Speculative Libraries.

The article focuses on the Personal Libraries Library & Press (PLL), a subscription lending library and micro-publisher run by artist Abra Ancliffe. It describes PLL as an open-form artwork a speculative library. Examples of library-related artworks from PLL are cited including the installation "Con...

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Publicado en:Art Monthly no. 479; pp. 38 - 42
Autor principal: Thurston, Nick
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Art Monthly Sep2024
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Sumario:The article focuses on the Personal Libraries Library & Press (PLL), a subscription lending library and micro-publisher run by artist Abra Ancliffe. It describes PLL as an open-form artwork a speculative library. Examples of library-related artworks from PLL are cited including the installation "Continuum of Repair" by Kader Attia, the elegiac film trilogy "A Beautiful Living Thing" directed by Ross Birrell and the multilingual book "When the Library Was Stolen."