Bibliothek
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Bibliothek/Library by Li Silberberg, installation with 181 artist books and 40 artist sketch books/diary books; video, all photos: Semjon
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The volume of the sculptural books werde creted by the artist within the last 22 years and in more than 40.000 working hours.
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One could say that the artist has inscribed her life and soul into these books.
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The whole volume is a gesamtkunstwerk, meant by Li Silberberg to be kept as a whole.
The public library which will own Bibliothek as an unique art installation amidst its architecture and book collection will have a beautiful metaphore of the acquisation of knowledge, its communication and preservation.