traum der bibliothek

This catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at MGKSiegen and, in addition to an intensive photographic tour of the exhibition by Sabine Reitmaier, also contains a reprint of the text “I unpack my library. A speech about collecting" by Walter Benjamin.
A great fascination emanates from libraries and books. They are spaces of collective memory and storehouses of knowledge. In these places of contemplation and concentration, looking into the book opens up new worlds. The exhibition "The Dream of the Library" illuminates this fascination from the point of view of conceptual art. The artists in the exhibition playfully address the collection, its forms of presentation and classification criteria with objects, installations and films. Bookshelves and displays are taken into consideration as well as the reading situation.