The "Alternet"
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15,000 work of art on 3"x5" cards in an antique cabinet, The "Alternet" is a collaboration of approx. 80 artists that has traveled the country since 2013.
“The Alternet” is a collaborative project conceived and organized by artist/sculptor, Carla Rae Johnson. In 2010, Carla Rae purchased an old wooden card-catalog with fifty drawers. The catalog sat dormant in her studio for a year and a half while she contemplated how to use it. Finally, the idea emerged to honor their original function: fill the drawers with cards; hundreds of individual cards. That was when she invited creative individuals she knew to collaborate with her on the project. If you were born before the 1990’s, you may remember hours spent flipping through cards in the musty wooden drawers of a card-catalog at your favorite library. There was a delightful serendipity of finding unexpected listings or of making surprising connections. We experience similar discoveries today on the Internet, but the tactile, olfactory, and kinesthetic elements of the search have been lost. It is to fill this gap that more than eighty-five artists, poets, writers, musicians, librarians, and creative thinkers are participating in “The Alternet.”
11/01/2021
Carla Rae Johnson is pleased and proud to be a presenter at the 27th Annual New Jersey Book Arts Symposium this Thursday, November 4th from 2:00 pm to about 2:30. (Session 2) This is a 2-day, online event sponsored by Rutgers University Libraries. You can register for FREE on the NJBAS website: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/new-brunswick/visit-study/locations/special-collections-university-archives/divisions-collections/rare-books-and-book-arts/new-jersey-book-arts-symposium. (Copy & paste this into your browser) the Zoom link is on this website.
I will be presenting about the “Arc of the Moral & Viral Universe” notebook projects.
New Jersey Book Arts Symposium | Rutgers University Libraries Most library locations are open and providing on-site library services. Check our hours page for more information. Please note that building access is restricted to current Rutgers affiliates only.
10/19/2019
Librarians ROCK!
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09/17/2019
Hoping you can join us at the Croton Free Library this Sunday from 2-3:30 pm 171 Cleveland Street, Croton-on-Hudson.
Arc of the Moral Universe: a notebook project"
Readings and Conversation
"Arc-ists" (several are artists from the "Alternet!"l) will share readings and insights from their notebooks. You can be certain that fascinating conversations will emerge with a lively exchange of ideas and responses!
03/07/2019
So true about libraries!
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These are TOO funny!
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10/20/2018
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12 Authors Write About the Libraries They Love The message here: A library is much more than its books.
11/27/2017
YES!
Ursula K. Le Guin on the Sacredness of Public Libraries “Knowledge sets us free, art sets us free. A great library is freedom.”
11/16/2017
How about THIS library?
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10/25/2017
Touching and beautiful!
Loved to Death: A Photographer's Tribute to Discarded Library Books Stamped "DISCARD" or "WITHDRAWN," the books in photographer Kerry Mansfield's 'Expired' have been exiled from the libraries where they were loved.
10/21/2017
The "Alternet" drawer filled with treasures by Ilse Schreiber-Noll!
10/01/2017
Artist, Jacqueline Rivera's cards in a drawer of The "Alternet." Inspired by graffiti and hip-hop artists, Jackie addresses issues such as: health, politics, public transportation, media, and urban trends in her cards. She says "Overall, my work is a mixture of street style, and humor, a small window into my life is seen through these cards."
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