This text has been written with the intention to be materialised in a very specific form; a set of A6-sized index cards, contained in a box. Please read it while holding the cards in your hands, shuffling and reordering them, making your own text as you read. -
These cards list the tasks performed on the site of contingencies, the bootleg library. Tasks are described on the obverse, and related images and references are on the reverse. +
The Library of Contingencies is a hyperlinked index of the tasks of the contingent librarian. Each task (e.g. bootlegging) is described on the obverse, with links to related images and snippets from the practice of the Contingent Librarian on the reverse of each card.
+Please read it while flipping through, shuffling and reordering them, making your own text as you read.