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The Lost Library

By  Catherine Wynne-Paton 2015 - 2020

Catherine Wynne-Paton, documented by film-maker Jonathan Zaurin

The Lost Library is an itinerant series of performances which came about as a response to the rapid decline in publicly run libraries in the UK. Attempting to distill what is found in an individual institution into a a joining ritual and the loan of a single word.
Image 2025 IMPOSURE installation 49 51 Male Stacks Female Gaps Building my Presence Catherine Wynne Paton Photographer Catherine Wynne Paton 1753625286 Catherine Wynne-Paton

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49:51 Male Stacks, Female Gaps: Inequality in Artist Books in Libraries

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