Ann Arbor’s Liberty Street Transformed into a Sea of 11,000 Glowing Books!
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
*Featured Photo courtesy of Michigan photographer ALANA VALKO*
Spanish design collective Luzinterruptus, has been doing large-scale urban art installations since forming in Madrid in 2008.
Answering the invitation of the U-M Institute for the Humanities, Luzinterruptus came to town on October 23rd, 2018 and “paved” Liberty Street from Maynard to State in downtown Ann Arbor.
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Instead of chipseal and asphalt, they paved the streets with books. Beautiful, glowing, books numbering 11,000 covered Liberty Street.
Entitled ‘Literature v.s. Traffic‘, this interactive work of art was designed to exhibit the dire need for pedestrian-friendly passages, especially in more densely populated urban areas.
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
The event lasted from 5pm-11pm.
Around 8pm, visitors were invited to take the books with them as a gift.
Kudos to the hundreds of people who helped insert LED lights into the books and arrange them on Liberty.
Luzinterruptus
http://www.luzinterruptus.com/
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
Photo courtesy of Luzinterruptus
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