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.



Unusual Bookmarks


Bookmarks found in books returned to the King County Library System.


piece of grass

feather

phone card

lottery ticket

unused plane ticket

insurance plan

condoms

a leaf

a bag of marijuana

restraining order

seven $100 bills

IRS refund check

Dear John letter

two inch carpenter's nail

toothpick

a raisin carefully placed at the page edge, it's tip sticking out

valid passport

a strip of raw bacon







Stokley Towles








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