password is "fluxus")

::listology::

25 Books in the 25th Year of Life

01.  the marriage plot - jeffrey eugenides
02.  an object of beauty - steve martin
03.  museum of the weird - amelia gray
04.  brave new world - aldous huxley
05.  hunger games - suzanne collins
06.  persepolis:  the story of a childhood - marjane satrapi
07.  persepolis:  the story of a return - marjane satrapi
08.  chicken with plums - marjane satrapi
09.  embroideries - marjane satrapi
10.  learning to love you more - harrel fletcher & miranda july
11.  it chooses you - miranda july
12.  black hole - charles burns
13.  the sigh - marjane satrapi
14.  the heart is a lonely hunter - carson mccullers
15.  catching fire - suzanne collins
16.  mockingjay - suzanne collins
17.  eating animals - jonathon safron foer
18.  a good man is hard to find - flannery o'conner
19.  when you are engulfed in flames - david sedaris
20.  a study in scarlet - sir arthur conan doyle
21.  the sign of four - sir arthur conan doyle
22.  the adventures of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
23.  the memoirs of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
24.  the hound of the baskervilles - sir arthur conan doyle
25.  the return of sherlock holmes - sir arthur conan doyle
26.  the collected stories of carson mccullers - carson mccullers

Currently:  lives like loaded guns:  emily dickinson and her family's feuds - lyndall gordan

via: things organized neatly

::haiku::

i h e a r t m e l a n c h o l y

lovely morning: cake
(carrot), book (moyra davey),
café (hot). despair.

you MUST see their whole house via: the selby

via: the ghost factory on flickr

via: the sartorialist

via: a view from the middle

::haiku::

s o c i a l n e t w o r k

i managed to read
five chapters before needing
to share this with you

::listology::

selected books from my father's collection:

1. tortilla flat by john steinbeck
2. franny and zooey by j.d. salinger
3. the power and the glory by graham greene
4. zen mind, beginner's mind by shunryu suzuki
5. trout fishing in america by richard brautigan
6. drawing on the right side of the brain by betty edwards

::haiku::

t h e s e a r c h

half-priced books, under
which section do you hide your
barthes? or have you none?

via: fuck yeah tattoos!

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