2013
The Reanimation Library is a small, independent presence library created by Andrew Beccone and open to the public. It is a collection of books that have fallen out of mainstream circulation and been acquired for their visual content. Outdated and discarded, they have been culled from thrift stores, stoop sales, and throw-away piles, and given new life as resource material for artists, writers, and other cultural archeologists.
The Reanimation Library was established in order to:
· Build a collection of resources that inspire the production of new creative work.
· Pan for gold in the sediment of print culture.
· Draw attention to the generative potential of libraries.
· Encourage collaboration among human beings.
· Call attention to the generative potential of libraries.
· Contribute to our cultural commons and gift economy.
· Explore pathways between digital and analog worlds.
Since 2006, the library has been situated in Brooklyn, NY and over the past few years, the library has opened several Branch Libraries, which are periodic, site-sourced, temporary manifestations of the library established in locations outside of Brooklyn. They are interactive, hybrid spaces that contain elements of libraries, galleries, and studio workspaces, without settling neatly into any of them. All of them take their names from the neighborhoods were they are located.
From August 31st until November 2nd, Arredondo \ Arozarena gallery will host the firs branch in Mexico, the “Colonia Juárez Branch”. Ten artists will be invited to produce work inspired by the Reanimation Library Project: Gustavo Abascal, Iñaki Bonillas, Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, Ricardo González, Sue Jeong Ka, Daniel Monroy Cuevas, Emilia Sandoval, Enrique Santos, Arturo Soto and Katri Walker.
Based on the dynamics of the Colonia Juárez Branch, Alumnos47 Foundation will offer an educational program that will take place until the exhibition concludes.
“Colonia Juárez Branch” will open at Arredondo \ Arozarena, Praga 27 Col. Juárez on August 31st and will close on November 2nd.
Installation views
Gustavo Abascal
God geometrizes
Mixta sobre tela
100x 80 cm
2013
3 Logos
Mixta sobre tela
100x 80 cm
2013
Iñaki Bonillas (cortesía OMR)
Figuras del pensar: El libro vacío
Ed. 1 + 1 PA
19 impresiones digitales sobre papel de algodón
Impresión: 21 x 13 cm
Marco: 22.5 x 14.5 x 1.5 cm
2008-2013
Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes
Buscando Patrones
Impresión digital
16 x 20 cm
2013
Torre de Papel
Libros y fotografía
Medidas variables
2013
Ricardo González
"El Glison" 2013
Crayón de óleo y polvo sobre tela
122 x 183 cm
2013
Sue Jeong Ka
Laboratorio de renovación bibliotecaria.
Instalación
Medidas Variables
2013
Daniel Monroy Cuevas
Fragmentos atemporales de una exclusión solar 1-5
Impresión Digital
50 x 50 cm (c/u)
2013
Emilia Sandoval
Terrariums I
Collage en papel algodón
53.5 x 50cm
2013
Emilia Sandoval
Terrariums II
Collage en papel algodón
53.5 x 50cm
2013
Enrique Santos (cortesía FIFI Projects)
Gráficos ontológicos
11 metros de malla metálica niquelada y cortada en diferentes medidas
Medidas variables
2013
Arturo Soto
Enrique Fuentes, de 73 años, cuyo libro favorito es “Pedro Páramo” de Juan Rulfo, lleva 27 años trabajando en la Librería Madero, de la cual es dueño.
11 metros de malla metálica niquelada y cortada en diferentes medidas
Edición de 5 + 2 P.A.Impresión de plata sobre gelatina
40x40 cm
2013
Katri Walker
Erotic Dreams in which unsatisfied sexual desires are fulfilled
Acuarela
56 x 36 cm
2013
Rapture (Éxtasis)
Video
5:00 minutos
2012