Thank you contributors / Awaiting shipment from Propeller Island

To all library contributors and loaners : Thank you.

Tara Prem, Ron Breifel, Liz Chapman, Sasha, Flora Whiteley, Nicole Shimonek, Pippa Gatty, Rachel Woollett.

I am awaiting the shipment of books from Propeller Island and then I can complete the archiving of the books.

Thank you.

Books from Sasha

I received a parcel from Sasha, one of the 1st year Fine Art students at Chelsea.
5 books were wrapped up in newspaper and brown paper.

These books originally came from Freecycle.

proust /Du côté de chez Swan

Published by Gallimard
First published 1954
Cover illustration by Van Dongen 1972.

First volume of Proust's autobiographical novel

In Search of Lost Time or Remembrance of Things Past

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Search_of_Lost_Time
http://tempsperdu.com/
http://alarecherchedutempsperdu.com/

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Stéphane Mallarmé Poems donated by Nicole.

Stéphane Mallarmé Poems

Leading poet of French symbolism.

known for his Salons, occassional gatherings of intellectuals at his house for discussions of poetry, art, philosophy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stéphane_Mallarmé

Nicole found this in the free bin at the LCC . It has a dewey decimal of 821 MAL and has a red stamp withdrawn stamp on the first page.

It was first published by The University of California Press in 1957

Designed by Rita Carol

Books lent by FW

Boileau-Narcejac   Seurs froids 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boileau-Narcejac

http://www.livre-pocher.com/catalog/product_info.phpproducts_id=10573&osCsid=ea92fa739190f2211bfc74904930c152

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo_(film)¨ü

Novel on which Screenplay for Vertigo was developed.

Le Livre de Poche - Policer published 1971 2189

Book cover design is film stills from Vertigo.

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Jorge Luis Borges

Le Livre de sable

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_livre_de_sable

http://barkokhba.chez.com/litt/borges.htm

http://www.anobii.com/books/Le_livre_de_sable/9782070374618/01bf6416618f0b0f48/

Book of Sand

Published by Editions Gallimard 1978 ( Folio)

Cover illustration by Phillipe Poncet de la Grave

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jacques prévert Le crime de Monsieur Lange Les portes de la nuit

Screenplay for film Les portes de la nuit

The gates of the night

published by Editions Gallimard 1990

http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/246283/Prevert-Jacques-Le-Crime-De-Monsieur-Lange-Les-Portes-De-La-Nuit-Livre.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038853/


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Didier Daeninckw

Cannibale

From http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1963369.Cannibale

Delphine rated it: (review of isbn 2210754119) 08/30/07
Read in July, 2007
recommends it for: everyone
Didier Daeninckx, after Meurtres pour mémoire, is tackling another part of History France would rather forget. Meurtres pour mémoire forced our country to recognize the 1961 events during which thousands of Algerians were thrown into the Seine (as ordered by Maurice Papon whose role in the Shoah is rather well-known.) Textbooks in France have changed since this novel. Will they change too after Cannibale?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Daeninckx

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Daeninckx

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4vu33_didier-daeninckx-camarades-de-class_creation

http://www.daeninckx.net/

http://books.google.com/books?id=tu8SAAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:Didier+inauthor:Daeninckx&ei=xGJ_SYfENpuKkATQvbXdBg

Published 1998 Editions Gallimard
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Jean- Paul Satre

Le Mur

Le livre de poche 33

1964

5 stories / The Wall, The Room, Erostratus, Intimacy, The Childhood of a leader.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_(book)

Titular name taken from The Wall used by firing squads to execute prisoners. Set in Spanish Civil War.

May represent the knowledge of one's own inevitable and impending death.

