Liber interior corticis tunica est. Libri vivum textum
Book is the inside of the bark. Books are living tissue

The word "book finds its origin at the latin root "liber" (bark). A book comes out of something that is alive, and even though it dies organically, it comes alive as soon as someone reads the words within.

Libris was born from the joints established among those changes and possibilities that a book is facing, coming from its traditional form to a digital format. This transformation causes a wide range of mixed feelings, fetichisms, criticisims, fears and fascinations. But, it is not the media what matters, it is the interest towards its lecture what makes an object-book. Thus if nobody reads the book, it is not alive.

Not trying to be a recreational installation - saturated with special effects- Libris produces a stunning atmosphere. Open books on a table, all of them showing white pages, except for the one at the very center with a tiny phrase printed on it. The audience, when interested, would try to get closer to that phrase in order to read what it's written, taking the spectator to an intimate distance with the book. This reduction of the space between them and the book would cause them sheets to start moving at an organic manner, as if the book was alive. Just like it happens when an insect passes by, now the visitor would stop for a second to contemplate and sense that subtle vital signs, not only the movement but also an almost imperceptible sound of the sheets caressing each other.

Project supported by Centro Multimedia, CENART.