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Curated by Anna Lena von Helldorff, based on an idea by Regine Ehleiter

The library as a catalogue lists from A to Z: authors, genres, titles, topics, keywords, times and language - as an order of knowledge and as a spatialisation of reading.

The library as a space organises reading like a table of contents. On the shelves of the rooms accessible to readers, knowledge is organised according to the humanities, history and cultural studies. The fine arts are organised into the areas of art history, painting, graphics, book design, sculpture, architecture, photography, design, multimedia art, arts and crafts and literature - natural sciences, technology and regional studies are each gathered in one location.

The library as a place of reading and knowledge is visibly and thematically catalogued and arranged along the shelves for freehand searching. The library as a magazine, on the other hand, organises the reading space according to size. Each shelfmark begins with a number that stands for the format of the respective medium: 0 for large folio, 2 for folio, 4 for quarto, 8 for octavo and 16 for sedez. The space for knowledge is therefore [also] a question of space.
The smallest formats compile knowledge for easy reading: as a mini library, as a small ABC. The largest formats collect knowledge in the form of templates, samples and visual aids. Models and replicas are compiled as individual sheets in folders to form model collections, summarised for browsing: yesterday's search engine results. The format determines the reading, the leafing through as movement the context of the reading - between the pages.

>>> The event is part of the annual programme for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...