Added Value, (project of Stephanie Syjuco) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2018
Over the course of three days, Added Value transformed SFMOMA’s Helen and Charles Schwab Hall into a massive public book sale with a twist, featuring a radical re-organization of thousands of used books. Added Value was led by Stephanie Syjuco, with participation from The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library, The Prelinger Library and the collaborative artist team Related Tactics. Collectively, Added Value raised a total of $20,000, with all proceeds benefiting the San Francisco Public Library. Check out the Program page to see the schedule of events, Books on Film screenings, talks, and commissioned artist projects involving the manipulation and transformation of books-as-knowledge. See behind the scenes photos and photos from the book sale, then use the Related Tactics exercise to Measure Your Shelf Life at home.
How do the ways in which we categorize books and information reflect invisible power structures and hidden hierarchies? What would an intervention into this system look like, and how can artistic processes re-shape, re-organize, and re-evaluate it?
