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oct 26 2009 The second location of Library! is at Kennedy Library for Science Café on October 27th. Also in attendance: The Reading Chair. Science Café is an informal speaker series on scientific topics, led by an expert. The series stimulates discussions in the arts and sciences; encourages open, easy-to-understand conversation exploring scientific topics and interdisciplinary interactions. The topic for Tuesday, Oct. 27th: Is it still a book? This informal discussion will focus on what makes a book a book. Participants can cozy up and test drive a new Kindle or handle beautiful bound books to compare and contrast this idea. Cal Poly Graphic Communication professors Lorraine Donegan and Ken Macro, along with Cuesta College Fine Arts Professor David Prochaska will lead the discussion that runs from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, at the 2nd floor Café Lounge. http://lib.calpoly.edu/learningcommons/science_cafe/isitstillabook/ Please join us. Go visit Library! in the 2nd floor cafe lounge, it will be there all week. Oct 21 2009 We finally made time to get some decent photos of the chair. For our San Luis Obispo friends, the Reading Chair and Library! will both be at Cal Poly for their Science Cafe series (“Is it still a book?”) on October 27th. (And if you’d like to see more furniture designed by (the amazing) Chris Allen, please visit his website) Oct 19 2009 Bookish additions to our little culture exchange. || Thank you Julie Frankel and Meryl Perloff || And a few more books made their way! (Thank you Bonnie W. for the books about art.) Library! collections can still be checked out at the Sanitarium in San Luis Obispo for another week or so.
— > http://www.thesanitariumspa.com/ 1716 Osos St. So many little interventions to inspire. Current location of Library! Jan. 4-15, 2010: Arts Obispo, SLO Creamery, #165 (10am – 4pm) Oct. 27: Science Cafe at Cal Poly — “Is it still a book?” Oct. 12-26: The Sanitarium, 1716 Osos Street in San Luis Obispo, California Images: Artists’ books on piano: Julie Frankel Pencil Book: Meryl Perloff Library! is a project of http://thereadinginpublicproject.blogspot.com || GO SEE || the Library! will have an extended debut at the Sanitarium in San Luis Obispo before it makes its way to Cal Poly at the end of October. Take a book, leave a book; be inspired. || FIRST || First book to be lent was The Tao of Pooh written by Benjamin Hoff. || APPRECIATION || Thank you to those who donated books for the debut: Poets Kevin Patrick Sullivan Francesca Nemko Artist Meryl Perloff and to much appreciation to Suzi Bliss, proprietress of the Sanitarium. || MORE || Library! is the second project from Reading In Public Library! is an abandoned newspaper rack, repurposed into an informal traveling book and culture exchange which serves as a venue for creative readers who care that reading not become a lost art. Readers of all ages will be able to find books, sketchbooks, or an actual piece of book art. Each piece will have a library card documenting its travels. When a reader checks a piece out, they’re asked to sign the card and leave those in a box located on top of the rack. Borrowers are encouraged to leave an item for lending. We encourage creative annotation to all the art pieces, and we encourage personal notes in the books left by readers. Each new location of Library! will be posted at http://www.readinginpublic.com oct 10 2009 Is now installed at the Sanitarium. It won't be there long, so drop by this weekend and borrow a book! 1716 Osos Street San Luis Obispo, California http://www.thesanitariumspa.com/ Read about the Sanitarium in the New York Times Travel section: http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/05/15/travel/escapes/15Sanluis.html oct 8 2009 We are so close to unveiling our new project! Still tinkering with last minute fixes and details. L i b r a r y ! is close to being rolled out. Thank you to our booksters who have already contributed “collections” to our little lending/culture exchange. Will update you again soon. Exciting!
sept 29 2009 Placing the first sign was far easier than we thought, whew. And we're sad that the face will be hidden by a (transparent) handle. 
Sept 24 2009 You’re either with us or you’re with them New Times, San Luis Obispo. Read: http://www.newtimesslo.com/special-issue/22/autumn-arts-09/ 
sept 24 2009 a teaser for Reading In Public project #2. We just got our stickers back from Frank at Linson Signs (hi, Frank!). Library! will be an honor system (take a book and leave one in its place) book exchange of sorts (Catherine insists it’s more of a culture exchange) where each book will have a bookplate documenting its travels. Library! itself will start its journey at Steynberg Gallery on Monterey. Due any day now… http://thereadinginpublicproject.blogspot.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/readinginpublic/ http://twitter.com/readinginpublic 
sept 14 2009
Here for his WWII 86th Infantry BlackHawk Division 50th reunion and sculpture dedication at Camp San Luis! This was his first time back in 50 years and he and his wife came early to see how much San Luis Obispo has changed. They both love the arts and reading. http://www.flickr.com/photos/readinginpublic/ 
sept 4 2009
We need a NAME. a Name of an unusual lending Library of sorts. Library that is outdoors or in public spaces. Library that is smallish in nature. (3.5ft x 2.5ft) Library that is portable so to speak. WHAT would you name it? Here are some ideas we have so far. Tell us what you think and/or tell us your suggestions. email us.
