Afternoon Editions No 1

Afternoon Editions is a series of commissioned texts that extends from the project Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine. They are published in a stapled and easy to produce format. Afternoon Editions is dedicated to sharing content in various forms, related to books, memory, reading, writing and publishing. It is about circulation and exchange of ideas.

Afternoon Editions no. 1: an essay by Jeroen Peeters titled Reseeding the library, gleaning readership. In May 2017, Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine settled during three weeks in the Ravenstein Gallery in Brussels as part of the Kunstenfestivaldesarts. Invited as a writer in residence, Jeroen Peeters visited the library of living books on a daily basis and recorded his observations by hand in a notebook, which formed the basis for Afternoon Edition no. 1. Reseeding the library, gleaning readership is an essay on the seed library, on the dispersion of literature through wind, water and animals, on biodiversity and commoning at the heart of readership. On the cover a drawing by Wouter Krokaert of a Philodendron Xanadu. Published May 2018.

2018, 32 pages, 15 x 28 cm