Rhodia Sponsors Visual Libraries Project

From Claire Sambrook, Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth:

VISUAL LIBRARIES - Leave your Mark.
A collaborative, visual project which encourages you to sign out a Visual Library Book and ‘Leave Your Mark’.

A Visual Library Book is whatever you want it to be, a sketchbook, a journal, a diary, a notepad.
You can ‘Leave Your Mark’ in whatever way you want, ranging from drawing, writing, sewing, adding photographs, markings, printing and sticking. How you make your marks is entirely up to you. All we ask is that you have fun with the different themes.

45 Visual Library Books have been placed in Portsmouth Central Library and each has its own theme ranging from; Portsmouth, My City, When I Open My Eyes, Whilst I Was Waiting, Love, What’s in My Pocket and Memories. The intention is for you to feel free to explore the Visual Library Books and choose a theme that you like.

For Further Details: claire.sambrook@port.ac.uk
In Association with: Rhodia, Seawhite, Portsmouth City Council, University of Portsmouth, COPIC Pens

Comments

[stephen k]

This would be an awesome project to get started in any city..
Kudos! great idea.

[Sophie Brown]

I wonder just what this involves. It sounds cool. Does this involve a computer? It would be neat if this was like a collective diary that was somehow preserved. That would be a cool.

[claire sambrook]

Thanks for the comments Stephen and Sophie.
Visual Libraries can easily be set up in US. We actually are in talks with a library in North Carolina about this.
Ideally we would send you the poster to add your details to, themes (would be good to keep the same themes to see how they translate) and also you can have access to the Flickr site so that we will be able to see the development of the books are people work in them.
Even though the project is ongoing we do plan to have an exhibition and a hopefully a book.
What are your thoughts?
look forward to hearing from you.