art’s institutional critique of the library
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Henry Pisciotta presentation for the "Inside Out: Examining Studio Artists' Perceptions, Presentations, Representations, and Actual Use in the Fine Arts Library" session at VRA + ARLIS/NA 2nd Joint conference. NOTE: Movies removed on slide 39 and 41 to conform to file size.TRANSCRIPT
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Art’s Institutional Critique of the Library
Henry PisciottaArts and Architecture Librarian
Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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I’m thinking about the library being this place of projection and the production of certain myths.”
– artist Edgar Arceneaux
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose
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Mel Chin
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Mel Chin, et al., Sour Grapes , 2003, sculptural installation
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Mel Chin, et al., Sour Grapes , 2003, sculptural installation
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Mel Chin, et al., Self-Help Mirrors, 2003, sculptural installation
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Mel Chin, et al., Self-Help Mirrors, 2003, sculptural installation
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Mel Chin, et al., Raza Writers (‘48 Fleetline), 2003, sculptural installation
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Ernesto Pujol
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Harold Washington Library, Chicago
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Temporary Services
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, books gathered before installation
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, books gathered before installation
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, book Sexy Politzei by Bruno Richard
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John Latham
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John Latham, Art and Culture (preliminary state), 1966-1969, sculpture
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John Latham, Art and Culture, 1966-1969, sculpture
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Michael Clegg and Martin Guttmann
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Clegg & Guttmann, Open Public Library, Hamburg, 1993, part of installation
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Clegg & Guttmann, Open Public Library, Hamburg, 1993, part of exhibition
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Clegg & Guttmann, Open Public Library, Hamburg, 1993, part of related study
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Clegg & Guttmann, Open Public Library, Hamburg, 1993, part of installation
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New York Public Library (photo by P.F.H.Lai)
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, books gathered before installation
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Clegg & Guttmann, Open Public Library, Hamburg, 1993, preparations
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, book Sexy Politzei by Bruno Richard
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Temporary Services, Library Project, 2001, books in special collection area
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Seattle Central Library
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George Legrady
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George Legrady, Making Visible the Invisible: What the Community is Reading, 2004, video data installation
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George Legrady, Making Visible the Invisible: What the Community is Reading, 2004, video data installation
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Seattle Central Library, workstations near Legrady installation
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George Legrady, Making Visible the Invisible: What the Community is Reading, 2004, video data installation
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Erik Desmazières, Library of Babel, Salle hexagonale, 2000, etching
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Candida Hofer, Stockholm Public Library, 1993, photograph
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Hofer, Stockholm Public Library, 1993
Andreas Gursky, Bibliothek, 1999, photograph
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Andreas Gursky, Bibliothek, 1999, photograph
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Andreas Gursky, Stateville Illinois, 2002, photograph
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Clegg and Guttmann, Falsa Prospettiva: Reflections on Claustrophobia, Paranoia, and Conspiracy Theory, 2001, installation
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Clegg and Guttmann, Falsa Prospettiva: Reflections on Claustrophobia, Paranoia, and Conspiracy Theory, 2001, installation
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Rachel Whiteread, Holocaust Memorial, 1999, sculpture
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Rachel Whiteread, Holocaust Memorial, 1999, sculpture
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Andrea Fraser, Information Room, 1998, installation
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Edgar Arceneaux
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David Bunn, Here, There, and Everywhere, 1997, artists book
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Projection of Interests
Authorship / Ownership
Projection of Order
Chaos / Creativity
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Thanks to:Marc Fischer, Temporary ServicesDavid Bunn, Cal. Inst. of the Arts
Mary Rubin, San Jose Office of Cultural AffairsGeorge Legrady, U. of Cal. Santa Barbara
Rebecca Feind, San Jose State U.Carol Terry & Laurie Whitehill Chong, Rhode Island School of Design
AnneDorothee Boehme, School of the Chicago Art Inst.Tony White, U. of Indiana
William Brockman, Amanda Maple, & Eric Novotny, Penn State
Henry PisciottaArts and Architecture Librarian
Pennsylvania State University [email protected]