Home- Miler Lagos, MagnanMetz Gallery

This installation comprises of several antique boks combined together to make a self standing Iglu of stacked books.

This piece has two different views of interior spaces. The inside is a colourful Iglu with a con-caved space. The outer room gives you a beige view and the opposite of a dome. The incompleteness of the piece makes it more of a cave than a full Iglu.

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The House of Books Has No Windows, Janet Cardiff. 2008


In a simular concept of interior spaces Janet Cardiff has created a house of antique books. However the main focus of this piece is the exterior as the colour of the spines is more dull and facing outwards. The interior is more dark reflecting the dark space the house is put into. 

                                                                     

Books are an interesting material to use as they are easily  obtainable and are solid as a structure.

I find the concepts linked to it very interesting. It reminds me of being in a library surrounded by shelves and shelves of books, however the interior is very dull and not a good reading space. I feel that although these are antique books and of english literature it gives me the idea of a childhood den or something from a story book like Hansel and Gretal's cottage.