The Serving Library maintains a collection of framed objects, each the source of an illustration that has appeared on the pages of one of our journals or its predecessor Dot Dot Dot (2000–10). The collection includes items as diverse as record sleeves, watercolors, woodcuts, polaroids, drawings, screen-prints, airbrush paintings, a car number plate, and a ouija board. Together these varied objects decorate the walls of the library to be drawn into our programs, essentially serving as a toolbox for teaching.
The collection has accumulated over time, expanding gradually with the support of countless cooperators and institutions as it passed through various host venues across Europe and North America including Kaleri Tartu, Estonia (2005), Lyon Biennial (2007), Kunstverein München (2008), Culturgest Porto (2009), OCA, Oslo (2009), Kunstverein, Amsterdam (2010), and Liveinyourhead, Geneva (2010), The Banff Centre, Canada (2011), Goethe-Institut Library (2013), Tate Liverpool (2014), Bluecoat, Liverpool (2015) India Buildings, Liverpool (2016) Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (2017), and Bonington Gallery, Nottingham (2018).
From 2020–26, the collection was taken under the wing of 019 in Ghent, Belgium. Following a pandemic-interrupted installation there (2020), the 019 team then organized further exhibitions at LLS Paleis, Antwerp (2021) Ravisius Textor, Nevers (2022), West, Den Haag (2022) Design Museum Gent (2022), and PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (2023).
The Serving Library Annual 2020/21 (Objects) is a complete catalogue of the collection. It is possible for other institutions to borrow one or more of the objects by arrangement, or to display the whole collection. Inquiries and proposals for future collaborations are most welcome. For more information contact francesca@servinglibrary.org.
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The collection has accumulated over time, expanding gradually with the support of countless cooperators and institutions as it passed through various host venues across Europe and North America including Kaleri Tartu, Estonia (2005), Lyon Biennial (2007), Kunstverein München (2008), Culturgest Porto (2009), OCA, Oslo (2009), Kunstverein, Amsterdam (2010), and Liveinyourhead, Geneva (2010), The Banff Centre, Canada (2011), Goethe-Institut Library (2013), Tate Liverpool (2014), Bluecoat, Liverpool (2015) India Buildings, Liverpool (2016) Exhibition Research Lab, Liverpool John Moores University (2017), and Bonington Gallery, Nottingham (2018).
From 2020–26, the collection was taken under the wing of 019 in Ghent, Belgium. Following a pandemic-interrupted installation there (2020), the 019 team then organized further exhibitions at LLS Paleis, Antwerp (2021) Ravisius Textor, Nevers (2022), West, Den Haag (2022) Design Museum Gent (2022), and PXL-MAD School of Arts, Hasselt (2023).
The Serving Library Annual 2020/21 (Objects) is a complete catalogue of the collection. It is possible for other institutions to borrow one or more of the objects by arrangement, or to display the whole collection. Inquiries and proposals for future collaborations are most welcome. For more information contact francesca@servinglibrary.org.
Click here to view the full collection.
Click here to view past programs.
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