Under covers
05 May 2011
The meticulous job of getting the collection ready for its move into the east wing of the Somerset House has started with a thorough cleaning and inventory of the Materials Library. Each item is now being examined, named, tagged, described, and lovingly placed back in cupboards, drawers and under clean, crisp sheets as they await their move into their new home.
The process has been one of rediscovery and fascination as we interact with each material and object one at a time: we've come across liquids transformed in state, magnets too powerful to sit amongst the other materials, and objects that carry decades of stories and history from places far and wide....