It is on view in Halle 15 for the exhibition WERKSHAU, on the AEG complex.
The Reading Room is an invitation to the viewer to observe, view and read news imagery.
It is a space for self-reflection and insight into the system of news imagery distribution.
Referencing post-memory art, dada, and arte povera, the room consists of many different works and
experiences using installations, printed & published matter, video, electronic media, and ephemera.
The works in the Reading Room become an experience which the viewer may be able to form an
objective opinion on the system of 'information exchange'.
The first Reading Room was installed on September 24, 2011 in Nurnberg, Germany.
It is on view in Halle 15 for the exhibition WERKSHAU, on the AEG complex.
Reading Room, Neon Sign, 60cm x 35cm, 2011
History, Old Typewriter, red cellophane, old camera, LED light monitor, type cabinet, 2011
Daily Newspapers (available for reading)
Happy Days (are here again), inkjet output on canvas, 240cm x 150cm, 2011
April Third, found newspapersfrom 2009 in display case, 2011
Erasue of Memoery II (all of these documents were produced on April third),
30 panels, inkjet output on construction paper with colored ink, each panel 12 x 18in, 2011
Untitled, 4 panels, cut newspapers, A4, 2011
Planet in Peril, found newspaper front page from 2007, 18 x 24in, 2011
Installation view & Newspaper rack
Reading Room Installation History:
1- Werkschau, Halle 15, AEG, 24 September to 30 Oktober 2011, Nürnberg, Germany
©Jason Wallengren, 2011