Byron B Kim
Design / Art / Architecture / Technology
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“[P]ublic libraries in America … are dynamic, versatile community centers. They welcomed more than 1.59 billion visitors in 2009 and lent books 2.4 billion times – more than 8 times for each citizen. More than half of young adults and seniors living in poverty in the United States used public libraries to access the Internet. They used this access, among other purposes to “find work, apply to college, secure government benefits, and learn about critical medical treatments”. For all this, public libraries cost just $42 per citizen each year to maintain.”
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“[P]ublic libraries in America … are dynamic, versatile community centers. They welcomed more than 1.59 billion visitors in 2009 and lent books 2.4 billion times – more than 8 times for each citizen. More than half of young adults and seniors living in poverty in the United States used public libraries to access the Internet. They used this access, among other purposes to “find work, apply to college, secure government benefits, and learn about critical medical treatments”. For all this, public libraries cost just $42 per citizen each year to maintain.”
Optical Glass House by Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP
Viviane Sassen - Parasomnia (2011)
“The title of the series alludes to sleep disorders and occurrences of anomalous and unusual actions. The photographs are playful and skillful manipulations of the physical body to symbolize moments of ambiguity and disorientation. Within the images resides a latent force of sculptural stasis: the power of the body and the world it is held in.”
Superabundant Atmosphere by Jacob Hashimoto
