great wall of books

Simultaneously: public sculpture, interactive installation, outdoor performance, exhibition space and a point of creative departure for invited and accidental artists and communities.

Literally a gigantic book, 5 metres tall and opening out to over 11 metres wide, Great Wall of Books is a vessel that both generates, stores and transforms written, aural and visual stories.

People are invited to create and record their own stories across a range of interactive spaces within the structure. These creations are bound and catalogued, becoming a part of the ever-evolving library that is the central body of the book.

As well as a site for gathering and creative response, the Book, with the help of ground based and aerial performers, transforms into various symbolic shapes and spaces - a two tiered theatre; a wall, whose very building blocks are books; a gallery; a cinema; and a quiet space to escape the cacophony of consumer-driven world.

The project aims to build bridges across cultures through creative provocation and deep play. The book archive acts as a snapshot into the mind of the cities and sites in which the Book inhabits, a glowing library of the thoughts, feelings, dreams, fears and hopes of contemporary and tradtional peoples.

The Great Wall of Books was in residence in Macao, China from June to September 2007 and Melbourne, Australia during January 2008 and Footscray November 2005.

A ten year project the Book will next be seen in Mexico as
The Book of Revolutions in October 2010 and as The Book of Risings, Korea 2011.

Stay linked to the well and be a part of the biggest book ever bound.