Books of Life

The book is a vital means through which cultures sustain memory, disseminate knowledge, and perpetuate ideas. Books of Life: Resilience and the Written Word from 1933 to Today drew on materials from the Kiev Judaica rare book collection at the George Washington University Libraries and the Corcoran School of the Arts + Design Artists’ Books collection to explore both the book’s resilience in the face of persecution and its potential to give voice to the range of human experience. The design concept was to show how the bends and folds of paper can represent the boundary lines of identity and how easily they can cross and transform.

This was a temporary exhibition at the George Washington University Library, Washington, D.C.

Team:

Curators: Leah Richardson, Shira Eller
Exhibition Designers: Alex Leary, Maggie Hermanson, Kathryn Scheuring, Rafan Bakhali

Role:

Team lead, Exhibition design, Graphic design