[PADG:1171] [Winston.Atkins@duke.edu: Bubble Gum as Art]

[Janet Gertz <gertz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We also get this serial and are asking the same questions.  The
question I have is:  how important is it for the future of western
civilization that the actual gum be kept?  If we note its existence,
and photocopy the thing, what is lost by getting rid of the original
object?

Janet Gertz
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Folks--
An issue of the following serial has given us pause:

Trans> arts, cultures, media [serial].
New York, N.Y. : Passim, Inc., 1995-

According to our collection specialist, the issue "Trans 8"  includes with the
magazine, "an 8.5 x 11 piece of pink bubble gum
with a printed image by the artist Paul McCarthy, encased in dimestore plastic.
" In our particular case, the rigors of mailing broke the gum into several
pieces but it remains in the plastic. We're trying to figure out the best way to
handle this. I'm considering a color photocopy of the gum, tipped into the
issue, but we'd like to save the original if possible.

Any alternative solutions to the photocopying? What about suggestions for saving
the bubble gum?

Several of us will undoubtedly be facing this, so please post responses to the
list.

Thanks,

Winston Atkins
Preservation Officer
Duke University Libraries
winston.atkins@xxxxxxxx