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Bruce Barber - Work - Novel Exchange

"Novel Exchange" (in collaboration with Australian artist Anne Graham). Advertisements were placed in the local media (newspapers and radio) announcing a „novel exchange‰ that took place in the Gallery of the Newcastle University School of Fine Arts and the Newcastle Regional Art Gallery. The „top 100 novels from the past 100 years‰ a very gendered, American and Euro-centric collection was arranged on a long book shelf attached to the gallery wall. Adjacent to the shelf was a coffee table upon which were placed a tea service and biscuits provided for individuals who brought their novels to exchange with those they chose to replace from the collection. The space also provided visitors with a comfortable arm chair in which to relax and read among some tropical plants and in the company of two Australian budgerigars in a cage.

 

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