Czech Traveller
Matej Kren’s ‘Idiom’, Municipal Library of Prague
Artist Matej Kren’s ‘Idiom‘ is a a cylindrical tower consisting of hundreds of books.
Mirrors placed at the bottom and the top give the exhibit the illusion of being infinite. A tear-shaped opening on one side of the tower allows visitors to peer their heads and shoulders into the tower’s interior and experience what feels like ‘drowning in a book well‘.
This literary wormhole has become a sort of local landmark and even featured on the cover of Science magazine.
Simple yet impressive.
Matej Kren’s ‘Idiom’, Municipal Library of Prague
Artist Matej Kren’s ‘Idiom‘ is a a cylindrical tower consisting of hundreds of books.
Mirrors placed at the bottom and the top give the exhibit the illusion of being infinite. A tear-shaped opening on one side of the tower allows visitors to peer their heads and shoulders into the tower’s interior and experience what feels like ‘drowning in a book well‘.
This literary wormhole has become a sort of local landmark and even featured on the cover of Science magazine.
Simple yet impressive.