Norway's Future Library builds a testament to hope for humankind
Via Anna Pivovarchuk for Al Jazeera , each year from 2014 to 2114 a manuscript is sealed away in the Silent Room of Norway's Silent Library and waits to be unveiled in 100 years. It's a short-term project for Scottish artist Katie Paterson. The plan is to get 100 works by carefully chosen authors who submit a manuscript each. One per year. The works are safeguarded, unread, for a Century. At that point they will be unlocked, traversing a passage of time to deliver their message to future generations. From the feature article : "One hundred layers – one for each year and author – line the undulating walls of the Silent Room, folding on top of each other in soft, asymmetric curves from floor to ceiling. They resemble tree rings and are made from the wood of older trees that have been felled to make space for the Future Library forest – a process of continuous regeneration carried out as part of the maintenance of the managed forests around the city."