Street Librarian
An update from the utne stacks
March / April 2003
Chris Dodge Utne magazine
Kilometer Zero is an engaging new journal from
an eponymous collective of expatriate artists and writers living in
Paris. Issues #2 and #3 profile experimental musical instrument
makers and artists who take on controversial subjects and document
a project in which clothing was gathered under the pretext of
?product placement,? then donated to children?s charities. $36.31
(4 issues) from 48 bis rue D?Orsel, Paris, 75018, France;
www.kilometerzero.org
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