You’re invited to pause, reflect, and take part in an evolving artwork that honours the life cycle of books — and the trees they came from.
Colour Using Library Things is the first ritual in artist Deborah Kelly’s Creative in Residence project C.U.L.T (Collaging Using Library Things). Take a seat at the long table beneath two sculptural trees and colour in repurposed pages from discarded Encyclopaedia Britannica volumes.
These once-forgotten pages will be revived through collective creativity, then transformed into new artworks during upcoming collage workshops led by Deborah Kelly, the 2025 UTS Library Creative in Residence. Learn more about Deborah's practice and the full C.U.L.T project here.
Set within a natural, mysterious space, this first C.U.L.T ritual offers a moment of stillness and shared breath. Choose a page. Add colour. Leave a note for the trees. Your contribution becomes part of an unfolding artwork that will continue to grow throughout the 2025 Creative in Residence program.
This is a space for quiet exchange — a gesture of care, a breath returned to the trees.
