Name: OPEN-LIB, OPEN-CO IV & V
Start: 2024-07-11T13:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-07-12T17:30:00+01:00
Location: Asymmetry

Join us for the 'co-working' Open Library workshops initiated by our Librarian-in-Residence, Ye Funa, in collaboration with artist Zijie.
About this Event

We are pleased to announce ‘Open-Lib, Open-Co’, a series of workshops initiated by our Librarian-in-Resident Ye Funa that conceives of the library space not only as a place for the circulation and reading of books, but also as a space of community and social production. The workshop will simulate a co-working scene or a study room in a library, along with the display of newly acquired books and zine titles for participants to peruse.

In collaboration with Zijie, the Librarians will address the theme of ‘word processors: writing, power, capital, and technology’ in a recurring series of ‘co-working’ open library workshops. Participants will get a sense of the co-temporal space by experiencing a 9 to 5 working day. Whether they are reading, chatting online, coding, or writing essays and poems, the workshop wishes to prompt participants to think about the following: How do we experience more-than-verbal communication while sharing space with others? Mediated by screens and keyboards, what is the relationship between humans and machines, and between human and human under the same roof? How do labour and creativity coexist in this shared time and space?

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Thursday,11 July 2024, 1-5.30PM & Friday, 12 July 2024, 1-5.30PM

1-2PM Quiet reading/working*

2-2.30PM Free period**

2.30-3.30PM Quiet reading/working

3.30-4PM Free period

4-5PM Quiet reading/working

5-5.30PM Free period

*Participants are asked to remain quiet during designated reading/working hours, when they are free to peruse publications on display or work on their laptops as they please.

**Free period is organised by librarians for themed discussion, stretching and social activities. Light refreshments will be provided.

The workshops in June will be led by our Post-Doc Fellow Feixuan Xu.

FREE ENTRY, BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Capacity: 15

Please include a one-sentence introduction of yourself and your reason for participating in this event when signing up. Kindly arrive on time for your slot to respect other co-workers. More Open Library dates will be announced.