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MAD-LIB[rary]

Jul 24, 2012
7–9 pm

New York, NY, USA
ICI Curatorial Hub

401 Broadway, Suite 1620
New York, NY 10013

LIMITED TIME ONLY (LTO) presents MAD-LIB [rary] at Independent Curators International (ICI), in partnership with the Feminist Press.

The creative collaborative and production team LIMITED TIME ONLY (Legacy Russell, Stina Puotinen, and Sarah Giovanniello) invite you to join an exciting new "choose-your-own-adventure" hosted as part of the Curatorial Hub at Independent Curators International in TribeCa.

The MAD-LIB[rary] will be an opportunity for the public to participate in true Mad Lib fashion in a zany, surreal, Dada-inspired, and perhaps nonsensical assemblage extravaganza. MAD-LIB[rary] invites artists and writers—an explosive combination of luminaries and rising stars—to contribute limited edition material of their choice.

The event will provide attendees from the realms of the art and literary worlds alike an opportunity to curate their own magazine or booklet content, and B-Y-O-creative-vision. Paying homage to the histories of literature, art, book-art, found art, flea markets, and book fairs, MAD-LIB[rary] provides an alternative from the glossy, pre-packaged culture of mass media.

MAD-LIB[rary] is all at once a living archive, a museum, a magazine, a madness—on July 24th, get crazy with us!

FEATURING EDITIONS BY niv Acosta, Braulio Amado, Mónica de la Torre, Diane Exavier, Sarah Gentile, Kara Hearn, Scott Hug, Maria Lokke, Mollie McKinley, Rachel Milano, J. Morrison, Clifford Owens, Annie Powers, John Reed, Jen Schwarting, Heather Warren-Crow, and Grant Worth.

This event is free and open to the public though space is limited.

Presenters
Legacy Russell

Legacy Russell is a writer, artist, and curator. Born and raised in New York City, she is the Executive Director & Chief Curator at the Kitchen and formerly Associate Curator of Exhibitions at The Studio Museum in Harlem.

Stina Puotinen

Stina Puotinen has worked as an Educator at several leading arts institutions and currently works in the Education Department of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

LIMITED TIME ONLY (LTO)

LIMITED TIME ONLY (LTO) is a creative collaboration and curatorial production team.

Feminist Press

Feminist Press is an independent nonprofit literary publisher that promotes freedom of expression and social justice.

Sarah Giovanniello

Sarah Giovanniello is an independent curator, writer and researcher from Washington, DC, by way of Philadelphia.


Credits

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.