A tower that rises up eleven metres constructed entirely of books. Those who’ve been inside say it is a destabilizing experience thanks to the small space inside. This is multiplied and complicated by a series of mirrors that reflect a disorienting reality but also to its weight of culture.

If we consider the fact the same quantity of books and knowledge can these days so easily be moved around, consulted and read – or simply ignored – in our new iPad, then such a physical, awkward and unusual structure such as this can act as the starting-point for a wider reflection connected to our daily lives but also to our future and the way knowledge is transmitted. Is it all, as the artist himself suggests, just an optical illusion that tricks our perception?

Scanner, by the Slovenian artists Matej Krèn.