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Paul Soulellis (born 1968, Huntington, New York) is an American graphic designer, artist, and educator.[1] His writings and work in the field of experimental publishing and network culture are cited in influential scholarly research.[2] His publications are collected[3] and exhibited worldwide[4] and on the internet.[5] He works in New York City and Providence, Rhode Island.

Biography

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Soulellis is the founder of Library of the Printed Web, a physical archive devoted to web-to-print artists' books, zines and other printout matter. The Printed Web project "embraces the fluid movement between material and digital realms that characterizes our age."[6] He curates, designs and publishes print-on-demand publications that have featured the work of over 180 contemporary artists.[7] According to Soulellis, Printed Web artists "'perform publishing' by investigating multiple materialities and design possibilities as their works travel through the network."[2] Soulellis also maintains his own artist's practice centered on independent publishing.

His work is widely held in special artists' books collections at art and research institutions, including Museum of Modern Art, NY; Walker Art Center, MN; Yale University, CT; Reykjavík Art Museum, Iceland; The Living Art Museum, Iceland; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Hochschule Hof Bibliothek, Germany; Brooklyn Museum, NY; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and New York Public Library, NY.[3][better source needed]

Soulellis is a contributing editor at Rhizome, where he curates The Download, "an ongoing series of artist commissions that considers the ZIP file format, the act of downloading and the computer user's desktop as a space for exhibition."[8]

Writing

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Writing and curatorial projects by Soulellis

  • "Digital Publishing, Unzipped," Rhizome, 2015[9]
  • "The Download 1: Sorry to dump on you like this.zip," Rhizome, 2015[8]
  • "After the Hookup, An App," Rhizome, 2015[10]
  • "The Download 2: The Distributed Monument," Rhizome 2016[11]
  • "The Download 3: Incantations for the Birth of a Network," Rhizome, 2016[12]
  • "The Download 4: Technologies of Care," Rhizome, 2016[13]
  • "The Download 5: Dennis Cooper's GIF Novels," Rhizome, 2016.[14]
  • "The Download 6: A Desktop Lamentation," Rhizome, 2017.[14]
  • "Occupying Plöger's Library," Exhibition Catalogue for Inherited Lies by Wolfgang Plöger, 2017.[15]
  • "Urgent Archives," in Public, Private, Secret: On Photography and the Configuration of Self, edited by Charlotte Cotton, Aperture and ICP, 2018.[16]

