tn The Beltline

I was commissioned by the Atlanta BeltLine’s Art on the BeltLine initiative to install a temporary library in the trees on the Kirkwood Spur. The idea was to inspire the community to read books by writers, working outside the traditional canon, in addition to English language classics. I created many paper sculptures from discarded library books and hung them in the trees along a 1/8 of a mile section of the trail; walkers would enter this little used section of the BeltLine and be greeted by a surprise. In addition to the sculptures, purple and green bottles were hung in the trees, each containing a book suggestion, a pencil and blank paper. People could open the bottles and take away a book suggestion and leave their own behind.