For Immediate Release
Please forward to allies

VONZWECK announces
Public Collectors - a new initiative administered 
by Marc Fischer

Opening Reception Thursday September 6, 2007
6-9pm
Open Thursdays, 6-9 PM in September 
Or by appointment

VONZWECK 1626 N. Humboldt Blvd

VONZWECK- as an entity, doesn’t care about art.  You know it, you always have. But VONZWECK likes administration, and… stuff. Especially other people’s stuff! So does Marc Fischer. He likes stuff so much he’s started a whole new initiative to get to see it, and, being the unselfish soul that he is, to share it. 

It’s called Public Collectors and it is founded upon the concern that there are many types of cultural artifacts that public libraries, museums and other institutions and archives either do not collect or do not make freely accessible. Public Collectors asks people that have had the luxury to amass, organize, and inventory these materials, to help reverse this lack by making their collections public. It’s voluntary and it’s free. Not about selling, or buying and not restricted to art. It’s about getting to see something you might not have access to otherwise and exchanges of knowledge.

For this - the kickoff, the ribbon cutting, Marc will be sharing one of his collections: records. That’s right actual records, long players, vinyl, what have you. Many will be on display; many more will be brought to the space for listening on request. 

But the idea isn’t just for you to see Marc’s stuff, it’s for you to share your collection(s) and view other peoples’. Other collections are online and many more will be added soon at www.publiccollectors.org. 

Fischer will give an informal talk at 7 PM about Public Collectors on September 13th. He will bring records to the space for listening on September 20 and 27 during hours. Feel free to make a selection from this list and pick a date when you’d like to see and listen to it:
http://www.publiccollectors.org/MFrecords1.htm

Marc Fischer is 1/3 of the group Temporary Services, 1/11th of Mess Hall- an experimental cultural center in Roger’s Park (where he co-organizes the Hardcore Histories series), and an artist who curated the prison-themed exhibition “Captive Audience” at Gallery 400 earlier this year. In addition to believing that vinyl remains the superior format for the appreciation of recorded music, Fischer still refuses to own a fucking cell phone.