the archive
Exhibited: 10th June 2023 - Spring 2024
Location: Main Library, Brett Hall, Cleveland Public Library, OH, USA
Curated by LAND studio
The Archive is comprised of over 500,000 botanical objects, including flowers, pinecones, seed pods, and other items. Over 50,000 of these were donated by local businesses and individuals from Northeast Ohio. These natural materials are suspended from an 18-foot-tall timber frame constructed of Douglas Fir beams, filling nearly 44,000 cubic feet of space within the Library’s historic Brett Hall.
Each object was strung on copper wire by a community of volunteers before being shaped into the installation by the artist.
Images © Bob Perkoski and Shape Cleveland