Considered to be one of JPS's greatest works of Exstensential fiction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Sartre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wall_(book)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism



Thanks ro FW for her loans s to the library

Library Events / Propeller Island

Library Events

Propeller Island


Thursday 29th January - Sunday 1st February / 12pm - 11 pm
Propeller Island 29 Thurloe Place, London SW7

http://propellerisland.blogspot.com
http://ladyinthelibrary.blogspot.com

Lady Lucy and

Francis Elliot / Drawing Exchange/ Amy Feneck/ Jessica Marlowe

For the last few weeks I have been inviting donations and loans of French books for a temporary publicly accessible French library at Propeller Island in South Kensington. Posters were put up and call outs announced.

There have been some amazing contributions, which I am documenting in a blog and by a series of indian Ink drawings.

Next weekend The Propeller Island Extravaganza of Art and Performance happens.

I have programmed a series of events and performances to engage with and encourage the critical/ social space of the bibliothèque.


The library will be open

The library will of course be open over the weekend.

Thanks to the following people for their book donations and loans.

Tara Prem, Liz Chapman, Ron Briefel, Nick Woollett, Pippa Gatty, Flora Whitely, Adam Smith, Nicole, Rachel Roberts, Sarah Sparkes and Goodiepal.

http://ladyinthelibrary.blogspot.com

Friday 30th January. From 6pm

Francis Elliot ( Foundry Books) will present a talk on the godfather of the modern artist's book and multiple Yves Klein. He will reenact Klein's Zone of Immaterial Sensibility. Please bring along gold if you would like to participate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone_de_Sensibilit%C3%A9_Picturale_Immat%C3%A9rielle
http://www.foundrypress.co.uk/foundryarchive01.html

Jessica Marlowe and Sally perform a sound piece 'Translation'

http://www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk/index.php?module=People&people_id=507&film=224

at 8.30 PM

Lady Lucy and Amy Feneck will present a Simultaneous Screening of The Passion of Jeanne d'Arc by Carl Theodore Dreyer (1928) and Vivre Sa Vie by Jean Luc Godard (1962).
Programme notes including an essay and drawings accompany the screening.

Sunday 1st February 2007. 1- 4 pm

Drawing Exchange

The drawing exchange is bought to you by Kayle Brandon and Lady Lucy. It is a social drawing programme. Creating situations where the amateur and the expert, the drawn and the drawer, the
traditional drawing class and a night out down the pub, merge and lose their distinction.
Lucy and Kayle will set some exercises using the books from the library. Bring drawing tools and materials.

http://irational.org/drawing_exchange

Propeller Island is an evolving artspace.
http://propellerisland.blogspot.com

FW has donated some books including a Livre De Poche copy of The Wall by Jean Paul Satre

More details soon on the latest aquisitions.

library_poster_3

library_poster_3
Originally uploaded by lady_lucy

Supply and demand.

London, Hampstead
Originally uploaded by charles_h_walker

Where the French library idea first came to mind.

Lorsque la première bibliothèque française vint à l'esprit

I hope to visit here tomorrow morning and acquire some further library items.

Lorsque l'idée de bibliothèque en français est venu à l'esprit.

Pippa has many books in her pockets.

I was delighted to find out that Islander, Pippa Gatty was willing to
donate a few of her personal collection of Livre De Poche books for the library.

I am in the process of cataloguing them. I made a poster advertising the library inspired by Pippa's collection which is catalouging in itself.

Bighead Jeffrey Brown ( French translation)

We have a new aquistion kindly lent to the library by Adam Smith. This book is the French Translation of
the graphic novel Bighead by Jeffrey Brown.

A parody of classic super hero comics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bighead

Bighead on Google Books

This book will be catalogued alongside Julie Doucet's long time relationship in the library

The Library is open / La bibliothèque est ouverte

The library is open
It will be viewable for the next few days in the window of Propeller Island.
The library is seeking contributions and welcomes your visit.

La bibliothèque est ouverte
Il sera visible pour les prochains jours dans la fenêtre de Propeller Island.
La bibliothèque est à la recherche de contributions et se félicite de votre visit.

The libraries current favourite publisher is Le livres de poche (The Paperbacks)

http://www.livredepoche.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Livre_de_poche

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Livre_de_poche