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encounters, Port of Tyne, 2000 Performance/intervention/installation, International Ferry Terminal

By  Max Vollmer 2006

R Max Vollmer

Courtesy of
YOTA grant

Passengers on transit posed for photographs which were subsequently projected onto a wall. The installation included shelters built from books with reading lamps inside; the shelters were just big enough for one person to find a quiet place in the crowded hall. Books were placed onto rows of seats for passengers to read, take or shove aside.

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