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Research for Display Methods
Planning the way I am going to display my frozen books I have research the display of books, such as Traditional library settings and book shelves.
I have also looked into unique shelves created by artists and designers such as these
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/04/customized-book-side-tables/
http://ricochetstudio.blogspot.com/2008/05/shelf-clamp.html
http://blog.betterworldbooks.com/2008/12/15/infinity-bookshelf/
I then looked at the way book art is displayed in gallery settings, such as these
http://centralbookingnyc.com/about-central-booking/
I also looked into the way that antique or precious books are often displayed in museums, in cabinets so that they are protected and cannot be touched. So you can only read the pages on display, or look at the front cover, they become more like ornaments than books
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/conservation-journal/issue-39/book-display-in-the-british-galleries/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/journals/conservation-journal/issue-22/mounts-for-the-display-of-books/
Becasue my books are frozen however I need to look into displaying the books in a freezer or cool box, so that they remain as an icy sculpture until someone takes them out and reads them.
I was told by a tutor about artist Rose Finn-Klecey, who used a large walk in fridge to display a cubicle of ice,
http://www.sculpture.org.uk/RoseFinn-Kelcey/biography/
I also looked at art works and installations which rely on the viewer interacting with the works, as I will want viewers to interact with my books. I looked at artists such as “Staircase” by Rosie Leventon where veiwers can open the drawers in a staircase to see the water within them
http://www.rosieleventon.com/gallery-interventions/interactive-art-STAIRCASE.html
and pieces which the viewer can actively affect and change (as they will with mine) such as Hannes Broecker’s piece which invited viwers to drink the art work
http://visualstreak.com/2007/12/11/refreshing-interactive-art-by-hannes-broecker/
All of these areas of research relate to or have influence my display choices for my final piece, I have decided to display the books as if they were on a shelf or in a cupboard - stacked on top of each other and/or side by side. However they will be within a freezer, fridge or cool box which people will have to open in order to explore the books, and if they choose to, read parts of some.