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Books in the Street: ‘literature versus traffic’

all images © gustavo sanabria"We want literature to seize the streets and become the conqueror of public spaces, freely offering to those who walk by a space free of traffic which for a few hours of the night will succumb to the modest power of the written word." is how the Spanish design group luzinteruptus frames their latest installation.luzinteruptus, known for their illuminated installations in public places, placed 800 lighted books on Water Street, under the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York City.The installation, 'literature versus traffic', takes an "urban space conventionally reserved for speed, pollution and noise" and transforms it...

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