Found Bookmark Project - Vilnius
Objects found in library books in Vilnius installed in the Infolab at the Contemporary Art Centre for the group show An Exhibition in Five Chapters
2007
"In
the small library of the Info Lab in the CAC DeBuitlear presents The
Found Bookmark Collection, Vilnius. The piece consists of objects left
between the pages of books in libraries in Vilnius. He visited
libraries throughout the city collecting several hundred objects
including receipts, 40-year-old envelopes, hair-pins and a love letter
addressed to “my dear cabbage”. On view in the CAC is a selection from
this collection, each item containing its own personal story."
Text by Curator Catherine Hemelryk
