"According to the library’s press release, Verse in its form and woven organization is a reflection of how the reader intersects with and culls information and meaning from the library’s collection."
The text is in the form of a mesostic (an invention of John Cage) - vertical phrases intersecting horizontal text.
Cork, though? - won't readers' feet wear down the raised letters, over time? Will that make pathways, desire lines...?
See more of Ann Hamilton's work here and on her website. Her 2009 installation human carriage at the Guggenheim sounds wonderful -
'Her formal description reads “Installation of cloth, wire, bells, books, string, pipe, pulleys, pages, cable, gravity, air, and sound,” and the Guggenheim Museum described its working thus: “Hamilton devises a mechanism that traverses the entire Guggenheim balustrade, taking the form of a white silk ‘bell carriage’ with Tibetan bells attached inside. As the cage spirals down along the balustrade, the purifying bells ring, awakening viewers. The mechanism is hoisted back up to a post at the uppermost Rotunda Level 6, where an attendant exchanges weights composed of thousands of cut-up books that counter the pulley system that propels the mechanism itself." '
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FYI, the photograph you are linking to is my copyrighted work commissioned by Ann Hamilton. I would appreciate the acknowledgement to assist in legally protecting my rights to this work under current copyright laws as well as for other creative professionals whose work you may wish to refer to on your blog. Thanks in advance for following the rules of the road. ©2011, Fredrik Marsh. All Rights Reserved."
Thanks for contacting me - I'm happy to comply, now that I know who to credit.
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