WEE GO LIBRARY

Wee Go Library is a small, mobile display unit for twenty-two altered books. The books were harvested from Little Free Libraries in the Twin Cities (“take a book, leave a book”) as a commentary on neighborhood, community, design, architecture, and of course, books.

Custom-built oak and pine cabinets are mounted to a metal hand-truck; drawers are felt-lined; the Wee Go Library sign is laser-cut in oak.

Each book is sourced to its donor library with a small pamphlet that has a pin-pointed map and photos of the library structure and sponsoring house. 

Various re-mixing techniques were used to enliven the books: collage, rebinding, cutting, folding, tearing and gluing. 

McCarthy received the Minnesota Book Artist Award for Wee Go Library. Read about it here, and watch this tribute video.

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DISSEMINATION

S. McCarthy (2016) Political Imagination and the City: Processes and Collective Practices in Architecture and Design proceedings. Santiago, Chile. 217–227.

S. McCarthy (2017) Minnesota Artist Book Award exhibit. Minnesota Center for the Book Arts, Minneapolis.

S. McCarthy (2018) Communication Design: Interdisciplinary and Graphic Design Research 5:1-2. London, UK: Taylor & Francis. 240–249. https://doi.org/10.1080/20557132.2017.1333281

S. McCarthy (2024) The Next Chapter: Artists’ Books from the Winners of the Minnesota Book Artist Award. Cargill Gallery, Minneapolis Central Library.