#library of light

[guy60660]

Library of Light | Es Devlin | Parametric

[obsidianphoenix14]

Art prompt: Library of Light

[gildinglillies]

Library of Light | Lillie & Serena

@sereleil

The library Lillie stood in was the largest she’d ever seen. Which made sense, given its location in Lumiose City, the largest city Lillie had ever visited. She tried to focus her attention on the books front of her, but her eyes kept drifting up the towering shelves all around her. Most buildings in Alola were shorter than these!

A fluffy tail brushing against her leg distracted her from the titles once more, and she looked down to see Snowy pawing at one of the books one the lower shelf. Curious as to what had interested her Pokemon, Lillie pulled it off the shelf, but it was only a book on bird Pokemon migration, and one that she’d read before at that.

“Sorry, Snowy, but that’s not quite what I’m looking for,” Lillie said, returning the book to its proper place. To her surprise, her Vulpix protested the action, batting at the book and even calling out. Snowy had already attracted a great deal of attention with her white coat, since Alolan Vulpixes weren’t often found in Kalos, and with the additional noise nearly everyone in the library was staring at the two of them. Lillie flushed in embarrassment, turning to scold her misbehaving Pokemon.

“Snowy, what have I told you about being quiet in libraries?” she whispered as she bent over to pick up the Pokemon. At this rate, she was going to have to leave before getting the chance to read anything. Really, she should have thought to store Snowy in her Pokeball before entering the library, even if wandering around the enormous city on her own made her nervous.

[elbastardo]

Blaton & Rypson, Anthropologists in Art, are proud to present:

The Library of Light By Raul Balai & Femi Dawkins

In collaboration with Catherine Henegan

February 22nd through April 12th 2014 Opening: Saturday, February 22nd,17:00-19:00

“A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” Marcus Garvey

History has taken a back seat. We deem history as a given; as that which has happened and we have to wade through the drudgery of the classroom of our adolescence. But whose story is (his)story in actual fact? It used to be that history was that which was written by the winners; the powers that be. Those that had the means to mention or silence the past, the powers that have given us what we now call the dominant historical narrative.

We live in different times and spaces now. This world of ours... Filled to the brim with iPhones and iPads, YouTube and Wikipedia, sound bytes and blurbs and 3-minute concentration-spans... and getting fuller even still.

In this era of unlimited access to information, how is it that we still tap to the dance of a dominant narrative? Is it the omnipresence of information that is overwhelming? Or is it simple complacency?

Be that as it may, there is a surplus of books. There is a surplus of knowledge. The Library of Light is about wading through this quagmire of information, selecting and foregrounding fascinating personalities and events which are not common knowledge.

The Library of Light acknowledges some of the many important contributions that have been omitted and overlooked. This is a celebration of the richness of our common history. Writers, intellectuals, feminists, athletes, philosophers and inventors who have made tremendous contributions to our human history. Examples include, inter alia; Anton de Kom (writer, activist, poet and resistance fighter in WWII), Aimeé Ceésaire (founder of the Pan-African movement) and Garret Morgan (inventor of the modern traffic light) amongst many others. In this way Balai & Dawkins aim to shine a light on relatively unknown persons who contributed greatly to society.

[elbastardo]

"Bibliotheek van Licht" 

[elbastardo]

“Een volk zonder kennis van haar geschiedenis, origine en cultuur is als een boom zonder wortels” Marcus Garvey 

Er is een overschot aan boeken maar niet aan bibliotheken, er is een overschot aan kennis maar geen overschot aan verlichte kennis over de zwarte pagina’s uit het Nederlandse verleden. Vanuit deze gedachtengang hebben we DE BIBLIOTHEEK VAN LICHT ontwikkeld. Zo zijn er voor het publiek onbekende schrijvers, intellectuelen, feministen, sporters, filosofen en uitvinders die enorme bijdragen hebben geleverd aan onze gezamenlijke historie en welvaart.

DE BIBLIOTHEEK VAN LICHT is een "site-specific" installatie. In het kader van de kunstroute "Noord (II) een expeditie". Wij zien de periode in noord als een "artist in residence" en de installatie als een "work in progress". Het ABC dat wij creëren vormt een nieuwe kijk op de stad en haar geschiedenis. Door het integreren van  augmented reality" als onderdeel van de installatie worden heden, verleden en toekomst nader met elkaar verbonden. 

DE BIBLIOTHEEK VAN LICHT is geopend van Donderdag t/m Zondag in de periode 7-22 september 2013, muv 14 september. Openingstijden zijn 20:30-23:00 uur.

De augmented reality is te beleven met de app Layar aan de rand van het IJ in Noord.

DE BIBLIOTHEEK VAN LICHT is een project van Femi Dawkins en Raul Balai i.s.m. Catherine Henegan. 

Met dank aan Festival zontietdanto.ch, Het Scheepvaartmuseum en Het Amsterdam Museum voor hun bijdragen.