Curating & Collecting

Collections are living creatures that existed before us and continue after us.

What does it mean to curate and collect, to create and maintain library collections?

Curating & Collecting contains twelve hand-crafted miniatures, representing tools used to create, share or playback the materials that libraries house. Below this miniature collection, listeners can tune into different curators as they make their mark on library collections. 

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Note: In person, visitors can play short audio compositions by plugging cables into the tree rings on the object. The compositions are short snippets mixed against a continuous background track of forest sounds, inviting visitors to contemplate what it means to collect and curate a growing forest of library collections. Online the audio plays as one continuous track with the same background.

Featuring the voices of: 

Angela Carreño
April Hathcock
Bill Maltarich
Shannon O'Neill
Charlotte Priddle
Kimberly Tarr
Kent Underwood

"Curating & Collecting": a cabinet containing miniature sculptures of various information carriers including a phonograph, retro computer, iPad with an Instagram feed, analog camera, typewriter, film reel, paper map, hard drive, books and a scroll si
A cabinet containing miniature sculptures of various information carriers including a phonograph, retro computer, iPad with an Instagram feed, analog camera, typewriter, film reel, paper map, hard drive, books and a scroll sits atop a wooden case tha
A visitor plugs into an audio jack that is built into a cabinet that is designed to look like tree rings.
Audio jacks with brown cables are plugged into a cabinet designed to look like tree rings.
An art nouveau inspired curio display with shelves that contain miniatures. Miniatures include an iPad, paper map, film projector, hard drive, retro computer, VHS cassette, scroll, typewriter, volvelle, scrapbook, phonograph, analog camera and books.
Miniature books with blue bindings. The titles read: Kinokophone, Architectspiders, and The Valley of the Wind.
A miniature volvelle with elaborate golden floral designs. An illustration of chamomile flowers peaks through the volvelle window.
A miniature vintage typewriter.
A miniature reel to reel film projector sits atop a pile of books.
A miniature VHS cassette and VHS case sit atop a stack of books. The label reads "Tokyo Story" in Japanese and features a still image from the film.
A miniature scrapbook filled with miniature photographs and colorful prints and illustrations.
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