Public Library is an independent publishing house based in Santiago, Chile, that publishes the work of artists, photographers and designers (friends and foes alike). Founded in 2008 by the designer Diego Córdova and the architect Emilio Marín.
Public Library at Moma Library Collection
We are proud to announce that PROFILE zine # 1 and PROFILE zine # 2 , are included in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art Library , MOMA in New York City.
ARCHIZINES in Spazio FMG per l’architettura
Public Library is proud to be included in ARCHIZINES – a project curated by Elias Redstone to showcase the best new architecture magazines, fanzines and journals from around the world. The touring exhibition was initiated in collaboration with the Architectural Association, London, with art direction by Folch Studio, Barcelona. A catalogue to accompany the exhibition has been published by Bedford Press.
ARCHIZINES is showing at SpazioFMG in Milan until 23 February 2012.
ARCHIZINES at the Architectural Association
‘Public Library’ is proud to be included in ARCHIZINES – a project curated by Elias Redstone to showcase the best new architecture magazines, fanzines and journals from around the world. The touring exhibition was initiated in collaboration with the Architectural Association, London, with art direction by Folch Studio, Barcelona.
A catalogue to accompany the exhibition has been published by Bedford Press.
PROFILE ZINE # 2 out now
Featuring : Alex Zamora – Beni Bischof – Camilla Candida Donzella – Freek Lomme – Himaa – Jason Gregory – Jules Kim – Kimberly Lloyd – Misaki Kawai – Nakako Hayashi – Philipp Schaerer – Rachel de Joode – Tereza Zelenkova – Marina Alessio – Pablo León de la Barra – Alejandro Sticotti – Pascal Alexander – Fabio Viale.
Directorio launch PARTY
Directorio’s launch party took place at Interdesign, from where this issue of the magazine will be mainly distributed. The party was organized by Interdesign and celebrated 30 years of the store. We thank Sebastian Nuñez (Interdesign’s managing director and now a friend of PL) for inviting us to be part of this celebration through directorio..
pix by PL and Interdesign
directorio
Directorio magazine is out.. This special issue celebrates 30 years of Interdesign, Chile’s most influential design shop.
Public Library was in charged of all the production, art, photography, and the content in general etc. We are now working on issue #1 which is coming out next semester.
Directorio special issue – Interdesign 30 años:
Editors in chief: Cristobal Palma, Emilio Marin (PL)
Editor-at-Large: Constanza Hoces
Creative director: Public Library
Art Direction: Diego Cordova (PL)
Designer: Fernando Cesari
‘DE ZINES’ OPENING EXHIBITION
“De Zines” exhibition (curated and designed by Roberto Vidal and Oscar Martín) together with “oscuro y salvaje” and “everything is out there” had an opening last night in La Casa Encendida (Madrid). De Zines is a group show on contemporary editorial design where over 400 hundred publications are at readers hand-reach.
Visitors will find zines ranging from really cool DIY fanzines to sophisticated experimental publications and almost everything in between on subjects like design, fashion, drawing, photography, philosophy, queerzines and lots more. If you wonder what to do in a hot summer day in Madrid you can always stop by and spend a few hours flicking through or reading in a great and well air-conditioned exhibition.
De zines is on until the 29th of august at La Casa Encendida (Madrid).
Pictures by Mercedes Marín
IRA CHERNOVA
Photo © Ira Chernova
We are proud and glad to announce that we are working with the photographer Ira Chernova in a new zine from PUBLIC LIBRARY , is Ira’s first collaboration with Public library
stay tuned, is coming soon ..
PL at de Zines Exhibition
‘De Zines’, tries to reflect what is happening in the contemporary editorial creation on the level of independent publications, how this area relates to the artistic production and social, cultural and current political environment.
Around 400 international publications have been gathered from most established magazines in the market until handmade zines and a selection of experimental magazines.
In times of constant technological revolution and immediate access to information through the network, paper, as a media for the dissemination of culture and information seems destined to disappear. However, the number of independent publications do not stop growing. In fact, different forms of communication, digital and analogue can coexist. It’s about different ways, uses and times ranging between the immediacy of digital and the traditional way of disseminating and consuming cultural creation and art. Its contents tend to be more timeless and invite paused reflection. Beautiful design and text written with loving care in a continuous search for seamless integration between content and form. In general, they are still spaces for dissemination, review and reflection on cultural production. Objects themselves, everlasting, pages of printed paper that can be touched with the fingers, means of underground cultural expression. In the case of experimental magazines involves a different way to approach to these publications, full of visual impact, subject to different interpretations, inexhaustible source of emotions and feelings. They already have a notable presence in art fairs, specialized bookstores and museum shops.
’De Zines’, articulated as a consultation room, a space that does not only creates traffic but a place to stay, increasing the desire to know, trying to help the audience to find a those issues so that a sense of recognition. In short, create networks among people with a similar vision in a global and plural world.
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Curators: Roberto Vidal (www.robertovidal.com) and Óscar Martín (www.byoscarmartin.com)
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Inéditos 2010
La Casa Encendida ( www.lacasaencendida.es/en)
29 June to 29 August 2010 / Room A
Ronda Valencia, 2
28012 Madrid – Spain
T +34 902 43 03 22 / T +34 91 602 46 41 / F +34 91 506 38 76
16 Días -NEW-
16 Días is a series of photos taken by Frankie Nun during a seventeen day trip between Portland and San Francisco. This publication engages with our sense of lifestyle, specifically its immaterial sphere. 16 Días is available in South America in half letter format and in Europe in A5.
Zürcher Zine Sezession II
Nieves and Rollo Press are proud to announce that over 50 independent publishers from around the world are participating in the 2nd Zürich Zine Sezession.
Sunday, December 13th, 2009, 12 am – 12 pm
Location:
Perla-Mode
Langstrasse 84 / Brauerstrasse 37
8004 Zurich,
Switzerland
+41 44 240 04 80
Admission free.
Sam de Groot (Amsterdam) is preparing something. Concert by Die Weltraumforscher (Zürich).
Profile Zine #1 -NEW-
We are very proud to launch the first issue of Profile Zine. A zine about love, lifestyle, food and future. In this issue: Tony Cederteg, Johannes Norlander, Peter Sutherland, Knotan, Shobo-Shobo, Hanna Terese Nilsson, Alessandro Simonetti, Wyne Veen, Elias Redstone, Astrid Stavro, Marco Fasolini, Rickey Kim, Omar Sosa, Pierre Vanni.
Hexagono Exhibition
Soon on december 9th we will be in a solo exhibition -one day exhibition- at Die Ecke art gallery in Santiago, Chile.
We will launch our first artbook Hexagono, the 2009 Used Diary and a serie of posters.
December 9th, 2008
19.30 HRS
Die Ecke art gallery
José Manuel Infante #1208
Santiago, Chile