Rideau de perles (ENG)

The Rideau de perles

The story behind
Two years ago, in the course of our practices, encounters & desires, some of us got caught up in imagining a library of queer, rare, stolen, scanned books, transformed into pdf. These writings are made available on a local network, including a selection of subversive pamphlets at free price from the infokiosk "Certaines d’Entre Nous"(Some of Us). All this, linked to events, readings, meetings, living things, so that it is not just a dead collection. We decided to call it "Rideau de perles" (Curtain of pearls), in reference to the curtain that separated the X-rated films from the rest in the video libraries of yesteryear.

Meanwhile
We built a physical place, allowing to accommodate books, adjoining the Gallery, and a book scanner for the digital collection. We joined the Pandora network, available everywhere in the school, sidewalks included. We asked ourselves questions about the functioning of our library and we met people and collective who share the same practices

This year
We will focus on activating the Pearl Curtain by organizing monthly meetings of collectives, readings, projections, listening, and collective digitizations ... As many moments of sharing as of constitution of the collection.

Welcome !
Pass the curtain !

We invite you to listen to our first radio show which tells about our inspirations and our desires in the creation of this project.