READING ROOM
Saskia Schut and Scott Mitchell
Reading Room plays host to a series of events by independent arts publishers and artists. The front gallery space at Gertrude Contemporary will subtly respond to the tenor of the texts through alternation of the structure, atmosphere, lighting, time of day, or refreshments. Readings are recorded and played continuously in the space until the next reading takes place. These recordings are also archived here.
SATURDAY 26 JULY, 2 PM
PERMANENT HOME by Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (2006)
read by Zarouhie Abdalian
SUNDAY 27 JULY, 2PM
GORDON BENNETT IN MEMORIAM
Organised by Discipline.
The Manifest Toe by Gordon Bennett (1996) read by Shelley McSpedden.
Posthumous poem to Basquiat (1998) by Gordon Bennett read by Irene Sutton.
Automated rendition of a section of The Analphabeast by Justin Clemens created by Fergus Binns.
Posthumous letter to Ian Burn by Tom Nicholson read by Paris Lettau.
Email exchange between Lisa Radford and Nien Schwartz about the Yirrkala Bark Petitions and Gordon Bennett (July 2014) read by Lisa Radford.
TUESDAY 29 JULY, 6 PM
WHEN THE MOON WAXES RED: REPRESENTATION, GENDER AND CULTURAL POLITICS (two essays by Trinh T. Minh-ha). Group discussion of text.
Organised by West Space Reading Group.
THURSDAY 31 JULY, 9 PM
TRANSIT LOUNGE
Organised by 3:PLY with readings by Elizabeth Newman, Nicholas Tammens, Fayen D'Evie and Christopher L G Hill.
FRIDAY 1 AUGUST, 3 PM
Excerpts from THE COLLECTED STORIES by Lorrie Moore read by Sarah CrowEST.
SATURDAY 2 AUGUST, NOON
IN A HOLLYWOOD NIGHTCLUB from THE SIRENS OF TITAN by Kurt Vonnegut read by Anna Poletti (Centre for the Book) and Julia Dunne.
WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST, 6 PM
UN MAGAZINE #8.1 LAUNCH
Edited by Robert Cook and Benjamin Forster and Published by UN Projects.
Readings from UN magazine #8.1 by the editors and contributors.
FRIDAY 8 AUGUST, 6.30 PM
WIKIMEMORY MULTIFUNCTION PALACE
Presented by West Space Journal and read by Rowan McNaught and Kelly Fliedner.
SUNDAY 10 AUGUST, 2 PM
UN GERTRUDE PRESENTED BY UN PROJECTS
Readings from past issues of un Magazine on space, location and Gertrude Contemporary.
MONDAY 11 AUGUST, 4.15 PM
REVIEWS
By Justin Clemens
TUESDAY 12 AUGUST, 6 PM
WHEN THE MOON WAXED RED: REPRESENTATION, GENDER AND CULTURAL POLITICS (TWO ESSAYS BY TRINH T. MINH-HA)
Organised by West Space Reading Group. All welcome to read and attend the discussion.
Texts available on gertrude.org.au
WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST, 5 PM
WITHOUT (2006 - 2014) A READING FOR 200 GERTRUDE STREET - 28TH JANUARY 2006
Read by Spiros Panigirakis
THURSDAY 14 AUGUST, 4.30 PM
THERE IS A WAY, IF WE WANT, INTO EVERYTHING
The Poetry of Michael Dickman.
By Bridie Lunney.
SATURDAY 16 AUGUST, ALL DAY
WORKERS: WARREN TAYLOR PRINTING TEST SHEETS FOR 3 PROJECTS by SUSAN JACOBS
By Warren Taylor
MONDAY 18 AUGUST, 6.30 PM
READINGS FROM CONTRIBUTORS TO THE EXHIBITION 'IF THIS EXHIBITION WERE A TEXT'
Curated by Ash Kilmartin for Slopes
TUESDAY 19 AUGUST, 2 - 4 PM
POLITICS OF ART: CONTEMPORARY ART AND THE TRANSITION TO POST-DEMOCRACY by HITO STEYERL
Read by Tara McDowell
WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST, 5 PM
FLATLAND THE PLAY: A READING by Gabriel Curtin and Nell Pearson
Read by Gabriel Curtin, Nell Pearson, Nick Modrewski and Helen Johnson.
FRIDAY 22 AUGUST, 4 PM - GALLERY CLOSE
INTERPRETING 'A THEORY OF THE DEICTIC CENTRE' (A POEM BY ELISABETH FROST)
Read by Susan Jacobs.
Scott and Saskia would like to thank all Reading Room participants, Gertrude Contemporay Staff and artist Stephen Bram for the generous reuse of his work
200 Gertrude Street, (2014).