{"id":14012,"date":"2022-11-07T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=14012"},"modified":"2022-11-07T10:56:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:56:34","slug":"new-display-in-collins-memorial-library-postcards-for-perec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/new-display-in-collins-memorial-library-postcards-for-perec\/","title":{"rendered":"New display in Collins Memorial Library:  Postcards for Perec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2022\/11\/Postcards-for-Perec.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"596\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2022\/11\/Postcards-for-Perec.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2022\/11\/Postcards-for-Perec.jpg 596w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2022\/11\/Postcards-for-Perec-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Jane Carlin, Library Director, had a chance to connect with Bristol, England based artist Linda Parr this past summer.\u00a0As a result, Collins Library is pleased to share Parr&#8217;s work in the Collins Library.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display (in the Reading Room) showcases the project\u00a0<em>Postcards for Perec.<\/em>\u00a0Georges Perec was a French novelist and filmmaker.\u00a0Linda Parr coordinated an\u00a0international project in which artists created postcards to illustrate one of Perec&#8217;s text.\u00a0The idea of this project was to respond to Georges Perec\u2019s 243 imaginary postcard messages by making the missing images, then sending real postcards. There was an enthusiastic worldwide response, catching the imagination of students &amp; professors, artists &amp; writers, Perec scholars, translators, mathematicians and architects. (from:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uwe-repository.worktribe.com\/output\/7815557\/postcards-for-perec\">https:\/\/uwe-repository.worktribe.com\/output\/7815557\/postcards-for-perec<\/a> ).\u00a0 All the images are documented on Instagram (just follow Postcards for Perec) or stop by Collins to view the postcard images!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Linda Parr is an English writer and artist.\u00a0Parr\u2019s\u00a0work is often inspired by literature; she enjoys close reading as an artist and the counterpoint of text and art. She\u00a0has an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England in Bristol UK and is co-organizer\u00a0of World Book Night collaborative projects. Her artists\u2019 books are held in national and international collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jane Carlin, Library Director, had a chance to connect with Bristol, England based artist Linda Parr this past summer.\u00a0As a result, Collins Library is pleased to share Parr&#8217;s work in the Collins Library. The display (in the Reading Room) showcases &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/new-display-in-collins-memorial-library-postcards-for-perec\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-display"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14016,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14012\/revisions\/14016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}