Bewohnbare Bibliothek I – Der Aufzug ist die Wohnung

2024
Artist/s
Peter Weibel
Title
Bewohnbare Bibliothek I – Der Aufzug ist die Wohnung
Year
2024
Medium / Material / Technic
living tower, wood with book wallpaper and Plexiglass elevator
Dimensions / Duration
190 × 50 × 45 cm
Admin Title
D7 Paragraph: r17_text / GPC_ID: 12437
Layout
flex-row-9-3 reverse

The floor plan of an apartment reflects the basic functions of all living things. In the kitchen you cook, in the bedroom you sleep. The layout of an apartment always reflects complex social relationships. The work »Bewohnbare Bibliothek I – Der Aufzug ist die Wohnung« [Inhabitable Library I – The Elevator is the Apartment] depicts a new way of living, free from traditional conventions and adapted only to the individual wishes of the artist. The elevator does not lead to the apartment, it is the apartment. Equipped with a digital infrastructure that enables communication with both the library and with the outside world, the elevator functions as a space for living, sleeping, and working, always moving along the bookshelves.

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