Library of the Printed Web

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{{Infobox magazine

| title = Printed Web

| image_file =

| image_size =300

| image_caption =Printed Web 2

| editor = Paul Soulellis

| editor_title = Editor

| frequency = Semi-annual

| category = Art, New media, Internet culture

| publisher = Library of the Printed Web

| firstdate = 2014

| country = United States

| based = New York City

| language = English

| website = [http://printedweb.org Printed Web]

| issn = 2332-6638

}}

Library of the Printed Web is a physical archive devoted to web-to-print artists’ books, zines and other printout matter.{{cite web|url=http://libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com |title=Library of the Printed Web |publisher=Libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com |date=2013-07-24 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Founded by Paul Soulellis in 2013,{{cite web|url=http://soulellis.com/projects/library/ |title=Library of the Printed Web |publisher=Soulellis |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} the collection was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art Library in January 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/library-of-the-printed-web-v24n1/|title=Library of the Printed Web: The Guy Who Makes Art Out of the Internet - VICE|website=Vice|date=17 February 2017 |language=en-us|access-date=2017-03-12}} The project has been described as "web culture articulated as printed artifact,"{{cite journal|url=http://txtleiden.org/2014/search-compile-publish |title=txtleiden.org |journal=TXT Leiden |publisher=txtleiden.org |date= 11 September 2014|volume=1 |issue=1 |accessdate=2016-06-18 |last1=Soulellis |first1=Paul }} an "archive of archives,"{{cite web|url=http://www.westspacejournal.org.au/article/library-of-the-printed-web/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123143220/http://www.westspacejournal.org.au/article/library-of-the-printed-web/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=November 23, 2015|title=Library of the Printed Web|date=|publisher=West Space Journal|accessdate=2016-06-18}} characterized as an "accumulation of accumulations," much of it printed on demand.{{cite magazine|last=Wright |first=Robin |url=http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-artful-accidents-of-google-books |title=The Artful Accidents of Google Books |magazine=The New Yorker |date=2013-12-04 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Techniques for appropriating web content used by artists in the collection include grabbing, hunting, scraping and performing, detailed by Soulellis in "Search, Compile, Publish," and later referenced by Alessandro Ludovico.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/96574475 |title=Off the Press – Alessandro Ludovico: Networks As Agents in the Clash Between Personal and Industrial Post Digital Print on Vimeo |publisher=Vimeo.com |date=2014-05-27 |accessdate=2016-06-18}}

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Among the 130 artists included in Library of the Printed Web are Olia Lialina, Mishka Henner, Clement Valla, Karolis Kosas, Lauren Thorson, Cory Arcangel, Silvio Lorusso, Angela Genusa, Jean Keller, Aaron Krach, Joachim Schmid, Benjamin Shaykin, Chantal Zakari, Richard Prince, David Horvitz and Penelope Umbrico.{{cite web|url=http://libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com/post/43591592391/artists |title=Library of the Printed Web – Artists |publisher=Libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com |date=2013-07-24 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Over 240 works are in the collection.{{Cite news|url=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Xw__KAnOLVfXbCCvG_l41GnpOGHgpajz2EnWkHGWX_8/edit|title=Library of the Printed Web at MoMA|work=Google Docs|access-date=2017-03-12|language=en}} Library of the Printed Web continues to grow through curatorial acquisition and artist contributions.{{cite web|url=http://libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com/post/43312079107/collection |title=Library of the Printed Web – Collection |publisher=Libraryoftheprintedweb.tumblr.com |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}}

The collection is used primarily for experimental publishing research,{{cite web|last=Connor |first=Michael |url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2015/feb/16/required-reading-paul-soulellis-experimental-publi/ |title=Required Reading: Paul Soulellis on Experimental Publishing |publisher=Rhizome |date=2015-02-16 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} as a way to question issues of copyright, privacy and appropriation by artists on the internet,{{cite web|url=http://www.rivistastudio.com/standard/come-stampare-internet/ |title=Stampatori di internet |publisher=Rivista Studio |date=2014-06-20 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} and as the basis for academic workshops in design and new media.{{cite web|url=http://newhive.com/soulellis/merz |title=Library of the Printed Web workshop at Merz |publisher=Newhive.com |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}}

