DANIELLE AUBERT: READING THE DISPOSSESSED
Durational Drop-In Reading

READING DATES AND TIMES:

Thursday, October 29

6:30 PM: Introduction by Danielle Aubert
7:30 PM – 9 PM: Drop-In Group Reading

Friday, October 30

2 PM – 5 PM: Drop-In Group Reading
6 PM – 8 PM: Drop-In Group Reading

Marking the Dispossessed (2015: Passenger Books) is a compilation of marks, comments, and underlines made by readers in over one hundred used copies of The Dispossessed, by Ursula K. Le Guin. A durational drop-in group reading from The Dispossessed including these readers’ marks took place at the Gallery on Thursday, October 29 and Friday, October 30, 2015.

The Dispossessed, often subtitled “An Ambiguous Utopia,” is a classic work of anarchist science fiction. It was published in 1974 and follows a physicist named Shevek as he travels between the twin worlds of Anarres and Urras. Used copies of The Dispossessed will be on view in the Gallery space while the reading takes place.

Danielle Aubert is a member of the graphic design group CLANADA. In 2013-15, she was an arts fellow at Princeton University. She teaches at Wayne State University in Detroit. She is the author of 16 Months Worth of Drawings in Microsoft Excel (2006: Various Projects) and Marking the Dispossessed (2015: Passenger Books), co-author of Abandoned Letterhead (2010 with Maia Asshaq), and co-editor of Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies: Lafayette Park, Detroit (2012: Metropolis Books).

This program also functions as an introduction to the Gallery’s upcoming exhibition Reading Exercices.