Experimental Jetset Online Archive Lost Formats Links News About this site Contact	The Free Library Modernism Backdrop page 1 of 5				01. The second edition of The Free Library took place in June 2005 at Space 1026, an exhibition space in Philadelphia. But before we get to that, we'll first explain something about the first edition of The Free Library: In 2004, we were asked by curator Mark Owens (of ORG and Life of the Mind) to participate in a group show that took place between April 29 and May 20, 2004, at The Riviera, an exhibition space in Brooklyn, NY. The name of this exhibition was The Free Library, and the show featured artists and designers we feel actually quite kindred to, such as David Reinfurt (ORG), James Goggin (Practise), Sara de Bondt (Frank & Eunice) and Ryan Gander. For The Free Library, Mark Owens wanted to exhibit a specific piece: the 'Modernism Backdrop', a banner that we initially designed in 1998 as a part of the installation Black Metal Machine. This was an installation we created for SuperNova, a group show that took place at Bureau Amsterdam. The original banner is now hanging in our studio (see picture on the left). Mark really wanted to show the original banner, but it simply proved to be too large for the exhibition space (as the original banner measures approximately 2 x 3 meter). So, for The Free Library, he actually produced a smaller version (120 x 80 cm) of the banner. (Click on the image on the left to see the smaller version of the banner, and to continue with the story).
(c) Experimental Jetset 97-06	Previous  / Back to Archive / Next				Related Links: SuperNova / Life of the Mind		Original banner screenprinted by Shipmate, Zoetermeer, NL.