The Night Library is the project of Mara K. (Pronounced Kah)
It is a cross-section of my research and artworks, as well as a collection of the images, books and ephemera I come across on the street, in libraries and from booksellers in Berlin and in my travels abroad.
I have created zines, original ephemera and interactive installations, and my current activities consist of directed research (sometimes for hire), collecting, bookselling, comic-lyric, poetry writing, education and consulting.
Please mail any questions, comments, clarifications or criticisms to thenightlibrary (at) airpost (dot) net
Research dumps can be found on my Flickr. I am not so actively updating it as of summer 2024 but you can also check out The Night Library Instagram.
Read a fall 2023 interview with me on the occasion of the exploratory class in collaboration with Berlin's School of Machines, Making and Make Believe: "Libraries: The Ultimate Open Source."
Read a 2018 interview with Fine Books and Collections about my collection and collecting practice .
I recently offered a class in collaboration with the Berlin School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe entitled "Berlin Libraries 101: The Art of (Offline) Discovery," Oct. 19 - Nov. 27, 2024
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==> A linktree with links to my various projects: Mara K.
More links re Mara K.
Zines, installations and ephemera in collaboration with the So Far Channel:
"The Book of Static" - Installation and book, created during a 2016 residency in Southwest China
"Giftschrank" - Installation and zine
"The Night Library" installation and catalog
Some more Night Library zines
[These are wayback-machine snapshots of the website while we are working on bringing the current website up to date]
Writing and Photography
A Flickr account of original photography and digital research images
An instagram (@mardmarmara) w/ original collages, mixed-media art and photography
Mara’s homepage [in transition]
Other
Experimental radio show "The Jetlag Archipelago" [2008-2016]
A Bookshop-org affiliate (buy books through this link and I earn a percentage)