UPDATE: Your Ideas (Way to go Booksters!) http://twitter.com/jesteram:
sept 3 2009 Art is… Reading is… Don't forget to send us your reading in public photos! flickr.com/photos/readinginpublic aug 27 2009 Wrap-up of our summer interventions: Reading In Public (RIP) Reading In Public (RIP!) was formed to celebrate the written word by way of community performance in public spaces. – We were mobile. We read. We laughed. We smiled. We determined reading is not a lost Art. www.readinginpublic.com Flash Mobs (more to come!) Weddings, and donuts, and reading – oh my! http://nothinghappenedhere.com/happy-donut-retro-formal Installations High-heeled Alley http://nothinghappenedhere.com/go-see-bubblegum-alley Public Displays of Affection Portable Dance Assembly – Taking choreography into public spaces, Drew Silvaggio and the dancers of the Civic ballet of San Luis Obispo hit the streets and brought a series of performance pieces in unexpected places in downtown San Luis Obispo. and others: Guerrilla Art show More Flash Mobs: Press: Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/08/reading-in-public.html Apartment Therapy’s re_nest http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/books-guides-resources/reading-in-public-092560 Gapers Block, Chicago http://gapersblock.com/bookclub/2009/08/25/reading_in_public/ Situational Curation: We formed our own collective of ephemeral art interventionists. http://nothinghappenedhere.com/ – Nothing Happened Here is a full-circle gesture to place art in an entirely unusual and unexpected context. All we leave behind are smiles. THANK you for a phenomenal summer.  jul 24 2009
Nothing will Happen There (Spencer’s) Why? ASCAP (google them) requirements have led us to cancel our Live! on Aisle 9 intervention. All of us have so much admiration and respect for musicians and composers and our intention has always been to do right by the arts community, yet ASCAP’s fees and regulations were insurmountable for a fledgling art collective. Don’t fret. We have many other art interventions afloat and more to be posted soon. Thanks to all the musicians and artists who joined up! and to Spencer’s ( who have been wonderful and open to our experience economy event.) 
aug 24 2009
Read the article here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/08/reading-in-public.html Thanks Carolyn! Credits: :: Screen shot: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy :: Our reading parking space is an homage to the ReBar Groups PARK(ing) project http://www.rebargroup.org/projects/parking/ :: Readers in photo: Mauria Lynn Betts and Heidi Harmon, photo/Catherine Trujillo  aug 21 2009
Portable Dance Assembly (PDA) - our interpretation of public displays of affection! WHAT: Taking choreography into public spaces, Drew Silvaggio and the dancers of the Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo are hitting the streets to bring you a series of performance pieces in unexpected places in downtown San Luis Obispo. WHEN: Saturday Aug. 22, 2009 MAP: http://bit.ly/qtsai aug 21 2009 Hello friends, We want to throw this out into the art universe to see if it can be answered. What is Art? We have had interesting responses to some of our projects already and I am hoping you can help with another, even if you don’t have any artistic abilities…we still want your opinion. (sketch, paint, photograph, compose, write, whatever!) Help us answer: http://slo.craigslist.org/ats/1326914310.html (deadline: Monday Aug. 24, 2009) 
aug 20 2009
Apartment Therapy’s re-nest posted about our Reading in Public chair and project. Check us out: http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/books-guides-resources/reading-in-public-092560 Thank you re-nest! More about RIP: www.readinginpublic.com 
aug 18 2009
What: Interventionists needed for a Wedding-themed Flash Mob. :: Minister or Officiant (or someone willing to dress as one) :: Groomsmen (come on, dust off that tuxedo!) :: Wedding guests (bring a wrapped fake “wedding present”) When: Thursday Aug 27 (around 6:15pm-7:15pm) [email protected] for more info aug 17 2009 Sit, read and sip on a cup of tea or coffee! The Steynberg Gallery is hosting the Reading in Public chair designed by Chris Allen. www.steynberggallery.com 1531 Monterey St San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-2927 (805) 547-0278 Snap a photo reading! There is a disposable camera in the RIP chair’s ottoman, or you can e-mail a photo from your own camera or cellphone to: [email protected]. Do drop us a note and let us know what you think of the project, E-mail: [email protected] THANK you readers, viewers and Peter Steynberg! About: Reading In Public (RIP!) was formed to celebrate the written word by way of community performance in public spaces. The project began as a response to the shifting landscape in publishing, and the realization that more and more of us are writing in public, as bloggers and tweeters, for instance. Similarly, we seek to broadcast words in public, through the simple act of contemplative reading on a noisy street corner, or as performance, with readers directly engaging onlookers. On Saturday, August 1st, we held a one day event in San Luis Obispo, California, the first of many that we hope to do. We wheeled this, our Reading Chair, which was specially designed for the occasion, to various downtown locations, where assigned readers took turns sitting and reading. Our readers were people of all ages and walks of life who shared a passion not only for words, but for story telling. Some of them submitted an online application, and some were invited to read. They chose their own reading materials and crafted their own performances. Details of the project are at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/readinginpublic/ & Flickr set about the chair & Our Website: www.readinginpublic.com images courtesy of: www.myspace.com/steynberggallery |
