Matthew Stadler - Big Ideas in Art and Culture

Musagetes and the Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) are pleased to announce that Matthew Stadler will be speaking as part of the Big Ideas in Art & Culture Lecture Series. The lecture will take place at the Guelph Youth Music Centre (75 Cardigan St., Guelph, ON) on June 6, 2012 at 7 pm. Admission is free.

Stadler will introduce us to Publication Studio (created with co-founder Patricia No), a print-on-demand publisher that serves as a space for publication in its fullest sense. He proposes that publishing doesn’t simply produce books, but also produces new publics through the shared experience of reading. Central to the studio’s philosophy is the creation of a digital commons, where anyone can read and annotate books for free; the dialogue formed by reading is carried into unique social events, such as dinners, symposia and puppet shows. This breathes life into the written word on paper, online and through discussion.

Stadler is a writer and editor from Portland, Oregon, and formerly the editor of Nest magazine and co-founder of Clear Cut Press. Stay tuned to the Bookshelf (bookshelf.ca) and Musagetes (musagetes.ca) for more details about an upcoming collaboration with Matthew Stadler. To find out more about Publication Studio, visit publicationstudio.biz.

There will be a complimentary shuttle departing at 6:00 PM from the Duke Street entrance at Kitchener City Hall the evening of the lecture. Please contact CAFKA at [email protected] or 519 744 5123 to reserve a seat.

To learn more about this lecture, please visit cafka.org/lectures.

Image Credits: Sara Ludlow. Courtesy of Matthew Stadler.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Danica Evering
Project Assistant, Musagetes
519 836 7300
[email protected]
musagetes.ca