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Title: The Thing Quarterly
Date (inclusive): 2007-2014
Number: 2961-216
Creator/Collector:
Thing Quarterly
Physical Description:
14 Linear Feet
(28 boxes, 3 volumes, 1 tube)
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
reference@getty.edu
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
(310) 440-7390
Abstract: The Thing is a quarterly periodical in
the form of an object. Each year, four artists, writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited
by the editors (Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan) to create an everyday object that somehow
incorporates text. This object will be reproduced and hand wrapped at a wrapping party and
then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with the help of the United States Postal
Service.
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"The Thing is a quarterly periodical in the form of an object. Each year, four artists,
writers, musicians or filmmakers are invited by the editors (Jonn Herschend and Will Rogan)
to create an everyday object that somehow incorporates text. This object will be reproduced
and hand wrapped at a wrapping party and then mailed to the homes of the subscribers with
the help of the United States Postal Service."-- THE THING website,
www.thethingquarterly.com, viewed 1 September 2014.
Open for use by qualified researchers, with the exception of unreformatted audio visual
materials, which are unavailable until reformatted.
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The Thing Quarterly, 2007-2014, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no.
2961-216.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa2961-216
Item descriptions were taken from THE THING website,
http://www.thethingquarterly.com/quarterly.html .
Scope and Content of Collection
THE THING Quarterly is a periodical in the form of an object. It's like a magazine, except
that each issue is conceived of by a different contributor and then published on a useful
object. -- THE THING website, www.thethingquarterly.com, viewed 1 September 2014.
Descriptions of items and issues are taken from THE THING website.
Arranged chronologically.
Art objects -- California -- San Francisco -- 21st century --
Periodicals
Artists' books -- United States -- 21st century
Multiples -- 21st century
Creed, Martin
Franco, James
July, Miranda
Johanson, Chris
Rogan, Will
Herschend, Jonn
Thing Quarterly
No Age (Musical group)
Higgs, Matthew
Rodarte
Baldessari, John
Ebner, Shannon
Mills, Mike
Kine, Starlee
Eggers, Dave
Auerbach, Tauba
Marcus, Ben
Muller, Dave
Shrigley, David
Donnelly, Trisha
Pullen, Lucy
Ezawa, Kota
Nichols, Tucker
Paglen, Trevor
Gander, Ryan
Allora & Calzadilla
Lethem, Jonathan
Muller, Dave