Re: Major Conlang Exhibit at Cleveland Public Library

Congratulations, Don! I really wish I could go and see it. Maybe�we could change the
destination of our honeymoon to Cleveland...��Hey, do you have a link
associated with this exhibition, or some�manner of information about it
online? If so, I'd like to link to�it, so people nearby can head down there.
Is there perhaps a�section of the Cleveland Public Library's website devoted
to�exhibits?��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On May 6, 2008, at 5∞35 AM, Donald
Boozer wrote:��> From May through August, Cleveland Public Library will�>
be presenting a ground-breaking exhibit entitled�> “Esperanto, Elvish, and
Beyond: The World of�> Constructed Languages” at the Main Library, 325�>
Superior Avenue East, Cleveland, Ohio.�>�> The exhibit celebrates
constructed languages and those�> who take part in the art and craft of
conlanging. Don�> Boozer, a former librarian in the Literature�> Department
at Cleveland Public Library and now the�> statewide online reference services
coordinator for�> Ohio, organized the exhibit and wrote the majority of�>
the text and captions. However, conlangers from around�> the world graciously
submitted photos and biographies�> for the exhibit including Suzette Haden
Elgin, Marc�> Okrand, John Quijada, David J. Peterson, Doug Ball,�> Carsten
Becker, Måns Björkman, Sonja Elen Kisa, and�> many others. Proofreading was
kindly done by�> conlangers in Britain, Australia, Canada, and the�> United
States. The project was truly a collaborative�> effort encompassing several
continents. A companion�> booklet will also be available at the exhibit:
“A�> Conlanger’s Bookshelf” compiled by Don Boozer. A�> selection of
conlanging resources is available at�>
http://del.icio.us/CPL_languages_imaginary.�>�> Encompassing the entire
exhibition corridor of the�> second floor of the Main Library in downtown�>
Cleveland, the display encompasses six large cases,�> two smaller cases, and
two flat panel cases. The six�> large cases contain:�> - “Conlangers’
Inspiration: Languages & Linguistics”�> includes information on phonology,
affixes, word�> order, noun classes, and more.�> - “Early Conlangs and
Universal Languages: From�> Ancient Greece to 20th-Century America”
highlights�> early conlangers and language theorists like Plato (in�>
“Cratylus”), Athenaeus of Naucratis (in “The�> Deipnosophists”); St.
Hildegarde of Bingen; Lewis�> Carroll; Jonathan Swift; Edward Powell Foster
and�> James Ruggles of Ohio; and more.�> - “The Shakespeare of Conlangs:
J.R.R. Tolkien”�> includes a timeline of Tolkien’s life and work;
Quenya�> and Sindarin highlights; the significance of his essay�> “A
Secret Vice”; biographies of Helge Fauskanger, Måns�> Björkman, and David
Salo; and much more.�> - “International Conlangs: Esperanto & Other
Auxiliary�> Languages” covers the development of Esperanto, a�> photo and
biography of L.L. Zamenhof, the history of�> Amikejo “the Esperanto nation
that almost was,” two�> native-speaking Esperantists, some phrases and�>
grammar, and more.�> - “The Warrior’s Conlang: Klingon” highlights
tlhIngan�> Hol a brief introduction to the language and alphabet,�> photos
and biographies of Lawrence Schoen and Marc�> Okrand, the Klingon Language
Institute, the Klingon�> Translation Project, the “art” of Klingon
cursing, and�> much more.�> - “Meet the Conlangers: The World-wide
Community of�> Language Creators” introduces viewers to Suzette Haden�>
Elgin, Sonja Elen Kisa, David J. Peterson, Mark “The�> Zompist”
Rosenfelder, Sai Emrys, Carsten Becker, and�> several other well-known
conlangers as well as�> provides information on the Conlang Flag, the
Language�> Creation Conferences, CONLANG-L, and more.�> One smaller case at
the beginning of the exhibit�> provides an introduction to the subject for
the�> public. The other smaller case includes conlangs in�> films and
fiction other than the “big three”�> (Esperanto, Elvish, and
Klingon).�>�> One flat panel includes a Conlang Glossary and “The�>
Conlanger’s Manifesto” (courtesy of David J.�> Peterson). The other
includes a collection of Babel�> Texts in various conlangs and
English.�>�> Parking is available in several garages and surface�> lots
surrounding the library. For more information,�> call the Literature
Department at Cleveland Public�> Library at 216-623-2881 or by contacting Don
Boozer at�> donaldboozer@yahoo.com. Photographs of the exhibit�> will be
forthcoming and access to these will be posted�> in a subsequent posting to
CONLANG.�>�>�>�>�>
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