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Literature Versus Traffic by Luzinterruptus
Spanish lighting designers Luzinterruptus scattered 10,000 glowing books across the ground at Federation Square in Melbourne this summer for a lighting festival dedicated to reading.
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Entitled Literature Versus Traffic, the installation was designed to resemble a river that winds along the pavements and roads of the busy public square.
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The designers sourced the discarded books from local libraries and placed LED lights behind the pages of each one to illuminate the printed words.
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Over the course of the month they were also able to gradually move the books into different configurations.
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On the final day visitors were invited to choose a few to take home, while others were donated to passing drivers through open car windows.
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"The objective was to create a symbolic gesture in which literature took control of the streets and became the conquerer of the public space," explained one the anonymous artists.
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The installation remained in place throughout June for the Light in Winter lighting festival. Reading was the theme, so the organisers had asked Luzinterruptus to create a scaled-up version of a similar installation they had completed in New York.
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Other temporary lighting projects by Luzinterruptus include skips filled with glowing carrier bags and illuminated nipples stuck to statues.
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