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Exhibition: The Library of the Great Silence
Fri 17 March 2023 - Fri 14 April 2023
Alison Richard Building
From the catastrophic impact of climate change to the enduring threat of nuclear annihilation, modern civilisation is in danger. Overseen by the conceptual artist and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats, the Library of the Great Silence is a unique research facility dedicated to examining existential risks of the present, and to facilitating discussion about future flourishing, by investigating societal transformations from the past.
Instead of shelving books, the Library of the Great Silence collects objects, each of which is open to interpretation by everyone. Objects are chosen based on their pivotal significance from personal to global. Examples include stone tools, gold coins and silicon microchips.
Members of the public as well as places, museums and institutions are invited to bring or nominate objects for the Library. The objects will be displayed in an exhibition at the Alison Richard Building and also collected online with the Twitter hashtag #LibraryOfGreatSilence.
For more information and a full programme of activities visit the Library of the Great Silence page: https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/sites/the-library-of-the-great-silence/
Cost: free
Timing
In person
9:00am-5:00pm on weekdays from Friday 17 March 2023 until Friday 14 April 2023
All times
| Fri 17 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Mon 20 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 21 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 22 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 23 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 24 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Mon 27 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 28 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 29 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 30 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 31 March 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Mon 3 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 4 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 5 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 6 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 7 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Mon 10 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Tue 11 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Wed 12 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Thu 13 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| Fri 14 April 2023 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |