Reading Room #32: Fred Dewey and The Atlas of Ovens
The fifth in a new series of Reading Rooms around the library of the American thinker and organiser Fred Dewey, a collective reading and discussion taking as a point of departure the collective artistic project The Atlas of Ovens
11/06/2024, 18-20:30h
“People are more willing to talk … when they’re sharing something deeply meaningful with each other. That’s why poetry becomes the foundation of a new kind of dialogue.” (Fred Dewey)
Dewey had a fierce commitment to creating public spaces for intellectual and political engagement. His home base was Los Angeles, but the last years of his life he spent in Brussels. In 2022 Dewey died unexpectedly. To ensure the continuation of his legacy, the Fred Dewey Legacy Project was initated, aiming to set up initiatives that extend Dewey’s work, as well as preserve his considerable library.
Summer 2023 artists Filip van Dingenen and Hélène Meyer re-installed part of Dewey’s extensive library. They are opening up his collection of books to artists and researchers from their studio home. One way to activate this library is Jubilee’s 2024 Reading Room program. This program performs a collective knowledge transfer – using the library as a situated research tool from which each Jubilee artist can select a title and propose it for a collective reading and discussion session.
This reading room is proposed by Clémentine Vaultier, Ciel Grommen and Maximiliaan Royakkers, the artists behind The Atlas of Ovens
Calendar of Fred Dewey Reading Rooms
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Each reading room takes place from 18-20:30h. Soup and bread will be provided
Location Reading Room #32: to be confirmed