Visitors peruse the bookshelves within the "Clarisse McLellan Manual for Civilization" installation, by Alexander Rose. "A Fahrenheit 451 themed library and reading room, named after Clarisse McLellan from the book, made of the books you would want to restart a civilization, with an emphasis on banned books. This piece is both a reading room to save civilization and a provocation to either save books or let them burn. Participants are welcome to read the books during the week, but the day before the Man burn they are asked to save any books they do not want to be burned. Any books left will be burned along with the Man."
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Photo by: George Post

Year: 2025

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Visitors peruse the bookshelves within the "Clarisse McLellan Manual for Civilization" installation, by Alexander Rose. "A Fahrenheit 451 themed library and reading room, named after Clarisse McLellan from the book, made of the books you would want to restart a civilization, with an emphasis on banned books. This piece is both a reading room to save civilization and a provocation to either save books or let them burn. Participants are welcome to read the books during the week, but the day before the Man burn they are asked to save any books they do not want to be burned. Any books left will be burned along with the Man."

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