OAKLEY, Be
Imperfect Archiving, Archiving as Practice: Queer Bibliographic Explorations

Special expanded 5th edition! This manifesto talks to core of GenderFail collecting and archiving practices that looks to the softness as a metaphor for both the material and content of artist made publications. The GenderFail Archive Project is a socially engaged reading room that looks at archiving as practice. The project stems from GenderFail’s desire to share the publications from their personal library archive and give a platform to other publishers that they cherish. This publication features and highlights over a hundred artist books, art books and zines.

This edition features a new section previously never published showing bibliographies created for exhibitions and programs with the GenderFail Archive project at spaces like Wendy’s Subway, The Studio Museum of Harlem and Cleveland Institute of Art’s Reinberger Gallery.

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Published by GenderFail Press, 2021-24
Design by Be Oakley
Artists' Writings / Queer Culture