THE
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
NEW YORK

The Page + The Screen: Siting Text in the Early 21st Century and Beyond | Session 3
Tuesday, March 2, 7:15pm, at The Reanimation Library at 543 Union Street, Brooklyn;
Class limit: 10 students; taught by Andrew Beccone
All sessions of The Page + The Screen are FREE.

This session of The Page + The Screen will be conducted as a research workshop. Participants will divide into two groups; each tasked with producing a short, collaborative research project based on a single topic that will emerge from the initial class discussion about the library. One group's findings will result in a print-based format (e. g. a zine, pamphlet, spreadsheet, etc.), and the other's will be published online (e. g. as a blog, website, Facebook page, etc.). When putting the projects together, both groups should take into consideration the particular strengths of each format (print/screen). Because this could easily take more time than one session would allow, we may decide to set up a second session in which both groups could share their projects. Participants are encouraged to visit the library outside of class time and during regular hours to continue their research/work.

Suggested Readings

“Unpacking My Library: A Talk About Book Collecting” by Walter Benjamin from Illuminations
Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations by Clay Shirky
“The Ecstasy of Influence: A Plagiarism” by Jonathan Lethem
Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art by Okwui Enwezor

The Reanimation Library is a small, independent library based in Brooklyn at Proteus Gowanus, an interdisciplinary gallery and reading room. The library is a collection of books that have fallen out of mainstream circulation. Outdated and discarded, they have been culled from thrift stores, stoop sales, and throw-away piles across the country and given new life as resource material for artists, writers, and other cultural archeologists.

Andrew Beccone is the founder and librarian of The Reanimation Library.

PLEASE NOTE: As of February 15, all seats have been reserved for this session. If your RSVP is received after this announcement, your name will be put on the waiting list. In order to get your name on that list, please contact us at thepublicschoolny@gmail.com.