The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Slide Archive & Library

VISIT

Since Novemeber 2007, with an inaugeral reading by esteemed author Sesshu Foster (with reading help by famed writer Ben Ehrenreich) the library is open for all to see.

The library calls its home Machine Project which is located at 1200 N. Alvarado Street in the research triangle known as Echo Park, Los Angeles. Machine is open Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-5:00, or call the archives librarian at 213 386 4641 to schedule an appointment.

SEARCH ARCHIVE ONLINE

Visit the online card catalog
Download the pdf "card catalog" of the archive contents (pictures included)

JOIN

Download and print out the library PDF form.

Become a Dewey decimal in the worlds fastest growing schizo-save-the-world slide archive and library by mailing us documentation or ephemera relevant to your practice.

All those who submit images to the archive will receive a certificate (suitable for framing) attesting to their presence within this sure to be cherished archive collection.

The archive will grow to be an invaluable resource for researchers, government officials, curators and artists wanting to know about critically engaged culture.

FAQ

-Who should contribute to the collection?

The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Slide Archive and Library is suitable for almost all people relate to the phrase Aesthetics and Protest.

-Can you be more specific?

We welcome images of both art and political activity in the following genres; tactical media, street protest, new media, hacks, interventions, direct action, radio piracy, relational aesthetics, utopian proposals, landscape/spatial investigations, squatting, precarious practices, neo-situationist experiments, fucked technology, experimental documentary, weirdo sculpture, mindfuck painting, bizarre partying, race baiting, weird ecology, street graphics, provide a service, art in the expanded field, nvcd, queer art, inappropriate performance, visionary architecture and landscape design, graffiti, tweaker fashion, anything hybrid, gardening, scripted revolution, zapatista poetics, genetic art, conceptual art, solar powered creations, giving hope to the hopeless.

-What type of materials does the archive archive?

We are interested in any media that represents your practice. We will accept up to 10 35mm slides, cds of images, dvds/vcr tapes (ntsc preferably) of produced work or documentation, posters and publications produced for projects and any other related ephemera.

-Why is the Journal hosting this archive?

By doing such things as printing a magazine and creating a slide library The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest hopes to influence pan-national culture. We are a resource for people investigating radical-off beat cultural production. Sharing is nice, capitalism isn’t.

-What are the terms of use for the archive?

All folks submitting materials to the archive/library will maintain the rights of reproduction of their work, and as such the submitee will be notified if a third party wishes to use the objects and images from the archive in non-standard ways (public exhibition, publications, public screenings). By submitting your materials to the library you are making them available for others to use for personal and public research. Additionally, in the future, the Journal of Aesthetics and Protest may create an online archive made up of works submitted to the library- images in the library may be used in this manner unless advised otherwise.

-How do I join the collection?

It’s fun and easy. Download and print out this PDF. Fill it out and send it in along with five labeled slide images. Mail to Journal of Aesthetics and Protest 3424 Council Street LA, CA 90004.