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jesuisperdu:The Bidoun Library, founded in 2009 by Bidoun Projects, is a mobile library consisting of books, magazines and other printed matter. Bidoun Projects is a non-commercial project producing exhibitions, publications and various events aiming to support contemporary culture from the Middle East.
Since the turn of the last century, the term “Middle East”, which was coined in the West, has existed more as a subject for discussion and study than a geographical area. Bidoun Library is an attempt to survey this territory through its printed matter. Books, magazines and other materials are treated as objects in which complex and historical facts and ambitions meet. They are not amongst the most representative or refined objects from the Middle East—they are cheaper and more perishable. Bidoun Library acquires a new form everywhere it stops.
At Tensta Konsthall, printed matter associated with the Middle East and published in Sweden will be examined. Prior to its Tensta stop, the library will have visited Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, New York, and most recently, the Serpentine Gallery in London. Curator Maria Lind.
January 12 – May 2012 [via manystuff]](http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx62iih4WB1qzt15co1_500.jpg)
jesuisperdu:The Bidoun Library, founded in 2009 by Bidoun Projects, is a mobile library consisting of books, magazines and other printed matter. Bidoun Projects is a non-commercial project producing exhibitions, publications and various events aiming to support contemporary culture from the Middle East.
Since the turn of the last century, the term “Middle East”, which was coined in the West, has existed more as a subject for discussion and study than a geographical area. Bidoun Library is an attempt to survey this territory through its printed matter. Books, magazines and other materials are treated as objects in which complex and historical facts and ambitions meet. They are not amongst the most representative or refined objects from the Middle East—they are cheaper and more perishable. Bidoun Library acquires a new form everywhere it stops.
At Tensta Konsthall, printed matter associated with the Middle East and published in Sweden will be examined. Prior to its Tensta stop, the library will have visited Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Cairo, Dubai, New York, and most recently, the Serpentine Gallery in London. Curator Maria Lind.
January 12 – May 2012 [via manystuff]
