Library of the Printed Web (2013–2017)
Library of the Printed Web explored web-to-print artistic practice and the fluid relationship between screen and printed page. It began as a small collection of mainly self-published artists’ publications that I acquired directly from artists and small publishers who were interrogating network culture through print media. The collection quickly grew, attracted attention, and became the subject of international exhibitions, workshops, research, and discourse. In 2014, I began publishing my own artists’ publications through Library of the Printed Web (Printed Web 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and Printed Web Editions), regularly featuring new work by a range of web-to-print artists in various print-on-demand forms.
Library of the Printed Web evolved to become an important resource for the study of print-based experimental publishing in the early 21st century. The collection was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art Library in New York in January 2017.
Included in MoMA’s acquisition were 244 items by 130 artists publishing in 17 countries—artists’ books, zines, newsprint, loose sheets, folios, prints, postcards, and other materials. A comprehensive catalogue was published in fall 2017, with contributions by me, David Senior and Sarah Hamerman of MoMA Library, and artist Sal Randolph.
Library of the Printed Web entered MoMA Library as a self-contained collection (with its own MoMA call number designation: “LPW”), to be preserved in its entirety for years to come. The project is available for institutional loan, and accessible to the general public at MoMA’s midtown Manhattan location for viewing and research (by appointment). Many of the works are rare or no longer available. Most are self-published, including handmade, one-of-a-kind, limited editions, as well as many print-on-demand works.
Download Library of the Printed Web: Collected Works 2013–2017 book [PDF]
Download Printed Web #1 newsprint tabloid [PDF]
Download Printed Web #2 magazine [PDF]
Download Printed Web #3 book [PDF]
Download Printed Web #3 (10 zines) [ZIP]
Download Printed Web #4 newsprint publication [PDF]
Download Printed Web #5: Bot Anthologia newsprint tabloid [PDF]
Download sorry_to_dump_on_you_like_this.zip zine by Christopher Clary [PDF]
Download Molly Soda YouTube zine [PDF]
Download Three Digs A Skull zine by CLement Valla [PDF]
Download Abstract Browsing zine by Rafael Rozendaal [PDF]
