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Week 15 Library 06/09
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Week 14 Finalizing 06/02

WHITE NOISE
- Small group check-ins on P2: Community Publishing
- Group updates on P3: Temporary Library and schedule review
- Coordinate install schedule and show-related events
- Finish your projects and install at WHITE NOISE!
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Week 13 Preparation 05/26

How Many Women Had One-Person Exhibitions at MFC-Michele Didier?, Guerrilla Girls
- Small group check-ins on P2: Community Publishing
- Group updates on P3: Temporary Library and schedule review
- Create a to-do list for your group to finalize your contribution to the show – we'll need to arrange transportation, furniture, etc. by mid-week next week in order to install by the following week!
- Continue making progess on P2 for launch during the Temporary Library
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Week 12 Exchange 05/19

Publishing as Method, conceived and edited by Lim Kyung yong and Helen Jungyeon Ku
- Meet at the The Book Society at 2pm to speak with LIM about Publishing as Method (please arrive 10 mins early if possible!)
- Small group check-ins on P2: Community Publishing
- Group updates on P3: Temporary Library and schedule review
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Week 11 Communities 05/12

Fong Fo (Issue 53; July 2017), 馮火 (第53期; 2017年7月)
- Small group check-ins on P2: Community Publishing
- P3: Temporary Library working session and share out of ideas / progress with the class – based on discussion make a schedule for remaining tasks
- Talk on Community Publishing
- Make progress (sketches, "content" gathering, writing, etc.) on P2, be prepared to share an update casually next week
- Create "final" designs and floorplan for P3 within your group, and make progress according to the schedule we defined in class
- Next week we'll meet at The Book Society to speak with LIM about Publishing as Method
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Week 9 & 10 Holiday 04/28 & 05/05

Stamp for centennial anniversary of Children's Day
- No classes due to sketching trip and Children's Day, make up classes have been scheduled
- Create a proposal for P2
- Work in groups on first set of deliverables for the Library/Show
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Week 8 Sharing 04/21

The Puzzle of Films That Come to Mind: Flashback_Corners of Seoul (1960-1969) by Jaekyung Jung
- Review P1: Self Publishing
- Kickoff P2: Community Publishing and P3: Temporary Library
- Guest talk by Jaekyung Jung from shhh
- Research colleague and/or existing publications for P2
- Rank roles for Group Library and share with chris
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Week 7 Printing 04/14

Ink Village by Corners
- Meet at Corners at 12:45 — please be on time!
- After a group lecture at 1pm, we will have the workshop in 2 sessions. Please refer to this week's Google Doc for the schedule.
- Finalize P1: Self Publishing and be prepared to share your project in class next week
- Bring in your final publication, or a finalized prototype, to share with the group
- Jaekyung Jung from shhh will share about their publishing efforts (such as The Puzzle of Films That Come to Mind: Flashback_Corners of Seoul (1960-1969)). Research Jaejyung and shhh and be prepared with some questions for them, keeping in mind that P2 will be about publishing a project for someone else
- Meet at Corners at 12:45 — please be on time!
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Week 6 Synesthesia 04/07

Pudding 02 by James Chae
- James Chae visits to talk about his publishing practice
- Check-ins on P1: Self Publishing in small groups
- Make progress on P1: Self Publishing (due on 4.21)
- Next week we meet at Corners at 12:45 — please be on time!
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Week 5 Reflection 03/31

blind sunset by Aidan Quinlan
- Review progress for P1: Self Publishing in small groups, sign up here.
- You only need to be present for your group meeting, but please feel free to sit in on other groups' discussions if you'd like!
- Make progress on P1: Self Publishing with the final due date of 4.21, and that we will be having our workshop with Corners on 4.14, in mind.
- Bring in a mock-up of a section of your publication in the most accurate representation of the final work as you can, i.e. as print-outs, a digital prototype, sound files... whatever makes sense for your project. Try and have a rough draft of your entire publication by next week so you can spend 2 weeks producing it!
- Familiarize yourself with James Chae's podcast and magazine, and prepare 1-2 question(s) for his visit next week.
- Review progress for P1: Self Publishing in small groups, sign up here.
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Week 4 Worlding 03/24

Illustration from "Worlding Raga: 2 – What is a World?" by Ian Cheng
- Catch up on In-Class Exercise: Private Publishing progress with those absent last class
- Discuss: Performing Publishing: Infrathin Tales from the Printed Web by Paul Soulellis
- Lecture: Worlding
- Review rough draft progress for P1: Self Publishing in small groups
- Make progress on a penultimate draft for P1: Self Publishing for a small group meeting next week
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Week 3 Material 03/17

One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth
- Check-in + Review updates on are.na
- Share In-Class Exercise: Private Publishing
- Lecture: Materials
- Review concepts for P1: Self Publishing in small groups
- Bring in progress towards a rough draft for P1: Self Publishing
- Read Performing Publishing: Infrathin Tales from the Printed Web by Paul Soulellis and prepare 3 questions/discussion points for next class
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Week 2 Private Publishing 03/10

Dead Drops, Aram Bartholl
- Check-in + Review Personal Publication updates on are.na
- Share Exercise: Graphic Portrait and ideas for P1: Self Publishing
- Discuss Balconism by Constant Dullaart
- Lecture: Private Publishing
- In-Class Exercise: Private Publishing
- Post 1 item to the Personal Publication channel in our are.na group related to publishing to a select audience
- Finish In-Class Exercise: Private Publishing
- Bring in 2 concepts for P1: Self Publishing that consider both the content of your publication and its distribution method illustrated with visual materials (collected images, sketches, photos, etc.)
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Week 1 Introductions 03/03

Autobiography, Sol Lewitt
- Introductions and Class overview
- Lecture: Self | Publish
- Sign up for are.na
- Kickoff P1: Self Publishing
- Intro Exercise: Graphic Portrait
- Finish Exercise: Graphic Portrait – and bring in a digital photo of your collection
- Begin thinking about what you may want to publish about for P1, be prepared to share verbally some ideas (but feel free to collect some images to share too 😊)
- Sign up for are.na and post 1 item to the Personal Publication channel in our are.na group related to publishing and the self
- Read Balconism by Constant Dullaart and prepare 3 questions/discussion points for next class
Dates
Topic
Notes
Week 1-6
Self Publishing
Publishing your own "artists book" to an audience of your choosing
Week 7-13
Community Publishing
Publishing an artists book for a member of your community or proposed community
Week 8-15
Temporary Library
The creation of an exhibition with library space to share our publications and reference materials
