Reading Room: A Journal of Art and Culture, Issue 5: The Space of Reading | 2012

Published 2012 by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
223 pages
176 x 127mm, softcover, with colour illustrations
Edited by Christina Barton, Natasha Conland, and Wystan Curnow
With contributions by Nick Austin, Christina Barton, Len Bell, Roger Blackley, Jan Bryant, Gregory Burke, Rex Butler, Anthony Byrt, Deborah Cain, Natasha Conland, David Cross, Abby Cunnane, Wystan Curnow, Richard Dale, Blair French, Tony Green, Terrence Handscomb, Rob Hanson, Bilal Khbeiz, Chris Kraus, Lee Weng Choy, Robert Leonard, Chus Martínez, Caroline McBride, Kate Newby, HansUlrich Obrist, Anna Parlane, Laura Preston, Helena Reckitt, Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Walid Sadek, Anna Sanderson, Marnie Slater, Allan Smith, Michael, Stevenson, Megan Tamati-Quennell, Julia Waite, John C. Welchman, and Anna Marie White.
Designed by Inhouse
Printed by GEON
ISSN 1177-2549

Although pervasive and multifarious, the role reading plays in creative, curatorial and critical practice is commonly taken for granted.

The Space of Reading responds to questions like: What are we reading and why? How do we read? And how do we know what to read? What makes for a great reading experience and what makes a great reader? What are the relations between reading and viewing?