5.30pm
Introduction by Mieke Gerritzen, Director Graphic Design Museum, and Geert Lovink, Director institute of Network Cultures
5.35pm
Reflection by Henk Oosterling
5.45pm
Reflection by Max Bruinsma
5.55pm
Poetic performance by F. Starik
6.05pm Drinks (and possibility to buy I Read Where I Am ISBN 978-90-78088-55-4, € 17.50)
Location
Openbare Bibliotheek, Theater van ‘t Woord (floor 7)
Oosterdokskade 143, 1011 DL Amsterdam
www.oba.nl
RSVP via rsvp@valiz.nl
Admittance to the book launch is free.
To the press: press copies or extra information can be requested at pers@valiz.nl
About I READ WHERE I AM
I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read at any time and anywhere. We read from screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but we spend less and less time reading a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. Reading is becoming a different experience. Different from what it once was.
We have access to almost all information at any given time. We carry complete libraries in our pockets. Books have become part of the multi-media world, they can be shared between platforms.
Do all these extra possibilities add value or are they a mere distraction? We read the text as much as we read the interface. With similar ease, we read newspaper articles as well as search engines, databases, and navigational structures. Texts and images become interchangeable, creating new forms of information. Differences in content and between readers require different shapes and experiences. The question remains: which shape will it take and what experience does one want?
To answer all these (and other) questions, we have asked people from different backgrounds, to think about these issues in the light of these changes. I Read Where I Am is a varied collection of 82 observations, inspirations, and critical notes by journalists, designers, researchers, politicians, philosophers, and many others. The book is designed by Lust.
This publication was developed in the framework of the INFOCODEDATA project in the Graphic Design Museum and this book launch concludes ‘The Unbound Book’, a conference on reading and publishing in the digital age.
http://e-boekenstad.nl/unbound/
www.graphicdesignmuseum.com
www.valiz.nl
www.networkcultures.org