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== Text Launderette ==
== Text Launderette ==
A workshop organised by Simon Browne and Pedro Sá Couto
A workshop organised by Simon Browne and Pedro Sá Couto, for the py.rate.chnic sessions. First held at WdKA in the Publication Station, February 2020.


=== Description ===
=== Description ===
[[File:Text launderette bookscanner.png|thumbnail|The bookscanner]]
Text Laundrette is a print party workshop.
Text Laundrette is a print party workshop.


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=== At WdKA Publication Station ===
=== At WdKA Publication Station ===
The workshop follows a workflow of the following steps:
# Choosing texts
# Watermarking
# Scanning
# Processing
# Uploading
# Rinse and repeat (return to step 1)
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File:Text laundrette poster side a.jpeg|thumb|Obverse of the poster/flyer
File:Text laundrette poster side b.jpeg|thumb|Reverse of the poster/flyer
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File:IMG 20200203 175656.jpg| Explaining the steps of the workshop
File:IMG 20200203 175656.jpg| Explaining the steps of the workshop
File:IMG 20200203 175708.jpg| The physical bootleg library, installed
File:IMG 20200203 175708.jpg| The physical bootleg library, installed
File:IMG 20200203 183541.jpg| Using the bookscanner
File:IMG 20200203 183541.jpg| Using the bookscanner
File:IMG 20200203 190108.jpg|  
File:IMG 20200203 190108.jpg| Scanned hand-made watermarks, part 1
File:IMG 20200203 190113.jpg
File:IMG 20200203 190113.jpg| Scanned hand-made watermarks, part 2
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[[File:Text launderette marks.png|frameless]]
[[File:Text launderette bookscanner.png|thumbnail|The bookscanner]]

Latest revision as of 08:25, 19 June 2020

Text Launderette

A workshop organised by Simon Browne and Pedro Sá Couto, for the py.rate.chnic sessions. First held at WdKA in the Publication Station, February 2020.

Description

The bookscanner

Text Laundrette is a print party workshop.

We will use a home-made, DIY book scanner, and open-source software to scan, process, and add digital features to printed texts brought by the participants to the workshop. Ultimately, we will include them in the "bootleg library", a shadow library accessible over a local network.

Shadow libraries operate outside of legal copyright frameworks, in response to decreased open access to knowledge. This workshop aims to extend our research on libraries, their sociability, and methods by which we can add provenance to texts included in public or private, legal or extra-legal collections.

At WdKA Publication Station

The workshop follows a workflow of the following steps:

  1. Choosing texts
  2. Watermarking
  3. Scanning
  4. Processing
  5. Uploading
  6. Rinse and repeat (return to step 1)