Publications

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Publications by Soulellis

  • Venetian Suite. Venice: self-published, 2010. Set of 4 unique book objects.
  • Memory Palace. Rome: self-published, 2011. Unique book object.
  • 273 Relics for John Cage. New York: self-published, 2011. 294 pages, edition of 10 copies.[17]
  • Weymouths. England: commission by b-side arts festival, 2012. 12 volumes, edition of 20 copies.[18]
  • The Spectral Lens (Twenty-Six Stories from the Book Machine). New York: self-published, 2012. 140 pages, print-on-demand, 20 copies printed.
  • 530 (Sá veldur sem á heldur). Skagaströnd, Iceland: self-published, 2013. 530 pages, edition of 50 copies.[19]
  • Apparition of a distance, however near it may be. New York: self-published, 2013. 42 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[20]
  • Chancebook #1: March 26, 2013 (Why Does It Hurt So Bad). New York: self-published, 2013. 112 pages, print-on-demand, edition of 1.[21]
  • Chancebook #2: May 3, 2013 (Livin' on the Fault Line). New York: self-published, 2013. 198 pages, print-on-demand, edition of 1.[21]
  • Las Meninas. New York: self-published, 2013. 32 newsprint pages, edition of 50 copies.[22]
  • Search, Compile, Publish: Towards a new artist’s web-to-print practice. New York: self-published, 2013. 4 newsprint pages, edition of 500 copies.
  • Stripped (Sixty-Six Sunsets Stripped). New York: self-published, 2013. 74 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[23]
  • Portlander. Portland, England: commission by b-side arts festival, 2014. 64 newsprint pages, edition of 3,000 copies.[24]
  • LaRossa Mix. New York: self-published, 2014. ISBN 9780984005239. 8 newsprint pages, edition of 150.[25]
  • 420 Videos. New York: self-published, 2014. 32 newsprint pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Library of the Printed Web, Spring Inventory. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2013. 124 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[26]
  • Printed Web 1. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9840052-2-2. 64 newsprint pages, edition of 1,000 copies.[27]
  • Printed Web 2. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9840052-4-6. 180 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[28]
  • A BOOK IS THE BOOK. New York: self-published. 149 slides and performance.[29]
  • Printed Web 3, Reader/Index. New York: Library of the Printed Web. ISBN 9781320767903. 388 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[30][31]
  • Printed Web 3, 10 zines. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015.[32]
    • COCA-OR. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • CSS. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • JPG 2000. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • Personal Blue. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • fffffffunnyfearlessfemmefataleorverynaughtygurls. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • Nakamoto. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • JLO. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • Little Nicolas. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • Western Typologies. 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
    • Freebeer (and one donut). 24 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.
  • Printed Web 3, Chinatown Edition. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015. 538 pages, edition of 10 copies.[32]
  • Printed Web 3, PDF Skins. New York: Library of the Printed Web, 2015. 10 PDF prints on neoprene fabric, edition of 10 copies.[32]
  • Printed Web 3, server directory. New York: Library of the Printed Web, Rhizome, 2015. Apache server directory at Rhizome.org.[33] 147 folders containing 329 files.[32]
  • Three Digs A Skull, Clement Valla. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2015. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[34]
  • Abstract Browsing, Rafaël Rozendaal. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2016. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[35]
  • Printed Web 4. New York: Library of the Printed Web and International Center of Photography, 2016. ISBN 978-0-9840052-8-4. 40 newsprint pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[36]
  • Sorry to dump on you like this.zip, Christopher Clary. New York: Printed Web Editions, 2016. 72 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[37]
  • Printed Web 5: Bot Anthologia. Providence: Library of the Printed Web, 2017. 64 pages, print-on-demand.[38]
  • Molly Soda Youtube, Molly Soda. Providence: Printed Web Editions, 2017. 64 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[39]
  • Thank you for your interest in this subject. Providence, Printed Web Crisis Editions, 2017. 44 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[39]
  • Library of the Printed Web: Collected Works 2013–2017. Providence, Library of the Printed Web, 2017. 548 pages, print-on-demand.[40]
  • Steve, Harvey and Matt. Providence: Paul Soulellis, 2018. 734 pages, print-on-demand, unlimited edition.[41]
  • QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK 1. Providence: Paul Soulellis. September 2018.[42]
  • QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK 2: 1923 INTERNET ARCHIVE EDITION. San Francisco: Paul Soulellis. January 2019.[43]
  • QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK 3. Providence: Paul Soulellis. September 2019.[44]

Interviews and talks

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Interviews and talks featuring Soulellis

  • "The Artful Accidents of Google Books," Kenneth Goldsmith, The New Yorker, 2013.[45]
  • "Paul Soulellis talks with Christina Webb," HTML Output, 2014.[46]
  • "Turning Pixels into Print: An Interview About the Printed Web," Hrag Vartanian, Hyperallergic, 2015.[47]
  • "Paul Soulellis: Scenes from a Designer's Counterpractice," Ariela Gittlen, Elephant Magazine, 2016.[48]
  • "Interview with David Senior and Sarah Hamerman," Museum of Modern Art Library, 2016.[49]
  • "A Conversation with Paul Soulellis," Kate Palmer Albers, Circulation | Exchange, 2016.[50]
  • "2016: The Year According to Paul Soulellis," Walker Art Center, 2016.[51]
  • "Library of the Printed Web: The Guy Who Makes Art Out of the Internet," Vice Magazine, 2017.[52]
  • "In Conversation: Paul Soulellis and Allison Parrish," Eyebeam, at Babycastles, 2017.[53]
  • "Performing the Feed," Cybernetics Conference, 2017.[54]
  • "Focus: Paul Soulellis of Library of the Printed Web, Are.na, 2017.[1]
  • "Watch: Insights 2018: Paul Soulellis on Urgent Archives, Queer Publishing, and Strategic Leaking," Walker Art Center, 2018.[41]
  • "Paul Soulellis turns the internet into tangible art," Document Journal, 2018.[55]
  • "Paul Soulellis at the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain," Creative Commons, 2019.[56]

