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Rome was not built in a day and neither were SVA’s collections, but we’re trying. To fill in a whole in our still developing music collection we have added a whole bunch of hip hop, from the current artists, such as MF Doom and Gnarls Barkley, to ‘old school’ classics like Run-DMC. We’ll be displaying a selection of these new titles on the New Book Shelf along with some books on Hip Hop drawn from our collection to help people find them.
Here’s a list of some of the CDs you’ll find on our shelves:
Mm– food / MF Doom. Call Number: HHd D666 Mm Bklt
Moment of truth / Gang Starr. Call Number: HHd G364 Mome
St. Elsewhere / Gnarls Barkley. Call Number: HHd G637 StEl
6 feet deep / Gravediggaz. Call Number: HHd G738 6fee
Death certificate / Ice Cube. Call Number: HHd I343 Deat
Lethal injection / Ice Cube. Call Number: HHd I343 Leth
Black album / Jay-Z. Call Number: HHd J39 Blac
Blueprint / Jay-Z. Call Number: HHd J39 Blue
Sun rises in the east / Jeru the Damaja. Call Number: HHd J478 Sun
Wrath of the math / Jeru the Damaja. Call Number: HHd J478 Wrat
Tical / Method Man. Call Number: HHd M486 Tica
It was written / Nas. Call Number: HHd N37 Itwa
Life after death / the Notorious B.I.G. Call Number: HHd N68 Life
Mecca and the soul brother / Pete Rock & CL Smooth. Call Number: HHd R635 Mecc
Illadelph halflife / the Roots. Call Number: HHd R668 Illa
Tipping point / the Roots. Call Number: HHd R668 Tipp
Raising hell / Run-DMC. Call Number: HHd R86 Rais RI
Doggystyle / Snoop Dogg Call Number: HHd S666 Dogg
Wu-Tang forever / Wu-Tang Clan . Call Number: HHd W88 Fore
Return to the 36 chambers : the dirty version / Ol’ Dirty Bastard. Call Number: HHd O435
Only built 4 Cuban linx– / Chef Raekwon. Call Number: HHd R345 Only
One way to keep up with new items is the library is obviously to browse the New Book Shelf. But you can also peruse our latest additions from anywhere using the Vision catalog – http://vision.schoolofvisualarts.edu/. When you enter Vision you are start on a Basic/Simple Search page, but using the tabs you can select alternatives – Guided Keyword lets you put in multiple terms using multiple search types; Course Reserve lets you look up what items your instructor has placed on reserve at the library for your use; and New Books lets you search the entire collection or particular sections (like DVDs or CDs) to see what’s been added within the time range you choose. You can use search terms, but to see results you only need to choose your parameters (Location / Period / Sort By) and hit the Search button.
As always, we welcome your requests and suggestions to help us make our collection as inspiring and informative as possible. Let us know if you have questions and happy listening in 2010!
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New at the SVA Library – we have just added a copy of Carl Jung’s ‘The Red Book’ to the library’s oversized, rare book collection (Call Number: BF109.J8 A3 2009). For some background on this work, written and copiously illustrated by Jung based on a series of his visions, take a look at this NY Times article, The Holy Grail of the Unconscious by Sara Corbett.
Jung’s psychological approach emphasized personal development of the whole individual over a limited focus on just curing an illness. The Red Book was part of his own attempt to grapple with the unconscious and better understand the process of becoming a full individual in light the universal, mythic stories.
In connection with its translation and publication, the actual Red Book is on view as part of a show at the Rubin Museum of Art – The Red Book of C.G. Jung Creation of a New Cosmology through February 15th. (Click for slideshow of the exhibit.)
The Rubin Museum has hosted a series titled The Red Book Dialogues where they have invited a wide variety of artist, musicians, writers, among others, to talk about Jung’s work. Well known designer and SVA faculty member, Stefan Sagmeister will be appearing in the series this Wednesday – students take note of the special ticket price:
Jan. 6: Graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister + Patricia Llosa $7 Student Tickets
Jan. 13: Composer John Adams + Laurel Morris
Jan. 24: Poet Tracy K. Smith + Lisa DeBenedittis $7 Student Rate
Jan. 30: Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner + Morgan Stebbins
Feb. 10: Composer Meredith Monk + Morgan Stebbins
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Here are the hours for Visual Arts Library for the winter break:
Open: Wed. Dec. 23 8:30am-6pm
Closed: Thurs. Dec. 24 – Sun. Jan. 3
Open: Mon. Jan. 4 – Fri. Jan. 8 9am-6pm.
Closed: Sat. Jan. 9 – Sun. Jan. 10
On Monday, January 11th we resume normal weekday and weekend hours.
Happy Holidays from everyone at the SVA Library! See you in 2010.
