About the Reprints

Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah, 1995 installed at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1996

Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah, 1995 installed at John Weber Gallery, New York, 1995

The Reprints are a collection of ichnology and paleontology texts that have been copied and reformatted by the artist Allan McCollum. In the past the Reprints have supplemented the Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah series. This series involves the production of multiple but distinctly colored copies of natural casts of dinosaurs tracks.The Reprints are typically presented as photocopies on color paper as in recent exhibitions at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, in 1996 and the John Weber Gallery in New York, in 1995. The Reprints were displayed to one side of the Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah in trays either on a table or a wall rack much like didactical information. The displayed copies were freely available to visitors of the exhibitions.
Stadium asked Allan McCollum about presenting the Reprints on their own. The increased accessibility of the Reprints' information and the possibility of assembling a "Paleontology and Ichnology Web Site" (albeit within an art context) was an exciting idea to him. With this iteration of the Reprints, Allan McCollum's work has left the physical (and mechanical) domain of production and distribution to enter the electronic domain of mould-less duplication. A domain where distribution and production are not only infinite , but they are a simultaneous event. The peripheral position, the ambiguous status, the informatory aspect and the distributive nature of the Reprints make this extension into the world wide web a fitting one.

Stadium would like to extend our thanks to Allan McCollum for his efforts in ensuring this project go forward, and Catherine Quéloz for her kind permission to reprint her insightful interview. Also, special thanks to the many authors whose texts make up the Reprints.


Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah, 1995 installed at Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1996 Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah, 1995 installed at John Weber Gallery, New York, 1995		The Reprints are a collection of ichnology and paleontology texts that have been copied and reformatted by the artist Allan McCollum. In the past the Reprints have supplemented the Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah series. This series involves the production of multiple but distinctly colored copies of natural casts of dinosaurs tracks.The Reprints are typically presented as photocopies on color paper as in recent exhibitions at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, in 1996 and the John Weber Gallery in New York, in 1995. The Reprints were displayed to one side of the Natural Copies from the Coal Mines of Central Utah in trays either on a table or a wall rack much like didactical information. The displayed copies were freely available to visitors of the exhibitions. Stadium asked Allan McCollum about presenting the Reprints on their own. The increased accessibility of the Reprints' information and the possibility of assembling a "Paleontology and Ichnology Web Site" (albeit within an art context) was an exciting idea to him. With this iteration of the Reprints, Allan McCollum's work has left the physical (and mechanical) domain of production and distribution to enter the electronic domain of mould-less duplication. A domain where distribution and production are not only infinite , but they are a simultaneous event. The peripheral position, the ambiguous status, the informatory aspect and the distributive nature of the Reprints make this extension into the world wide web a fitting one.
	Stadium would like to extend our thanks to Allan McCollum for his efforts in ensuring this project go forward, and Catherine Quéloz for her kind permission to reprint her insightful interview. Also, special thanks to the many authors whose texts make up the Reprints.