Exhibitions and events

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Group exhibitions and events featuring Soulellis

  • "Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative," Minnesota Center for Book Arts, MN, 2013[57]
  • "Ed Ruscha, Books & Co," Gagosian Gallery, NY, 2013[58]
  • "Printing Out the Internet," Labor Gallery, Mexico, 2013[59]
  • "Due North," Icebox Project Space, PA, 2014[60]
  • "It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information," Franklin Street Works, CT, 2014[61]
  • "Undefined by Design," Lorimoto Gallery, NY, 2014[62]
  • "Tabularium," Slopes, Melbourne, Australia, 2014[63]
  • "Public, Private, Secret," International Center of Photography Museum, NY, 2016[36]
  • "Aerial Imagery in Print from 1860 to Today," Museum of Modern Art, NY, 2016[64]
  • "Publish or Perish," Transmitter Gallery, NY, 2016[4]
  • "Variable States: Print Now," Upfor Gallery, OR, 2016[65]
  • "Trust and Believe," Eyebeam, 2017.[66]
  • "Art for the Offline Internet: El Paquete Seminal on The Download," Rhizome/New Museum, 2018.[67]
  • "Queering the Collection: Emergency Readings," International Center of Photography Library, NY, 2018.[68]

Teaching

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Soulellis joined the full-time faculty at Rhode Island School of Design in 2015 as assistant professor, graphic design.[69] His Experimental Publishing Studio syllabus at RISD was cited as "required reading" by Rhizome.[70] He has conducted workshops, been a visiting critic, and lectured at numerous schools and institutions in the US and Europe.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Are.na / Blog – Paul Soulellis of Library of the Printed Web". www.are.na. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Senior, David; Hamerman, Sarah (July 1, 2016). "Screen life and shelf life: critical vocabularies for digital-to-print artists' publications". Art Libraries Journal. 41 (3): 171–181. doi:10.1017/alj.2016.28. ISSN 2059-7525. S2CID 192678830.
  3. ^ a b "Results for 'Paul Soulellis' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. ^ a b "PUBLISH OR PERISH". Transmitter. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  5. ^ "Index | Either / And". eitherand.org. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  6. ^ "At My Desk and in My Hand: 10 Ways I Enjoyed Photography in 2015". Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  7. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2014). "Printed web". Printed Web. ISSN 2332-6638. OCLC 865175492.
  8. ^ a b "Rhizome / The Download". Rhizome. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  9. ^ "Digital Publishing, Unzipped". March 18, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  10. ^ "After the Hookup, an App". December 9, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  11. ^ "The Distributed Monument". February 16, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  12. ^ "The Download: Incantations for the Birth of a Network". May 4, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  13. ^ "The Download: Technologies of Care". Rhizome. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Rhizome / The Download".
  15. ^ "Noemi Smolik on Wolfgang Plöger". www.artforum.com. May 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  16. ^ "Public, Private, Secret: On Photography and the Configuration of Self". Aperture.org. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  17. ^ Soulellis, Paul (2011). 273 Relics for John Cage. New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  18. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2012). Weymouths: a work in twelve parts : v1 River. [Place of publication not identified]: Paul Soulellis. OCLC 868156780.
  19. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2013). 530: sá veldur sem á heldur. OCLC 871005363.
  20. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2013). Apparition of a distance, however near it may be: the hands of Google Books. OCLC 893396920.
  21. ^ a b "P–DPA log – Paul Soulellis, Chancebooks (2013-ongoing)". P–DPA log. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  22. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2013). Paul Soulellis: las Meninas. [New York]: [Paul Soulellis]. OCLC 859939394.
  23. ^ Soulellis, Paul; Ruscha, Edward (January 1, 2012). Stripped: sixty-six sunsets stripped. OCLC 893121727.
  24. ^ "Portlander | b-side multimedia arts festival". b-side.org.uk. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  25. ^ "Is Lorimoto Redefining the Line Between Fine Art and Graphic Design?". May 2, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  26. ^ Soulellis, Paul; Biennale di Venezia (January 1, 2013). Library of the Printed Web: presentation of inventory at the opening of la Biennale di Venezia 55th International Art Exhibition. [New York]: Paul Soulellis. OCLC 856587218.
  27. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2014). Printed Web: search, grab, compile, publish. 1, 1. New York, NY: Library of the Printed Web. ISBN 9780984005222. OCLC 910302644.
