Library of the Printed Web
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| Editor | Paul Soulellis |
|---|---|
| Categories | Art, New media, Internet culture |
| Frequency | Semi-annual |
| Publisher | Library of the Printed Web |
| First issue | 2014 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
| Website | Printed Web |
| ISSN | 2332-6638 |
Library of the Printed Web is a physical archive devoted to web-to-print artists’ books, zines and other printout matter.[1] Founded by Paul Soulellis in 2013,[2] the collection was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art Library in January 2017.[3] The project has been described as "web culture articulated as printed artifact,"[4] an "archive of archives,"[5] characterized as an "accumulation of accumulations," much of it printed on demand.[6] Techniques for appropriating web content used by artists in the collection include grabbing, hunting, scraping and performing, detailed by Soulellis in "Search, Compile, Publish,"[4] and later referenced by Alessandro Ludovico.[7]
Among the 130 artists included in Library of the Printed Web are Olia Lialina, Mishka Henner, Clement Valla, Karolis Kosas, Lauren Thorson, Cory Arcangel, Silvio Lorusso, Angela Genusa, Jean Keller, Aaron Krach, Joachim Schmid, Benjamin Shaykin, Chantal Zakari, Richard Prince, David Horvitz and Penelope Umbrico.[8] Over 240 works are in the collection.[9] Library of the Printed Web continues to grow through curatorial acquisition and artist contributions.[10]
The collection is used primarily for experimental publishing research,[11] as a way to question issues of copyright, privacy and appropriation by artists on the internet,[12] and as the basis for academic workshops in design and new media.[13]
The project is frequently featured at book fairs, independent publishing conferences and schools, appearing at Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair,[14] Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart,[15] Merz Akademie, Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair,[16] Offprint London,[17] Theorizing the Web,[18] Interrupt 3[citation needed] at Brown University, The Internet Yami-Ichi,[19] Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair,[20] Odds and Ends Art Book Fair at Yale Art Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design[21] School of Visual Arts, International Center of Photography, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Offprint Paris.[22] In 2013 Library of the Printed Web was featured at Theorizing the Web and The Book Affair[23] at the opening of the 55th Venice Biennale.
