Books - Incarcerated; Ideas - Still at Large
Books, Sign, Wood, Barbed Wire, LEDs, Custom Electronics
84 inches by 24 inches by 12 inches )
Detail
The books inside the wire have all had their publication banned, their distribution suppressed, the reading of them forbidden,
or they have been removed from bookstore and library shelves by governments, religions, school boards or citizens.
The titles range from The Communist Manifesto to The Catcher in the Rye.
The light shining on the wall represents the impossibility of containing the ideas the books express.
The rise and fall of the various colors demonstrates the rise and fall of the influence the ideas have on human society.
