I found similar things while digging in the various gardens I have made: old nails, old medicine bottles, fragments of china plates... That is what the Future Library is like, in part: it will
contain fragments of lives that were once lived, and that are now the past.
Not exact matches
When the massive tsunami waves
of the 2011 eastern Japan earthquake rolled back out to sea, they pulled with them
fragments of docks, boats, and buoys that sometimes
contained living stowaways.
These primitive objects
contain amino acids, the building blocks
of life, and appear to be nearly unchanged
fragments of the material from which the solar system formed.
According to her, the research included four
of the five functionally distinct carbon pools whose study is recommended by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): aboveground biomass (
live plants), dead organic matter, leaf litter (layer that
contains a combination
of fragments of leaves, branches and other decomposing organic matter) and soil (up to 30 centimeters (cm) in depth).
The exhibition
contains work from all areas
of Mapplethorpe's principal aesthetic interests including; still
lifes, portraits, figure studies, flowers, body
fragments and classical statues.
Using specialized paint that
contains fragments of mother
of pearl — a
living organism itself — Lee Bul roots her otherworldly visions within biology.
An authentication card signed by Doug Aitken indicating the edition number is included along with: A 23» x 36» double - sided poster with original artwork by Doug Aitken; A 12» vinyl picture disc
contains unreleased tracks by Broadcast and a
live recording
of Doug Aitken's original opera the handle comes up, the hammer comes down; A 96 - page visual diary
of the making
of the film including sketches, production photos, film stills, script
fragments, and inspirational found images; Two flipbooks with motion sequences excerpted from the film and the film's projection
of the MoMA facade; A triptych gatefold case
contains a CD soundtrack that features the tracks on the picture disc plus tracks by Bibio, Ranphorynchus, Steve Roden, Tim Hecker, and Canyon Country; A DVD includes an edit
of Sleepwalkers cut specifically for this box set and a street level walkthrough as installed at the MoMA in NYC