Anti-Library, SPACE, London
Curated by Paul Pieroni

The possibility of an anti-library, as well as ideas of anti-knowledge and un-learning, informs a new project in SPACE’s LIBRARY gallery. The Anti-Library houses unread books gathered from over 150 invited contributors each asked to present a single book from their own anti-library, as well a short text outlining their selection.

Book
Moonage Daydream. The Life And Times Of Ziggy Stardust. Photographs by Mick Rock text by David Bowie.
Text
The Departure
I ordered my horse to be brought from the stables. The servant did not understand my orders. So I went to the stables myself, saddled my horse, and mounted. In the distance I heard the sound of a trumpet, and I asked the servant what it meant. He knew nothing and had heard nothing. At the gate he stopped me and asked: “ Where is the master going?” “ I don’t know,” I said, “ just out of here, just out of here. Out of here, nothing else, it’s the only way I can reach my goal.” “ So you know your goal?” he asked. “ Yes,” I replied, “I’ve just told you. Out of here - that’s my goal.”
Franz Kafka