London?Being in the Library

Keiser, Daniela; Ursprung, Philipp (CON); Adjaye, David (CON)

ISBN 10: 3038602345 / ISBN 13: 9783038602347

Edité par Park Books, 2021

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Titre : London?Being in the Library

Éditeur : Park Books

Date d'édition : 2021

Reliure : Couverture souple

Etat : As New

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An artistic reflection on the impact of David Adjaye's architecture for the Idea Stores in London Features a conversation with David Adjaye highlighting the architect's intentions for London's new public neighbourhood libraries

Daniela Keiser ranks among the most renowned contemporary artists in Switzerland. In 2017 she was awarded the Prix Meret Oppenheim as well as a studio grant from Landis & Gyr Stiftung that enabled her to embark on an extended stay in London's East End. There she discovered the Idea Store, the public library on Whitechapel Road built by British architect David Adjaye in 2001-05. Upon its opening to the public, this institution quickly became a meeting place for a broad spectrum of society including for socially disadvantaged people. The goal of the Idea Stores - eight of them have so far been opened in various London boroughs - is to enhance formerly neglected neighbourhoods and offer a low-threshold source of education and information.

From that initial Idea Store on Whitechapel Road, Daniela Keiser began to take pictures of the goings-on in the street outside. Her Library - Idea Store series reveals a calm, reitive but insistent image of the city and offers insight into the small everyday variations of the surrounding world. Her photographic reflection is accompanied by a conversation between David Adjaye and art and architecture historian Philip Ursprung. They talk about Keiser's perception of the site and - without actually showing the building - the impact of urban design and the architect's intentions.