Metadata
Title
The Tangible and Its Counterpart
Creator
Carr, Masie
Location
Brant Beach, NJ, USA
Call Number
005-LF-S034
Date
2014
School
The Catholic University of America
Category
Student
Project Assumption
What will people of the future require from the Athenaeum? Will forever go unanswered because a lack of insight to the future. The knowledge of the future does not exist; only knowledge of the past is tangible. In present time, people will require the Athenaeum to experience the past, while they are working towards the future. An escape to the Athenaeum in the year 2015 will give visitors the chance to experience tangible books in it’s libraries, rather than their counterpart of electronic prints which continue to develop. The past is the necessary foundation to create a future.
Project Statement
A shadow casts overhead. Stealing the sun. Where is the not immediately visible obstruction located? On the approach, the building is an arms length away, yet the looming shadow does not match the structure seen. The tangible building, and its non-matching counterpart are presently the only existing clues. Before entering, all that is known is there is a building, a shadow exists, and not knowing what lies behind the cause of the shadow until climbing the, at first, unseen tower. We know the present, and that the future exists, but not what it consists of until reaching the unseen future.
Registration Number
46189762