Print Wikipedia Project Reaches Final Entry BY JENNIFER SCHUESSLER JULY 13, 2015 4:55 PM July 13, 2015 4:55 pm 18 Installation view of “From Aaaaa! to ZZZap!,” featuring works from Print Wikipedia by Michael Mandiberg at Denny Gallery in Manhattan. Credit Michael Mandiberg/Denny Gallery, NYC Print Wikipedia, an effort to envision all of English-language Wikipedia as an old-fashioned dead-tree reference set, reached its conclusion just before 10 p.m. on Sunday when a handful of people gathered at a Lower East…Read More
A selection of press highlights for Michael Mandiberg: From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! at Denny Gallery, June 18- July 2: The New York Times: Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves The Washington Post: Ever wondered what a $500,000 version of Wikipedia would look like? The New York Observer: Artist Converts Wikipedia to Print- Maybe It’s Not Dead After All Vice Creator’s Project: Meet the Man Printing Wikipedia as a Book BBC World: Why print copies of Wikipedia?
Moving Wikipedia From Computer to Many, Many Bookshelves Michael Mandiberg, at his Brooklyn studio, has a new show, “From Aaaaa! to ZZZap!,” at the Denny Gallery.Credit…Mark Kauzlarich/The New York Times By Jennifer Schuessler June 16, 2015 The Wikipedia entry for “quixoticism” runs only about 255 words. But if anyone could argue for a personal mention, it might be Michael Mandiberg. For the past three years, he has been fully engaged in a project that might make even the most intrepid…Read More
