General Public Library

The General Public Library is a library/reading room project, organized by Mylinh Nguyen, which will be accessible as an online resource as well. To start the library, Mylinh Nguyen invited designers, publishers, curators, artists, galleries, and musicians to contribute publications to the project that reflect the donor’s practice, methodology, inspiration and interest. Visitors are encouraged to donate a favorite book to the library during the exhibition.Mylinh Nguyen approaches the idea of a library with a unique focus on participation and the formation of community. In contrast to a traditional reading room–which can only be accessed for the duration of the show—the online catalogue of the General Public Library allows each visitor to browse and curate their own library within an existing and continually growing catalogue, beyond the physical installation…Contributing participants include Art Metropole, aaaarg.org, Ooga Booga, Fillip, Printed Matter, Nieves, 2nd Cannons Publications, Capricious, Hassla, Golden Age, Medium Rare, Oslo Editions, Gottlund Verlag, Eastside Projects, Bedford Press, Stripe SF, New Jerseyy, Matt Keegan, North Drive Press, split/fountain, STUPENDOUS, The Holster, Bart de Baets, Christian Brandt, Task Newsletter, Robin Cameron, Dante Carlos, Espen Friberg and Aslak Gurholt Rønsen, David Horvitz, Zak Kyes, Kingsboro Press, Manystuff, Radim Pesko, Laurel Ptak, Peter Sutherland, Vance Wellenstein, Jessica Williams and YOU.September 16-November 13, 2010Art in General, New York

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