Forbidden
An installation by Holly A. Senn
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Blank canvas: the empty space
Painting in the background
Tree, leaves and scissors added
Securing 200+ pound tree
Positioning text fruit & book icon
Creating the sea of books
The finished installation
Close up
What is the work about?
Although viewers are free to make any associations they choose, this installation gnaws at the notion that destroying books, specifically library books, is forbidden. And yet, while books, in concept, may generate ideas, I'm exploring the question, "What would those ideas really look like?" And in order to show the three-dimensional "fruit" of knowledge and reading, I must destroy books. (No circulating library books were harmed in creating this piece.)
