Wikipedia may have helped kill the printed encyclopedia, but the online crowdsourced fountain of knowledge will soon be available in physical book form too. From Aaaaa! to ZZZap! is a new exhibition from artist and programmer Michael Mandiberg running from June 18 to July 2 at Denny Gallery in New York. Mandiberg has created software that breaks down the entirety of the English-language Wikipedia database, creating thousands of volumes replete with covers, and uploads them ready to a print-on-demand service. This project has been created with direct support from the Wikimedia Foundation, the not-for-profit behind the ubiquitous online encyclopedia, and self-publishing platform Lulu.com. So...
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