(Image by Wes Benson)
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Most of our magazines can be browsed in the Periodicals section of the library, but four of our subscriptions are to DVD only publications. To maintain the collections they are only for use in the library, but students are free to check them out and access them. Just ask at the Circulation Desk to try one out:
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Aspect: The Chronicle of New Media Art
“ASPECT Magazine meets a unique need in current arts publications by publishing in a multimedia format that allows artists’ original works to be seen by other students and artists working in new media art around the world. The audio commentary accompanying each track heightens the magazine’s educational value by providing a catalyst for discussion and interaction with the works.” http://www.aspectmag.com/ |
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Journal of Short Film
“There exists a huge body of independent filmmakers desperate for a medium to show their work. Poets have journals, painters and photographers have local galleries. Why is there no similar venue for filmmakers? There is now.” http://thejsf.org/ |
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Stash: Animation, Visual Effects, Motion Graphics
“STASH delivers the planet’s most innovative and outstanding commercial animation, VFX and motion graphics plus insightful behind-the-scenes extras in a monthly DVD magazine. Also tucked inside the STASH DVD case is a companion book of color stills, details on the featured work, credits and tech notes.” http://www.stashmedia.tv/ |
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Wholphin: A DVD Magazine of Unseen Films
Published by McSweeney’s, “each issue…contains a variety of extraordinary short films, docs, instructional videos, foreign sitcoms, and other cinema hybrids that deserve to be seen on very expensive televisions.” Wholphin features well known filmmakers such as Spike Jonze as well emerging talents. http://www.wholphindvd.com/ |
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In light of the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference going on now, here are some of the environmentally themed documentaries we have recently added to our collection:
Flow: For Love of Water / directed by Irena Salina ; produced by Steven Starr
Call Number: V-D S3554 Flo DVD
King Corn / Balcony Releasing presents a Mosaic Films production, a film by Aaron Woolf, Curt Ellis, Ian Cheney ; Call Number: V-D W654 Kin DVD
Future of Food / Lily Films presents ; directed, produced, and written by Deborah Koons Garcia ;
Call Number: V-D K665 Fut DVD 1-2
Trashed – directed and produced by Bill Kirkos.
Call Number: V-D K538 Tra DVD
Blue Gold: World Water Wars / a film by Sam Bozzo.
Call Number: V-D B699 Blu DVD
Crude Impact / a film by James Jandak Wood
Call Number: V-D J364 Cru DVD
Encounters at the End of the World / a film by Werner Herzog
Call Number: V-D H476 Enc DVD
Human Footprint / written, produced, and directed by Clive Maltby for National Geographic Channel
Call Number: V-D M267 Hum DVD
And, though they are not new, here are a couple of recent classics that you may want to check out if you were interested in the titles above:
Who Killed the Electric Car? / a Chris Paine film ;
Call Number: V-D P346 Who DVD
An Inconvenient Truth – dir. Davis Guggenheim – starring Al Gore
Call Number: V-D G844 Inc DVD
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Our ever-popular semester’s end program to trade canned food for fine forgiveness has returned. From Monday Dec. 14th through Tues. Dec. 22nd you can erase $2 off your overdue fines for every can of food you bring in to the Circulation desk. All donations go to City Harvest.
Image by DaYoung Jung!
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Looking for creative gifts that won’t break your budget? Check out the Degenerate Craft Fair, organized by SVA faculty member Amy Wilson and Visual and Critical Studies student Shannon Broder (take a look at these deer pillows). Everything on offer will be under $50 with a wide array of creations on offer, “including jewelry, stuffed animals, CDs, stickers, clothing, zines, and even square inches of Detroit, MI.”**
The fair is a moveable feast, operating at 303 Grand, 303 Grand Street, Brooklyn, on Sunday, December 13, from 12 noon – 10pm; and Monday, December 14, from 12 noon – 8pm.
On Friday, December 18 the shop moves to BravinLee programs in Mahattan, 526 West 26th Street, Suite 211, , from 12 noon – 9pm; and Saturday, December 19, from 12 noon – 6pm. Check the Degenerate Craft Fair site for more details: http://degeneratecraftfair.com/
A small sampling of the offerings:
Laura Fatzinger’s Beard Scarf
Tiny Houses by Amy Wilson
Jewelry by Rapt Boutique
Shannon Broder’s table
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If you follow the world of kid’s entertainment and/or cartoons, you may have heard that Nickelodeon Magazine has ceased publication due to the economic troubles of their corporate parent, Viacom. It’s sad news for their many readers as well as a loss to the broader cartooning world. The contributors featured in Nickelodeon Magazine and Nick Mag Presents represented an impressive survey of comics artists, from mainstream to the indy world, including artists such as Craig Thompson (Blankets -PN6727.T48 B53), Art Spiegelman (Maus – D 804.3 .S66), Johnny Ryan (Angry Youth Comics – Underground Comics collection), Dave Cooper (Underbelly – PN6727.C62 U64), Ivan Brunetti (Misery Loves Comedy – PN6728.B779 M57), Ellen Forney (Lust – PN6727.F656 L8) and many, many more.
But their closure did bring about one positive thing, at least for SVA students and faculty: the library received as a donation an almost complete run of the magazines from 1993 to 2008. Come in and browse them in the Periodical Stacks (those rolling shelves in the back). For a taste of what you will find, take a look at the Nick Mag LiveJournal page.
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For the Thanksgiving break we will be closing at 1 pm on Wed., Nov. 25th and will return to normal hours on Mon., Nov. 30th.
(CC image via GlyphJockey)
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