The project is frequently featured at book fairs, independent publishing conferences and schools, appearing at Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair,{{Cite web|url=http://missread.com/exhibitors-2016/|title=Exhibitors 2016|date=2016-05-25|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-07-06}} Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart,{{cite web|url=http://www1.stuttgart.de/stadtbibliothek/digitale_lesekompetenz/archiv.php |title=Stadtbibliothek Stuttgart |publisher=.stuttgart.de |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Merz Akademie, Printed Matter's NY Art Book Fair,{{cite web|url=http://nyartbookfair.com/about/ |title=About | NY Art Book Fair Presented By Printed Matter |publisher=Nyartbookfair.com |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Offprint London,{{cite web|url=http://offprintlondon.com/ |title=Offprint London 2016 |publisher=Offprintlondon.com |date=2016-05-22 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Theorizing the Web,{{cite web|url=http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2015/program |title=TtW15 Program |publisher=Theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Interrupt 3{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} at Brown University, The Internet Yami-Ichi,{{cite web|url=http://yami-ichi.biz/nyc/ |title=Internet Yami-Ichi in New York |publisher=Yami-ichi.biz |date=2015-09-12 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair,{{cite web|url=http://laartbookfair.net/about/ |title=About | Printed Matter'S La Art Book Fair |publisher=Laartbookfair.net |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} Odds and Ends Art Book Fair at Yale Art Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design{{cite web|url=http://thedesignoffice.org/event/library-of-the-printed-web |title=Library of the Printed Web |publisher=The Design Office |date= |accessdate=2016-06-18}} School of Visual Arts, International Center of Photography, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Offprint Paris.{{cite web|url=http://www.offprintprojects.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109023723/http://www.offprintprojects.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=November 9, 2012 |title=Offprint Paris 2015 – Offprint Paris : Offprint Paris |publisher=Offprintprojects.com |date=2015-11-15 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} In 2013 Library of the Printed Web was featured at Theorizing the Web and The Book Affair{{cite web|author=Carolyn Wood |url=http://soulellis.com/2013/06/the-book-affair/ |title=The Book Affair |publisher=Soulellis |date=2013-06-14 |accessdate=2016-06-18}} at the opening of the 55th Venice Biennale.

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[http://www.printedweb.org ''Printed Web''] (publication)

Printed Web is an artists' publication devoted to web-to-print art and discourse, published by Paul Soulellis / Library of the Printed Web. The project began in 2014 as a way to present new work by artists included in Soulellis’ Library of the Printed Web. Artists are invited to submit new or existing network-based work for the printed page. In the spirit of Seth Siegelaub, each issue is curated as a group exhibition for the printed page. Printed Web circulates primarily as print-on-demand publications, but also includes PDFs, ZIPs, GIFs, and server directories. More than 180 artists and writers have contributed to the project through issue #4. Individual issues are widely held in special artists’ publications collections and libraries, including Museum of Modern Art NY, Yale University, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Walker Center, and NY Public Library.

Printed Web 2 was included in the exhibition "Aerial Imagery in Print, 1860 to Today" at Museum of Modern Art, organized by MoMA Library, featuring a project by James Bridle.{{Cite web|url=https://moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1663?locale=en|title=Aerial Imagery in Print, 1860 to Today {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2016-07-06}} Printed Web 3 was an open call and launched on the front page of Rhizome and at Offprint London in May 2015,{{cite web|url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2015/may/18/printed-web-3/|title=Poor Media on Demand: All the files of Printed Web 3|date=18 May 2015 |publisher=|accessdate=18 June 2016}} featuring work by 147 artists.{{cite web|url=http://archive.rhizome.org/Printed_Web_3/|title=Index of /Printed_Web_3|publisher=|accessdate=18 June 2016}} Printed Web 4 was a co-publication with International Center of Photography and featured in the exhibition "Public, Private, Secret," curated by Charlotte Cotton in June 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.publicprivatesecret.org/|title=Public, Private, Secret|website=Public, Private, Secret|access-date=2016-07-06}} The text "Folding the Web" by Michael Connor, artistic director of Rhizome, was included in Printed Web 4.{{Cite web|url=https://rhizome.org/editorial/2016/jun/16/folding-the-web/|title=Folding the Web|date=16 June 2016 |access-date=2016-07-07}}

Printed Web 5: Bot Anthologia features algorithmic media: bots, feeds, streams, and other autonomous projects. It was presented at Eyebeam{{Cite web|url=http://eyebeam.org/events/trust-and-believe/|title=Trust and Believe|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} and Interrupt 4{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/album/4684603/video/225568156|title=Interrupt 4 video|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}} at Brown University.