Future Library (certificate)

Katie Paterson, artist

born 1981

Future Library (certificate), 2014–2114

Where object was made: Berlin, Germany Oslo, Norway

Material/technique: foil blocking; paper

Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 422 x 300 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 5/8 x 11 13/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 16 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Letha Churchill Walker Memorial Art Fund

Accession number: 2017.0003

Not on display

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Future Library is an ongoing public artwork by Scottish artist Katie Paterson. One thousand trees planted in Nordmarka, Norway, will be made into paper and used to print an anthology of books that will be circulated and read for the first time in the year 2114. This certificate-print guarantees the holder a complete set of the 100 texts printed on paper made from the Future Library trees after their eventual harvest. Proceeds from sales of the certificates support the artwork throughout its century-long gestation. Until then, each spring a different author will provide a commissioned manuscript to the Future Library Trust in a special ceremony held in Nordmarka.