The Library: a Physiological Study

King County, WA (2003-2007)


After spending a year interacting with patrons and staff at the Seattle Public Library I created a performance and a Special Collection of circulating books including 1000 titles that had not left the building in more than ten years. I asked library patrons and staff to check a book out. Introduce it to the other books in your life.


Special Collection: one. two, three, four (60 sec. video), five (60 sec. video), six, seven, eight.



idle thoughts

The sand trapped within the plastic cover indicates that patrons thought it was reading material appropriate for the beach.







Stokley Towles








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