Laurie Anderson's manuscript to be locked away for 88 years in Future Library
The American artist Laurie Anderson has been selected as the 13th contributor to the Future Library project in Oslo. Her manuscript, along with those of Margaret Atwood, Han Kang, and others, will remain unseen until 2114, stored in a silent room at the Deichman Bjørvika library. The texts will eventually be printed on paper made from trees in a forest planted in 2014. Anderson, known for her multimedia work, hopes to write something useful about love for future readers.
I’m hoping to be able to write something useful about love for the people who will read this in 2114.
- milleramp
Lock it in a massive ice block that takes 88 years to melt.
https://elephant.art/laurie-anderson-duets-on-ice-performanc...
- sandworm101
I am not a fan of these super-natural art projects. It is one thing to make a statue that might stand for a thousand years ... or not. It is another to designate forest land and other resources, to attempt to lock them away from use by future generations.
The legal system dealt with this hundreds of years ago. We cannot have "dead hands" dictating how future generations should live and work. The proper vehicle for such things is government. Donate the land as a park or nature preserve and cross your fingers that your intent will be respected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_against_perpetuities
A similar worry developed around the concept of compound interest. Some semi-rich people wanted to park money in bank accounts for a few generations in order to make thier great-grandkids into powerful people... with explicit instructions on how to use that money/power. Such multi-generation shenanigans are against the general public interest.
- SanjayMehta
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