Caline Aoun | Niall De Buitléar | Guestroom | Vera Klute
Curated by Shinnors scholar, Mary Conlon
Paperplane is the first chapter of the Six Memos curatorial project initiated by research scholar, Mary Conlon . The exhibition responds to recent negotiations between European editors and an internet search engine regarding a lucrative and legislated agreement on the digitization of the world’s books. Fears that the world’s ‘last library’ might be controlled as a commercial enterprise have sparked debate about the future of literature in light of the proliferation of virtual records as well as the simultaneous decline of readership. Digitization allows for more practical and accessible circulation of texts and for new life to be breathed into forgotten publications. Consequently, however, the book in its physical form becomes a rarefied object of obsolete function.
Venue: The Joinery Gallery, 6 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
Opening on Wednesday 3 February, 7-9pm
Exhibition continues until 9th February (before moving to Occupy Space, Limerick)
http://gallery.limerick.ie/Exhibitions/SixMemos/
http://www.thejoinery.org/events/paperplane
