Libraries of books, books on libraries: Charlotte Morgan's "Re-imagined Libraries" project has only just begun.
Over the fortnight I met with a range of people from librarians and archivists to designers, writers, readers, library users, academics and artists who contributed their visions for the future library in visual or written form or through conversation; this element offered me really in depth insight into participants’ personal and professional relationship to libraries and discuss their hopes and practical suggestions for the future of libraries and archives and more widely, the ways in which the city is structured, spaces are designed and used, objects and information are collected, used, stored and displayed and reading informs our personal and social lives. I found that almost everyone I mentioned the project to had a perspective on the library especially considering its current unstable status, I feel the project is just the start of a much wider body of work that will develop in the future.
Re-imagined Libraries contributors to date include Alistair Allen, Nancy Broadfoot, Liam Bullingham, Lele Chen, Sarah Cole, Elizabeth Dodwell, Jess Ghost, Lesley Gunter, Ruth Jenkins, Linda Kemp, Tim Knebel, Adam Park, Joanna Parkes, Jade Pollard-Crowe, Jen Smith, Leanne Wain and Ruth Wilde.
The residency also taught me a lot about my strengths and weaknesses in working with peers, the public and participants, and where I position my practice in the spectrum of practices which may involve participation, working in context, site specificity and research methods, and has therefore been a great learning experience.
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