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THE LIBRARY FOR L’AQUILA BY LINDA KARSHAN
La Biblioteca per L'Aquila di Linda Karshan
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Permanent Installation
29 March 2019, L’Aquila, Italy
In March 2019, SOUNDINGS, Greek Cross drawings and a Tower of Books by Linda Karshan were permanently installed in the library at L’Aquila, Italy as part of Nove Artisti per la Ricostruizione, an initiative founded by Roberta Semeraro of RO.SA.M.
Exhibition curated by Roberta Semeraro and Carmelo Grasso, Director, Benedicti Claustra Onlus of the Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore.
With special thanks to Eleonora Laurini, Ph.D Engineer, for her commitment and expertise in realizing the tower of books for the Library of L'Aquila.
Installation photographs by Nora Novak.
Palazzo dell’Emiciclo in L’Aquila - Site of the Karshan installation. Photography: Nora Novak
The Library for L’Aquila by Linda Karshan. Filmed and directed by Marco Agostinelli on the occasion of Karshan’s permanent installation of drawings and a tower of books in the Palazzo dell’Emiciclo.. This is the second public art intervention for the initiative Nine Artists for the Reconstruction (Nove Artisti per la Ricostruzione)
Installing the Tower of Books for L’Aquila
Catalogue produced to accompany the exhibition:
The Library for L’Aquila by Linda Karshan / La Biblioteca per L’Aquila di Linda Karshan
Printed by Papergraf.
With texts by:
Arch. Giuseppe Di Pangrazio | The President of the Regional Council of Abruzzo
Roberta Semeraro | Founder and Curator, NINE ARTISTS FOR RECONSTRUCTION
with Carmelo Grasso | Director, Benedicti Claustra Onlus of the Abbey of San Giorgio Maggiore
PhD Engineer, Eleonora Laurini | Expert in the field of ICAR/11 Construction Production DICEAA (Civil, Construction-Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department) University of L’Aquila
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Linda Karshan
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