City Reader; issue two has been completed!

The second issue is featured and distributed through DRIFT: a magazine of west coast cultural production. The City Reader insertion focuses its attention on the building block and spatial prescriptions of the concrete sidewalk. A more detailed look at urban components and city parts offer a re-presentation through an introductory ongoing catalogue.

The publication will be released this month, January 2011!!

The first issue of Reading Conventions; A City Reader has been successfully distributed in neighborhoods of San Francisco!!

Look for them in various insertions along the sidewalk. (at bus stops, window sills, cafe chairs, within other newspapers, steps, etc...)

Hello Everyone,

Just a note to let you know that the City Reader has been printed and is being shipped to me this week! One thousand copies have been made! For those of you getting a copy or two, they will be sent out to you as soon as they arrive!

And... the first issue will be part of Southern Exposure's Art Publishing Now Library; a two-day event dedicated to the investigation and showcasing of art publishing practices in the Bay Area.

Thanks again for the support and for making this project possible.

Stay tuned for the distribution date!

Thank you to everyone for the great support!! I'm thrilled to report the City Reader project has been successfully funded!! 101%!!

Please keep in mind that the publication will be going to the printers in early October. Once I receive the first copies, I will be sending them out to you!! I'll be contacting everyone this week for shipping information.

Thanks again, and please check back for project updates!

Starting today, I will be transforming the Adobe Books Parlor into an annex for the City Reader where I'll collect data from the 16th Street sidewalk. The storefront windows will house a desk and chair for "window sittings" and will encourage the reading of the city, dispatching materials for the first issue.

Stay tuned for upcoming events, with guest appearances!

Hello! The fundraising has reached its halfway point and the project has attained 61% funding! With this update, I want to introduce the contributors of the first issue.

Sarah Fontaine, Tammy Fortin, Peter Hyer, Robin Johnston, Kelly Lynn Jones, Alexis Petty, Molly Prentiss, Aimee Shapiro, Eric Slatkin, Joel Stillman, and Christine Wong Yap

Click on their names to get directed to their websites!

Also, Reading Conventions will be doing a window residency in partnership with Adobe Books Parlor (an exhibition venue in Adobe Books' Storefront Window). From August 9th - September 26th, I will be using the Storefront Window to spread the word about the project, make a sidewalk installation, and do window sittings (researching/drawing/writing about the sidewalk and facade).

More details will be available in the following week.

Dear Friends,

It's been ten days since I've launched the Kickstarter proposal, and I've received such great feedback! Thank you! We're off to a great start with the project being 51% funded. If you haven't already, please take a look at the website: www.readingconventions.com (designed by Joel Stillman) for a list of the contributors and links to their websites.

More updates to come regarding press and progress.