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    Robert Vanis – back of a book

    In back of a book, Robert Vanis will replace the spines of selected historical books in the reading room with mirrors, photographs, facsimiles, photographic paper, and glass. The work reflects on representation and (in)accessibility, as well as the materiality and transience of knowledge. A project realised as part of Foto Wien 2025 at the Academy Library.

    Exhibition

    Schillerplatz/ University Library (Reading room, M7)

    University Library

    The color photograph in landscape format shows a section of a bookshelf with historical holdings, designed by Theophil von Hansen for the reading room of the Academy Library. Some books have been removed, and their place between the spines is taken by a portrait-format color photograph with a cloudy sky.