Café Royal Books pop-up library: How can gallery spaces be used for other purposes than exhibitions?

Abstract

Café Royal Pop-up Library, a public event allowing access to over 800 international contemporary artists’ publications, displayed within the context of a reading room.
PR1 Gallery, UCLan, October 2010.

"Café Royal Books Library was open to the public during November 2010. The Library showcased 800 artists’ books and editions. Presented as a reading room. Artists with significant international profiles were invited to submit their titles for inclusion. The result was one of the largest international publically accessible collections and surveys of contemporary artists publications to date."