Exciting News! Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Paris
The Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris is hosting its first exhibition on the life and works of Georges Perec, Georges Perec. Modes d’emploi [Georges Perec. User Manuals] at the BnF François-Mitterand site from October 13, 2026 to February 14, 2027.
Alongside the main exhibition, the BnF Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal will feature an exhibition focused on the recurring theme of the ‘faussaire’ (forgery) in Perec’s works, titled ‘Le vrai du faux’. I’m delighted to announce that Postcards for Perec will be part of that satellite installation, our real (imagined) postcard images responding to Perec’s imaginary (real) constructed messages. They will all be shown, in vitrines with the original messages alongside.
The Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal is home to the Georges Perec and Oulipo archives. It is an C18 building with beautiful exhibition rooms, and I have taken all two hundred and forty-three postcards there. The perfect place for our cartes postales to be shown.
How We Read Books (for Stephen Emmerson)
Pleased to be part of this collection of images exploring how we can approach and read books in a non-textual manner.
ISBN 978-1-906501-41-9 Impact Press at CFPR, edition of 150.
Artist in Residence 2025 in the Library of the Institute Français, London.
Delighted to be Artist in Residence 2025 in the Library of the Institute Français, Kensington. I’m looking at Georges Perec’s fascinating Oulipo tour de force La vie mode d’emploi, Life-A User’s Manual, examining the postcards mentioned in it, and the places in London that Perec includes in the stories. With many thanks to the Librarians of the Médiathèque.
AMBruno Finale
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/ambrunos-finale
I enjoyed performing my book Finale or the Death of the Author at the launch of AMBruno’s final project, the grand finale. Costume and props worked well. The death of the author is the birth of the reader…
and, great news, the project books have all been bought by the British Library.
Linda Parr 