Providence Public Library

Join us tomorrow, Wednesday, for the next Wander in Wednesdays! Children and Teens will have the chance to crate with perler beads!

Coming Soon: NOT JUST TAPES! Artist Ben Sisto was tipped off to the presence of “many” VHS tapes in the basement of the Hope St. restaurant, Not Just Snacks. Ben visited owner Mohammed Islam and was shown a wall packed with Hindi-language bootlegs. A handshake deal was made, and Ben left with over 600 tapes.

Not Just Tapes invites viewers to examine concepts of home and identity in the context of an abstracted living room. Whereas the outside world demands accepting the underlying discomfort in cultural conformity, the living rooms of immigrants are often carefully curated to soothe that discomfort. Grab a tape from the TV console, pull up a chair, and get comfortable. Be kind, rewind. This exhibition opens on July 11 during regular library hours.

https://www.openforever.org/open-providence-public-library/not-just-tapes

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This show is part of an ongoing series at the Providence Public Library organized by Rebecca Noon (Providence Department of Art, Culture, and Tourism), Neal Walsh (AS220), and Ben Sisto (OPEN).

Our signage sponsor is Wayfinder Collaborative; photography services donated by Therese Iacono Photography. Our media parter is the Providence Eye. Thank you to Rupa Datta, Not Just Snacks, and Hannah Liongoren.

PPL will be closed today, Monday. We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!