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Index is a large-scale temporary installation that examines the
library’s role as an index to the world outside, focusing
on the devise of the call number. The world outside the library
is marked in the language of the library: vinyl call numbers are
distributed everywhere, stuck onto buildings, automobiles, trees,
objects, even people (clothing) throughout the campus, and even
into the town of Middletown. The call numbers refer to specific
books in the Wesleyan library collection that in some way refer
to the site to which they are affixed. A passerby could literally
take note of the call number, check the book on the on-line catalog
system, and find the book, which would inform them about the site.
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