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# Cloud
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/cloud/
- Published: 2012-12-10T20:33:43.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-28T11:01:52.000Z
- Description: Christian Moeller invites library visitors to write in books.
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, Art & Design, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15, #author-change-2025-05-28

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'Writing in the books' is probably #2 on the list of Universal Library No-No's, right behind 'Talking loudly'. Artist [Christian Moeller](http://christianmoeller.com/Christian-Moeller?ref=protein.xyz) is breaking that rule and making [Dixie College](http://library.dixie.edu/?ref=protein.xyz)‘s new library in St. George, Utah, a little more collaborative by asking visitors to contribute to a special collection of books.

[Clouds](http://christianmoeller.com/Cloud-1?ref=protein.xyz) is a 28' x 22' aluminum bookshelf holding almost 12,000 blank sketch books, each of which has a custom-dyed linen spine. Similar to the technique of pointillism, the collection creates an abstract design when viewed at close range, and makes the image of a cloud when viewed at a distance. Visitors to Dixie College's library are encouraged to use the books for personal notebooks or scrapbooks before returning them to be restocked, presumably in the same order.

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