Making
the library of exile, 2019
133 porcelain vessels, 90 marble and alabaster blocks, 32 steel brackets and 11 steel boxes in 4 wood, aluminuium and plexiglass vitrines, with over two thousand books housed in a birch ply sturcture. External walls painted in liquid kaolin with inscription of a new text listing the lost libraries of the world.
3050 × 7015 × 3965 cm
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