Throughout October 2006 Rachel Cohen hid 300 photographs in books throughout Jubilee Library as part of Brighton Photo Fringe. Readers discovering the photos were invited to contribute their own words, inspired by the image, to an exhibition in the library foyer. They were free to keep the original artwork.
This project led to similar exhibitions at Barbican , Wandsworth and Winchester Libraries, and to an artist’s book, The Colour of Water held in Jubliee library’s Rare Books Collection. Rachel Cohen ran creative workshops at Bush Hill Park Library in Enfield making art from old books.
bookmarks
the artist hides photos inside books
a visitor finds a photo and adds his title
the display in the foyer at Jubilee Library
lean to me
moored in a library
birds eye view of cracks
in the sky
go west young gulls
one two three...ready or not here i come
snowman
you take what you’re given
children in spirit
finders keepers
below- a selection of Rachel Cohen’s photos with the titles added by readers
Bookmarks was supported by Arts Council England and Brighton and Hove Arts Commission.
Photo Printing by Snappy Snaps. Thanks also to the Jubilee Library staff and readers involved.
