Future Library 2014-2114 Certificate of authenticity
- Artist:
- Type: Print
- Production Date: 2014
- Copy Number: 117
- Edition: 1000
- Description: 'A forest in Norway is growing. In 100 years from now it will become an anthology of books. Every year a writer will contribute a text that will be held in trust, unpublished, until 2114. The certificate entitles the owner to one complete set of the texts printed on the paper made from the trees after they are fully grown and cut down in 2114. It is printed on paper made from trees felled in Nordmarka in 2014. The certificate acts as the artwork and can be displayed'.
One pamphlet is received every year as part of the project.
To date, the authors participating are as follows
2014 - Margaret Atwood; 2015 - David Mitchell; 2016
- Sjon; 2017 - Elif Shafak: 2018 - Han Kang: 2019 - Karl Ove Knausgaard; 2020 ‘ Ocean Vuong; 2021 Tsitsi Dangarembga; 2022 ‘ Judith Schalansky; 2023 ‘ Valeria Luiselli; 2024 ‘ Tommy Orange.
www.futurelibrary.no/ - Dimensions: Framed: 54CM (H) X 42CM (W)
Unframed: 42cm (H) x 29.5cm (W) - Digital Copy:A digital copy exists.
- Location: Store
- Related Material: AC/AF/P/2
- Accession Number: 2015.18
- Contact: University of Stirling Art Collection
