Ciarán Walsh



The Reading Room (2010-12) was a curatorial project, co-curated with artist ︎︎︎Dominique Hurth, that had the aim to maintain, archive and represent products of contemporary art practices evolving within printed and published formats. It presented a curated selection of over 75 artist’s publications (books, zines, magazines and newspapers) and related projects (such as fold-out posters or published audio projects). It established long-term reading rooms in Oranienstrasse and ︎︎︎Flutgraben artspace in Berlin, Germany, as well as ︎︎︎Grand Union in Birmingham, UK. There were also numerous temporary manifestations in the form of salons, talks, readings and lecture-performances, including by Stijn Verhoeff, Achim Lengerer and Karl Larsson.



The Reading Room, various locations 2010-12
Above: exhibition in Grand Union, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Photo above courtesy Grand Union

Below: performative reading event with Karl Larsson at Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany