BRANCH LIBRARIES
Carpenter St. Branch
The Storefront at 186 Carpenter St., Providence
March 3 - April 29, 2012
Organized in conjunction with Nick Ferreira, Jori Ketten and Andrew Oesch
Carpenter St. Branch consisted of approximately 50 books sourced from thrift stores, used bookstores, and antique shops in Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. In addition to these books, the branch also featured two exhibitions of visual art - Living With Data and Mining the Collection, as well as a series of programs and talks. A scanning station was available for visitor use. Participating artists included Jay Zehnebot, Emmy Bright, Landfill Magazine, Buck Hastings, Nick Carter, and Daniela Ben-Bassat.
Carpenter St. Branch at the Carpenter St. website
all photos courtesy of jori ketten
Carpenter St. Branch was made possible by a generous grant from the
Rhode Island Council for the Humanities.