  28. ^ Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2014). Printed Web: search, grab, compile, publish. 2, 2. New York, NY: Library of the Printed Web. ISBN 9780984005246. OCLC 910516156.
  29. ^ "Printed Matter". www.printedmatter.org. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  30. ^ Printed Web 3, Reader/Index. Library of the Printed Web. 2015. ISBN 9781320767903.
  31. ^ "Poor Media on Demand: All the files of Printed Web 3". May 18, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  32. ^ a b c d "Printed Web 3". newhive.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  33. ^ "Index of /Printed_Web_3". archive.rhizome.org. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  34. ^ Valla, Clement; Soulellis, Paul (January 1, 2015). Three Digs A Skull. OCLC 924714051.
  35. ^ "Rafaël Rozendaal – Abstract Browsing Publication". www.newrafael.com. March 25, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  36. ^ a b "Public, Private, Secret". Public, Private, Secret. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  37. ^ "Sorry to dump on you like this – Been thinking of you". christopherclary.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  38. ^ "Eyebeam / In Conversation". August 9, 2017.
  39. ^ a b "Printed Web Editions".
  40. ^ Soulellis, Paul (September 21, 2017). Library of the Printed Web, Collected Works 2013–2017. Providence, RI: Library of the Printed Web. ISBN 9780984005253.
  41. ^ a b "Watch: Insights 2018: Paul Soulellis, Counterpractice". walkerart.org. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  42. ^ "queer.archive.work". queer.archive.work. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  43. ^ "QUEER.ARCHIVE.WORK 2, 1923 INTERNET ARCHIVE EDITION | Internet Archive Blogs". January 25, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  44. ^ "queer.archive.work/3". queer.archive.work. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  45. ^ "The Artful Accidents of Google Books". The New Yorker. December 4, 2013. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  46. ^ "Paul Soulellis talks with Christina Webb".
  47. ^ "Turning Pixels into Print: An Interview About the Printed Web". September 18, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  48. ^ "Elephant 25 – ELEPHANT". December 8, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  49. ^ "MoMA Library". Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  50. ^ "A Conversation with Paul Soulellis". Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  51. ^ "2016: The Year According to Paul Soulellis". walkerart.org. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  52. ^ "Library of the Printed Web: The Guy Who Makes Art Out of the Internet". Vice. February 17, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  53. ^ "In Conversation | Eyebeam". Eyebeam. August 9, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  54. ^ "Cybernetics Conference Livestream". Cybernetics Conference. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  55. ^ "Paul Soulellis turns the internet into tangible art". Document Journal. December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
  56. ^ Creative Commons (February 21, 2019), Paul Soulellis at the Grand Re-Opening of the Public Domain, retrieved March 29, 2019
  57. ^ "Directed: The Intersection of Book, Film and Visual Narrative – Minnesota Center for Book Arts". www.mnbookarts.org. January 27, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  58. ^ "Ed Ruscha – March 5 – April 27, 2013 – Gagosian Gallery". www.gagosian.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  59. ^ "LABOR| Kenneth Goldsmith | Printing Out The Internet". www.labor.org.mx. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  60. ^ "Due North". duenorth2014.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  61. ^ "It Narratives: The Movement of Objects as Information « Blog « Franklin Street Works". www.franklinstreetworks.org. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  62. ^ "Exhibition | Undefined By Design". www.undefinedbydesign.com. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  63. ^ "TABULARIUM". August 1, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  64. ^ "Aerial Imagery in Print, 1860 to Today | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  65. ^ "Variable States". UPFOR. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  66. ^ "Trust and Believe | Eyebeam". Eyebeam. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  67. ^ "Art for the Offline Internet: El Paquete Semanal on The Download". Rhizome. February 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  68. ^ "ICP Lab: Emergency Readings for Queering the Collection". International Center of Photography. May 10, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  69. ^ "How Does RISD Teach Graphic Design as a "Living Medium" That's Open, Joyous, Risky + Insane?". Eye on Design. November 16, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  70. ^ "Required Reading: Paul Soulellis on Experimental Publishing". February 16, 2015. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
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