Reanimaton Library Carpenter St Branch
In March and April 2012, 186 Carpenter is hosting a branch of the Reanimation Library.
The Reanimation Library is a small, independent public library based in Brooklyn, NY. It is a collection of books that have fallen out of routine circulation and been acquired for their visual content. Outdated and discarded, they are given new life as a resource for artists, writers, cultural archeologists, and other interested parties at the library.
In March and April, a branch of the library will be in residence at 186 Carpenter, a storefront on the West Side of Providence that presents arts programming. Workshops and events are free and open to the public; open hours are another way to access the collection.
To sign up for limited-enrollment workshops (indicated with *), click HERE.
Reanimation Library Carpenter St Branch Open Hours (revised April 22)*
Tuesdays 10AM-5PM
Wednesdays 2:30-4:30PM
Fridays 12-4PM
*Please check the calendar to confirm exact dates and times
Library Grand Opening
Featuring Novus 2
March 3
6-9PM
Come check out the collection while viewing LIVING WITH DATA, works from Jay Zehgebot, Emmy Bright, and Landfill Quarterly and enjoying music from local surf rock band Novus 2.
See photos of the collection and the opening here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joritakemypicture/sets/72157629523524799/
*References
with Andrew Oesch and Jori Ketten
5 session workshop: March 15 + 29, April 5, 21 + 26**
6:30-8PM
As a group the participants in this workshop will generate a set of personal encyclopedias. Using the contents of the library as a starting point we will explore various games, prompts, design methodologies, and oblique strategies to extrapolate a reflection on our passions and processes. **Participants in this workshop will be asked to contribute a small studio fee for AS220 Printshop use.
Sign up for References here
*Mapping with Jellyfish, Walnuts, and Toe-bones
with Amy Walsh
2 session workshop: March 27 + April 4
6-8PM
Using found images harvested from the Reanimation Library we will construct personal and experimental maps, creating new visual languages for the “places” we describe. Join us for two fun evenings of plotting and pasting, letting our discoveries within the archives chart the course.
Sign up for Mapping with Jellyfish, Walnuts, and Toe-bones here
One or the Other
with founder Andrew Beccone
and Mining the Collection Opening
March 31
6-9PM
An experiment in collective decision-making. Andrew Beccone of the Reanimation Library will present the option of one of two talks: One will provide a fairly straightforward account of the conception, development, and work of the library; the other will be assembled entirely from randomly selected library texts and images. Each option will reveal essential aspects of the library, but in significantly different ways. Failure is possible, as is success.
Also on view: MINING THE COLLECTION
Works generated from the Carpenter St Branch by Emmy Bright, Buck Hastings, Daniella Ben-Bassat, Nick Carter
*Believe It When You See It: Storytelling Through Found Images
with Shea’la Finch
2 session workshop: April 9 + 16
7-9PM
Convey complex or seemingly dull information through visually compelling stories. If you can’t afford a graphic designer / can’t draw / don’t want to, join us on a scavenger hunt as we turn discarded images into engaging new stories.
Sign up for Believe It When You See It here
*Case-Bound Journals
with Lara Henderson
2 session workshop: April 11 + 18
6-9PM
Utilize library contents in the production of a Case bound journal. Learn this book binding technique over the course of two workshops with AS220 Community Printshop maven Lara Henderson.
Sign up for Case Bound Journals here
The Dimensions of a Story
(Family Event)
with Andrew Oesch
April 19
10:30AM-1PM
Come explore the contents of the library through the creation of pop-up books with Artist Educator Andrew Oesch. Book making templates + demonstrations will be available so you can come adapt found images into narratives of your own. Accesible for ages 5-11 with an accompanying adult.
Library Closing Party
April 27
4–6PM
See works generated throughout the workshops and open library hours, and spend some last hours with the Carpenter St. Branch before it is folded into the central Reanimation Library in Brooklyn.
Questions? Email us at carpenter186 [at] gmail [dot] com.
This project is made possible in part thanks to a generous grant from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and is being facilitated by Andrew Oesch, Jori Ketten, and Nick Ferreira, in collaboration with Reanimation Library Founder Andrew Beccone. 
