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Search Engine<\/em><\/a> \u2013 of which this book is a reproduction \u2013 is a series of \u2018catalogue cards\u2019 featuring photographs sourced from the London Library, one of the world\u2019s largest independent lending libraries. These images are ordered as the London-based artist, Louis Porter, encountered them \u2013 alphabetically by subject \u2013 on shelves that make neighbours of Sleep and Smuggling and bring together Pleasure, Poaching, and Poisons. The result forms an archaeological exploration of the systems of knowledge that we often take for granted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The construction of Search Engine<\/em> took place between November 2021 and May 2022 amongst the stacks of the library\u2019s Science & Miscellaneous section. Unlike most libraries, which use alphanumeric classification systems, the London Library is organised by sections and subject headings \u2013 primarily focusing on the humanities \u2013 with Science & Miscellaneous providing the overflow for an eclectic group of subjects, many of which echo the interests of the Victorian men of wealth who founded the library in 1841. For example, when entering the section, on the left-hand row one would encounter: Advertising, Aeronautics, Agriculture, Alchemy, Anatomy, Animal Lore, Arbitration, Archery, Arms & Armour, Artillery, Astrology, and Astronomy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whilst Search Engine<\/em> presents disparate subjects \u2013 Cats, Famine, Rubber, and so on \u2013 the frame upon which they are tethered resonates with an optical authority born of a rationalist world order. This hold on us not only lingers, as the \u2018photographic\u2019 is consumed and stochastically regurgitated by black boxes, but seems to be intensifying; much like a coin as it spins on a table, moving faster and faster, approaching the point where, suddenly, it stops. Taken as a whole, this book \u2013 Porter\u2019s first for Perimeter Editions \u2013 could be understood as an archaeological dream of the photographic spirit from which we are assembling many of the perceptual models of our future experience of reality.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34112,"template":"","meta":{"_price":"32","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":[],"_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"product_cat":[80,1712],"product_tag":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nSearch Engine - Chiquita Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/chiquitaroom.com\/en\/product\/search-engine-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Search Engine - Chiquita Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Search Engine \u2013 of which this book is a reproduction \u2013 is a series of \u2018catalogue cards\u2019 featuring photographs sourced from the London Library, one of the world\u2019s largest independent lending libraries. 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