The Infinite Library (2022)
The Infinite Library is a traveling installation that reimagines the future of libraries as interactive spaces that engage visitors through multisensory forms of storytelling. It seeks to embed human stories within a much grander narrative, one that includes the birth of our planet and the evolution of all life forms. The ‘Library’ part of the installation is conceived as a living organism, a kind of embodiment of knowledge that introduces itself to visitors personally before inviting them to explore its house. The installation includes a QR code game, holograms, 3D-printed models in jars (called The Volumes), audiovisual works, and the project’s central piece: a vast VR library set in a cave. Within this virtual space, The Infinite Library hosts smaller sub-libraries (called The Realms), dedicated to Polynesian Navigation, South Indian Puppetry, and European Alchemy. The Infinite Library launched with its World Premiere in March 2022 in New Delhi, India. The Infinite Library was produced by the Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller/Bhavan New Delhi, High Road Stories, and Daisy with Rider Productions. The installation consists of the main experience (around 15 minutes), which uses the Valve Index VR headset, within a 2 x 2 meters sandbox; 3 Oculus Quest II headsets for the sub-libraries (4 minutes each), audiovisual works, 3D-printed objects, and plants.
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