Video and words: Ben Cain and Tina Gverović. For a full transcript of the video click here.

The work was conceived of as a Library of materials.

A library could be a collection, a resource, a place to take something from – material or immaterial – to learn, maybe sleep, digress, many other things besides; it’s a calm and quiet place to sit and to be with others.

The work we’ve made echoes some of these characteristics.

Although it’s not a broad inventory of materials in the way that the nearby library might be, it is a collection and display point for certain types of recyclable waste plastic that’s ordinarily found on campus. You can’t take these materials away, but you can look at them encased in the work and consider their daily life on campus and beyond.

Text excerpted from our Q&A with the artists, for the full interview click here.