[Save] EXHIBITION OPENING: A Bibliophile's Bedroom, Monday Feb 9, 5-7 PM

[Justin Adams]

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>MIT LIBRARIES AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE PRESENT:
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>A Bibliophile's Bedroom:
>New Uses for Disused Texts
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>An exhibition in Rotch Library featuring furniture, art, and oddities made
>entirely from discarded books.
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>Join us for the opening reception:
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>Monday February 9th, 5 PM - 7 PM
>Rotch Library, 7-238
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>A rocking chair made from MIT directories? A quilt sewn from the pages of a
>P.D. James novel? A bookshelf made of books? These are some of the projects
>made by MIT students, staff and faculty during a recent IAP course. The
>exhibition is opening to critical acclaim... ...though many of the original
>books were dismissed as rubbish.
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>The exhibition will be held in Rotch Library now through February 27.
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>Refreshments provided. Contact bookbuild at theory.lcs.mit.edu for more
>information.