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Mr Monkey visits Seattle Central Library, 6th February


"It's a fascinating glimpse into Seattle's bookreading"

Mr Monkey looking at George Legrady's electronic installation displaying Vital Statistics Mr Monkey looking at George Legrady's electronic installation displaying Keyword Map Attack

The Charles Simonyi Mixing Chamber also has a desk staffed by wireless-connected librarians. Mr Monkey hadn't got any questions for the librarians, but he was very interested in the six screens above the desk. They show George Legrady's electronic artwork Making Visible the Invisible; What the Community is Reading. This displays information about books checked out in the previous hour in four formats*, which is interesting as long as the people of Seattle are taking books out.

You can read about Mr Legrady at the George Legrady Studio website.

* The four formats are:


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