We started from a small episode from "The Tempest" of William Shakespeare.

Within a year, artists from different countries have created the poetic description of the Earth, a universal archive of elements, which would describe the whole world. Certainly, it is
impossible to create this library in real physical space, but if we look at is as a metaphor, we can find the solution. We have tried to create this collective metaphor and, in my opinion, it appears vivid and poetic.

What is the essence of Prospero’s Library? It is a wind, blowing through the pages of the universal archive. It is a reflection of the project metaphor. It is a catalogue of elements. It is a mysterious outburst of texts and images. It is the movement of ideas and feelings. It is an attempt to archive the space…

Mikhail Pogarsky 07.07.07