• 04:11 The Prelinger Library, or research as a creative exercise
  • 11:30 Experimental research libraries, an informal community
  • 13:28 History through the lens of ephemeral evidence
  • 18:13 Triangulation: evidence exhibits and punk rock hangouts
  • 20:47 Graphic artists as explainers in ephemeral literature
  • 26:34 Art and electronics: the planetary model of the electron
  • 32:00 Radio technology and the public understanding of electronics
15/06/2015 41' 38''
English

Megan Prelinger is a cultural historian and an outsider librarian. In 2004 she co-founded the Prelinger Library in San Francisco with her partner Rick Prelinger. A community workshop, this independent, experimental research library is primarily a collection of 19th and 20th century historical ephemera, periodicals, maps and books.

Inspired by the physical process of exploring landscapes, the library has its own geospatial classification system and is arranged in a way that fosters browsing-based discoveries and serendipity. Prelinger also conducts research on technology and graphic design and is the author of the books “Another Science Fiction” and “Inside the machine”.

SON[I]A talks with Megan Prelinger about ephemeral literature, the inner workings of the Prelinger Library and the possibility of looking at the world through the lens of everyday evidence.


 

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