Quick bites about whatever interests me, amuses me, or not.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Massive River of 10,000 Discarded Books Rages Through Melbourne
If you were in Melbourne this past June, you may have run into a gargantuan installation right on the city streets. For The Light in Winter festival, Spanish art collective Luzinterruptus was commissioned to create a work of art that, quite literally, stopped traffic. 10,000 discarded books, donated by public libraries and collected by the Salvation Army, were lit up and then arranged to look like a massive river overtaking the city. First created in New York, Literature vs Traffic was bigger and better this time, ultimately becoming their largest work to date.
Through books you will meet poets and novelists whose creations will fire your imagination. You will meet the great thinkers who will share with you their philosophies, their concepts of the world, of humanity and of creation. You will learn about events that have shaped our history, of deeds both noble and ignoble. All of this knowledge is yours for the taking… Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.
Neil Armstrong, in a letter to the children of Troy, Mich. (via Mental Floss)
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Beautiful Evidence: New Illustrations Cut from Encyclopedias and Primary Readers by Thomas Allen
Panama hat, top hat, 35 champagne glasses, 5 oyster-knives, one tiger skin… A partial illustrated inventory of Gustave Flaubert’s personal effects by Joanna Neborsky, as catalogued 12 days after the writer’s death – best thing since the lists, to-dos and illustrated inventories of great artists.
The Book Truck: Mobile Library Hits Mexico City’s Streets
“People love the truck. They get very impressed about the inside space, the book collection and the possibilities it offers for finding images, book reading and getting acquainted with contemporary art,” Maldonado says. “Mexico City has a huge cultural offering that we intend to be a part of so that people from the neighborhoods get accustomed to see our truck full of art books.”
Alice in Wonderland as a Subway Map
