USC librarian Lynda Bunting recently helped artist David Horvitz realize a project that has found its way into several library collections. "DRUGSTORE BEETLE (Sitodrepa Paniceum)" is a collection of works by 27 artists, bound in an archival enclosure known as a four-flap. With advice from Bunting, Horvitz secured an ISBN for the piece, uploaded metadata to the global library catalog WorldCat, and submitted the finished collection to 30 libraries around the world, including USC's Helen Topping Architecture & Fine Arts Library.
In April, RAID Projects featured "DRUGSTORE BEETLE" (on loan from the USC Libraries) in its Drugstore Kiosk exhibition. "DRUGSTORE BEETLE" then made another appearance earlier in June as part of Palling Around with Socialists, a group exhibition at the U-Turn Art Space in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photos of the project from the Ohio exhibition follow.
