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Posted on behalf of: Michiel Nijhoff Teamleider informatiecentrum / Team Leader, Library/Information Centre [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> t: +31 (0)20 5732 650 m: +31623976557<tel:%2B31623976557> Libraries contain books, books contain thoughts and opinions, frozen in typeface. They only come alive again when they are being read, interpreted, reused and combined by the reader, who himself becomes writer and lays down his thoughts in text. This cycle of knowledge in motion (the term was first coined by the Dutch book scholar Loosjes) is being made visible this summer in the reading room of the library of the Stedelijk Museum. Mariana Lanari will show in a three-month long performance, how works in the library are linked through their content. The existing order of books in the reading room, now alphabetically on artists' names, will be changed, and books will be taken out and works from the stacks will be added. Moving thinking will start with the book Writing sculpture by Louwrien Wijers. From that one book a long chain of books will be formed. Librarian Michiel Nijhoff will also start a chain of books, departing from a work of art in the collection of the Stedelijk, the Montserrat by Julio Gonzalez. An infinite number of links can be formed between the 190.000 books in the library of the museum. Visitors walking in the museum rooms on the ground floor don't realize that they are walking on top of this rich collection of 2,5 kilometers of book stacked in the cellars of the museum. Depending on the original question, the personal interest of the researcher, but also of coincidence (serendipity) each same beginning can lead to a different sequence. Moving Thinking follows these sequences. The links between the books that will be placed in the library during the project, will be visualized in different ways: through short films on the website of the museum, text panels and through the use of colour in the shelves of the reading room. a Visitors are welcome, the artist and the librarian will be available for comments suggestions and questions, either on site or through email. The project not only shows how a library functions, but also shows the enormous wealth of the Stedelijk Museum Library. A library that started collection in the 1930s, but opened for the public in 1957. The project will start on the 1st of October and run to February 2016. For the precise times and data see www.stedelijk.nl<http://www.stedelijk.nl> The library is open to the public from Tuesday through Saturday from 12-17. ******************************** Daniel Starr Associate Chief Librarian Thomas J. Watson Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10028 212-650-2582 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~