Public Collectors

The most recent announcement from Marc Fischer regarding his Public Collectors series… Thought some folks here might be interested - everything from records to syllabi.

Hello friends, home library reference desk sitters, connoisseurs of crap and hopeless pack rats

Welcome to the December update of recent additions to the ever-expanding network of resources, materials and people that is Public Collectors. Here's what's up:

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Documentation of Electronic Flyers by Espacio La Culpable, 2006 & 2007
http://www.publiccollectors.org/EspacioLaCulpable.htm
Espacio La Culpable is an artist-run space and artist collective based in Lima, Perú. They commonly design electronic flyers that they attach to email announcements for their exhibitions, projects and events. These pages show a large selection of these announcements from 2006 and 2007. Thirty flyers online so far!

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Artist's Books & Ephemera: Collection of Philip von Zweck, Chicago, IL, USA
http://www.publiccollectors.org/vonZweckArtistsBooks.htm
Well over 200 artist's books and pieces of ephemera from the collection of Philip von Zweck have now been inventoried and are currently available for your in-person viewing pleasure. There's a lot of great and obscure stuff here. Of particular note (in my opinion!) is Philip's large collection of hard to see materials by Bern Porter and a number of other artists and experimental writers associated with Something Else press.

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7" Records : Collection of Philip von Zweck, Chicago, IL, USA
http://www.publiccollectors.org/vonZweck7Records.htm
Also new to Public Collectors is Philip's collection of over 200 7" records. Here you'll find a lot of obscure noise records by bands like The Gerogererigegege and Strangulated Beatoffs but you can also delight in four different Star Trek records or "The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes". Check out the list, make an appointment and you can listen to Philip's records while you read his books.

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Documentation of Syllabi - Collected by Philip von Zweck
http://www.publiccollectors.org/Syllabi.htm
"Every syllabus I have written is based in some part on someone else’s syllabus, either from a class I have taken, given to me by the institution, or sent to me by someone who had previously made one. I have found it very useful to have access to other people’s syllabi in making my own and on occasion I have shared syllabi with others for their use. I am asking that if you have made syllabi that you are willing to share, please send them to me to be posted online. I think it would be best if they were an attachment in a Word or rtf format - some form which is easy for people to modify. Syllabi may be posted anonymously. If you’re willing to be involved please send me syllabi that you’re comfortable sharing. And please forward this to others who might be willing to take part."

Syllabi can be sent to: pvonzweck [at] yahoo [dot] com

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Records: Collection of Marc Fischer, Chicago, IL, USA - UPDATED!
http://www.publiccollectors.org/MFrecords1.htm
Damn have I been accumulating too many records lately. Sold a few things here and there but that naturally meant that I just accumulated other stuff with the trade value or went off elsewhere to do some deep digging. Since the Public Collectors site launched a few months ago, about 40 records have been added to this inventory and you can hear any of them if you email me and set up a time. Free hot tea provided if desired.

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Documentation of Anti-Car Barriers in Chicago - UPDATED!
http://www.publiccollectors.org/AntiCar1.htm
I've started to photograph these again and there are 16 new photos in this Digital Collection for your anti-car barrier viewing pleasure.

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Old but never past its expiration date:

Public Collectors is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks individuals that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials to help reverse this lack by making their collections public.

The purpose of this project is for large collections of materials to become accessible so that knowledge, ideas and expertise can be freely shared and exchanged. If you'd like to participate in some way, please get in touch!

Marc Fischer
http://www.publiccollectors.org/