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Reading in Public's second project will be traveling to ARTS Space Obispo!
L I B R A R Y !
ARTS Space Obispo
Jan. 4-15, 2010
SLO Creamery, #165
(10am - 4pm)
situational curation
Ephemeral Art Interventions
Nothing Happened Here is a full-circle gesture to place art in an entirely unusual and unexpected context.
All we leave behind are smiles.
About:
http://nothinghappenedhere.com/tag/about
Contact:
nothinghappenedhere@gmail.com
or
info@readinginpublic.com
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See the Chair at the Central Coast Book & Author Festival!
Look for poet Kevin Patrick Sullivan and the Reading in Public Chair at the 9th Central Coast Book and Author Festival!
Kevin Patrick Sullivan will be sharing his poetry and if you persuade him, reading from the Chair! Go say hello and sit and read in the chair.
(We will have a camera in the ottoman - so be sure to snap your photo!)9th Central Coast Book and Author Festival
Sunday, October 4, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown, Mission Plaza
http://www.ccbookfestival.org/
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Readers everywhere
Here for his WWII 86th Infantry BlackHawk Division 50th reunion and sculpture dedication at Camp San Luis!
This was his first time back in 50 years and he and his wife came early to see how much San Luis Obispo has changed.
They both love the arts and reading.
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We need your Ideas
We need a NAME.
a Name of an unusual lending Library of sorts. Library that is outdoors or in public spaces.Library that is smallish in nature. (3.5ft x 2.5ft)
Library that is portable so to speak. WHAT would you name it?Here are some ideas we have so far. Tell us what you think and/or tell us your suggestions.
email us @
info@readinginpublic.com
- Library Walk-up
- Plein air Library
- Library Nook
- Side Street Library
- Curb Appeal Library
- Curbed Library
- Curbside library
- Pressing Issues
- Public Paperback Rack
- SLO Reads
- BiblioRack
- Impromptu Library
- Library Brouhaha
- Book! Book!
Image courtesy of http://www.lapl.org/
UPDATE: Your Ideas (Way to go Booksters!)
- @ReadingInPublic How about: Portable Books or Passing Pages or the Out and About Library or the Pocket Library or Books on the Block?
Others:
- Roadside Library
- Book stand
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Apartment Therapy's re-nest loves Reading in Public
Apartment Therapy's re-nest posted about our Reading in Public chair
and project.
Check us out:
http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/books-guides-resources/reading-in-public-092560
Thank you re-nest!
More about RIP:
www.readinginpublic.com
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See the Reading Chair at Steynberg Gallery in SLO
Sit, read and sip on a cup of tea or coffee!
The Steynberg Gallery is hosting the Reading in Public chair designed by Chris Allen.
1531 Monterey St
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2927
(805) 547-0278
Snap a photo reading!
There is a disposable camera in the RIP chair's ottoman, or you can e-mail a photo from your own camera or cellphone to:
Do drop us a note and let us know what you think of the project,
E-mail: info@readinginpublic.com
THANK you readers, viewers and Peter Steynberg!
About:
Reading In Public (RIP!) was formed to celebrate the written word by way of community performance in public spaces. The project began as a response to the shifting landscape in publishing, and the realization that more and more of us are writing in public, as bloggers and tweeters, for instance.
Similarly, we seek to broadcast words in public, through the simple act of contemplative reading on a noisy street corner, or as performance, with readers directly engaging onlookers. On Saturday, August 1st, we held a one day event in San Luis Obispo, California, the first of many that we hope to do. We wheeled this, our Reading Chair, which was specially designed for the occasion, to various downtown locations, where assigned readers took turns sitting and reading. Our readers were people of all ages and walks of life who shared a passion not only for words, but for story telling. Some of them submitted an online application, and some were invited to read. They chose their own reading materials and crafted their own performances.
Details of the project are at:
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Flickr set about the chair
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Our Website:
images courtesy of: www.myspace.com/steynberggallery
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Happy Booksters Everywhere
Thank you booksters!
RIP is global:
(photos courtesy of Cate and sara e wood )
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Reading In Public: The Maps
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A word from our Readers
Why?
People need words. I like to bring the words to them.
-- Ryan
Books are cool. Period.
-- Ariel
I've led a professional life surrounded by books and privately, reading has often been the calm that centers my life.
-- Michael
Because I resent the use of the standard TWEET number limitation to express my self and I enjoy ripping the bindings off first print books and using them as bracelets.
-- Heidi
How Do you Read?
With passion.
-- Brett
I read large print books, Kindle books with large print, books on CD and tape, and audio books downloaded to my shuffle. I love books, so despite my visual impairment, I read any way I can.
-- Jennifer
Books in bed, books on the couch, books propped up at the kitchen table.
growing, learning, escape.
but don't ask me to write em.
-- Josephine
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Reading Chair Colophon
Colophon for our www.ReadinginPublic.com Reading Chair!
Design: Chris Allen Woodworking
Fabrication:
13 Ply Russian Birch supported by steel rods
Cherry stain
Ottoman is covered in lacquered book pages
Handles of ottoman are a book cut lengthwise, with glued pages
Roller blade wheels for mobility
Specifications:
• Event marker: The design needed to have a connection to reading. The lid opens to form a chair, and both seat and back rest gently curve at the hinge, which are all design elements drawn from the shape of a book. Chris Allen used laminated plywood, the striations of which are a reference to book pages. We installed the chair at Steynberg Gallery in San Luis Obispo before the event so the public could sit on it, and it is now on display at Cal Poly's Kennedy Library
• Mobility: We needed to be able to wheel it around easily, but not have it move once it was set down. Chris placed 2 rollerblade wheels at the rear, and we pushed/pulled it by the open lid/chair back
• Size: It had to have a small footprint so as not to obstruct pedestrian traffic on city pavements as we wheeled it around
• Stability: Sturdy enough to not tip over if a kid climbed on it (they did, it didn't move)
• Comfort: The gentle curvature of the seat and backrest makes it comfortable to sit on
• Storage: For any reading material our readers brought with them. The space under the seat works as a small bookcase. Chris Allen also made an ottoman which fits into that space, essentially a box with a lid, which functions as additional storage and seating (we used it for both, and we had all the readers sign the underside of the ottoman's lid). Chris Allen sawed a book in half and used the halves as handles for the ottoman. The name of the book was "Hand Luggage" by John Bayley, on the recommendation of our book-loving friend, Karen Templer
• Ease of transport: The chair folds to a cube so we could lift it in and out of a car (the top edge of the lid is notched to prevent pinched fingers)
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