Borges' Venice Labyrinth reopens after full restoration
Borges Labyrinth in Venice reopens to the public
The Borges Labyrinth on Venice's San Giorgio Maggiore island has reopened after a comprehensive restoration. Created in 2011 from a design by Randoll Coate, inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' story 'The Garden of Forking Paths', the maze is a tribute to the writer. The restoration, supported by PwC Italia, involved replacing 165 damaged boxwood plants, repairing the irrigation system, and adding a tactile map for visually impaired visitors, honoring Borges, who was blind in his later years.
The labyrinth’s perimeter asks us with its symbols and signs to remember the reasons why it was planted.
- BLKNSLVR
I don't think I've come across anything related to Borges that hasn't been worth reading. I really need to investigate him more.
My first introduction was the 'Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge'[0], from which I will never forget "those that tremble as if they were mad"
And in rare scenarios I've found 'On Exactitude in Science'[1] to be pertinent. The thing itself is it's own map (maybe even: the code _is_ the documentation).
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole...
[1]: https://neilgreenberg.com/ao-quote-borges-on-exactitude-in-s...
- a_number_of_his
It's not a labyrinth though!?
Begin argument https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth
- crabmusket
What a coincidence - I'm currently reading his collection Labyrinths. If you've enjoyed the short stories of Ted Chiang I'd highly recommend it.
- schaefer
I love this book so much (Labyrinths, by Borges).
I once calculated the number of books in The Library of Bable, and had to try a number of numerical libraries to do so. one after another they kept puking on the large integers.
I also think of "the secret miracle" often.
- officehero
"House of Asterion" is Borges's main labyrinth story as far as I can remember. "Library of Babel", "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbits Tertius", "The Immortal" and "The Aleph" are my favorites. His collected works fit in a single book and is a great example of quality beats quantity.