Street Books has had a fantastic Summer. In fact, I think the project went so much better than Laura expected that she and her and her co-conspirators (Sue Zalokar, among others) have decided to turn it into a year round project.
One of the things I’m most excited about in the long-term project is converting existing patrons into paid librarians. Totally awesome.
In order to get a start with funding, they’ve started a Kickstarter project:
Even better, she announced on the Street Books blog that they’ve officially decided to continue past their original end-date (and we three on the home-front are happy to hear that she will have help).
My fabulous partner Laura Moulton has launched her latest project, Street Books – a mobile, bicycle-powered library for people living outside.
She received a RACC grant for this and the project is generously hosted — while not in motion — at Mercy Corps just off of Skidmore fountain in downtown Portland. I believe if you go by their office you can see it there.
I’ve really enjoyed the dialogue that’s happened between librarian and patrons so far — and the patrons have seemed very enthused about the possibility of getting books. If you want to see the current book request list, have a look at the Sponsor a Book page.
Street Books bike
Here are a couple of shots of patrons – click on through to read their post on Street Books.
Marvin (only carries the Torah) - I saw a great video of him talking about his bike adventure that Laura will post in the next few days
Laura and I launched the website for her Object Permanence art installation piece that will take place on the Portland State University campus from May 27 – May 29.
It’s a simple site, but I had forgotten how much fun it is to work on a project-based piece rather than a whole website.
Object permanence is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched. Without this concept, there is no differentiation between the self and world. Objects would have no separate, permanent existence. This is why Piaget argued that object permanence is one of an infant’s most important accomplishments.
