Autonomadic Bookmobile
2003 Summer / Fall Tour Schedule
What Is It?
The Autonomadic Bookmobile is a travelling "medicine show" of small press publications. It consists of a brightly painted truck stocked with books and zines, touted by two sideshow performers, and is a project of two nonprofit arts organizations: the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, a circus and variety troupe which tours nationally, and Autonomedia, a New York book publishing collective.
The Bookmobile began in 1994 as a table at venues where the Cirkus played, and in 2001 moved into the truck, in which it tours both independently and with the Cirkus.
Carrying books and zines from a number of independent publishers, the Bookmobile has brought radical cultural theory into the Florida swamps and the Nevada desert, and self-published statements of dissent to smalltown streets across the country.
The Show
Drs. Henceforth Flummox and Okra P. Dingle frequently perform a full sideshow. They have performed at clubs, colleges, collective spaces, and festivals, sometimes with the Bookmobile open to all the world, and sometimes far away from its good holdings.
The show lasts anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes and includes classic sideshow feats including glass walking, knife throwing, fire eating, the human pincushion, and the bed of nails, with the musical accompaniment of the accordian and the musical saw.
The Tour
Just because you don't see a listing here for your town, that doesn't mean the bookmobile won't be stopping there. only certain gigs are listed. if you see that the bookmobile will be nearby, look for it on a heavily pedestrian street in your own town. better yet, email bookmobile@bindlestiff.org with questions and suggestions.
Further dates and locations will be posted later. Let us know if you're on the route and have a suggested venue: email a_nomadic@yahoo.com
Back to Bookmobile Central.
Take me to the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus.
Drop me off at Autonomedia
Tour schedule follows below:
