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Future Library is a 100 year long public artwork unfolding in Oslo by artist Katie Paterson. The handover ceremony takes place the following year.
FUTURE LIBRARY
A new public artwork by Scottish artist Katie Paterson will unfold over the next 100 years in the city of Oslo, Norway. Every year from 2014 to 2114, a writer will be commissioned to contribute a new text to a growing collection of unpublished, unread manuscripts held in trust in a specially designed room in the new public library Deichman Bjørvika until their publication in 2114. In 2014 a forest of 1000 trees was planted in Nordmarka, just outside Oslo. It will be 100 years before the trees are cut down to provide the paper on which the texts will be printed as a limited edition anthology of books – a Future Library for the city of Oslo – read for the first time in 2114. The first contributor to the library was Canadian author Margaret Atwood (2014) followed by British novelist David Mitchell (2015); Icelandic poet, novelist, lyricist Sjón (2016); Turkish author and political commentator, Elif Shafak (2017); South Korean novelist Han Kang (2018); Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgård (2019), Vietnamese American writer and poet, Ocean Vuong (2020), Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga (2021). Conceived by Katie Paterson, Future Library is commissioned and produced by Bjørvika Utvikling, and managed by the Future Library Trust. The room in the Deichman Bjørvika is designed by the artist and architects Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem. The project is supported by the City of Oslo, Agency for Cultural Affairs and Agency for Urban Environment. FRAMTIDSBIBLIOTEKET
Et nytt kunstverk av den skotske kunstneren Katie Paterson, skal gradvis vokse fram i Oslo de neste hundre årene. Og hvert år skal en forfatter få i oppdrag å bidra med en ny tekst til en bok (eller bøker), som inntil den skal trykkes i 2114 vil bestå av en voksende samling av 100 upubliserte og uleste manuskripter. Samlingen skal oppbevares i et spesialdesignet rom i det nye Deichmanske bibliotek i Bjørvika som åpner i 2018. Tusen trær er nå plantet på Vettakollen i Nordmarka, og om hundre år skal disse trærne felles for å bli til papir til en bokantologi som påbegynnes i år, men som det først vil bli mulig å lese i 2114. Den første forfatteren som bidro med en tekst var den kanadiske forfatteren Margaret Atwood (2014), deretter fulgte den britiske forfatteren David Mitchell (2015), den tredje var den islandske dikteren, roman- og tekstforfatteren Sjón (2016), den fjerde var forfatteren og den engasjerte politiske kommentatoren Elif Shafak (2017), og den femte var den kritikerroste forfatteren Han Kang (2018) fra Sør-Korea. I år er det Karl Ove Knausgård (2019) fra Norge, den syvende forfatteren er den vietnamesisk-amerikanske forfatteren Ocean Vuong (2020), og åttende er zimbabwansk forfatter og dramatiker Tsitsi Dangarembga (2021). Forfatterne overleverer sitt manuskript året etter at deres deltakelse har blitt annonsert. . Framtidsbiblioteket er utviklet på oppdrag fra og produseres av Bjørvika Utvikling og blir forvaltet av Stiftelsen Framtidsbiblioteket. Stilleommet i Deichman Bjørvika er designet av kunstneren og arkitektene Atelier Oslo og Lund Hagem Arkitekter. Prosjektet støttes av Oslo kommune ved Kulturetaten og Bymiljøetaten.
14/08/2026
Art critic - Katie Paterson installation titled "Afterlife" Collective Gallery on Calton Hill, Edinburgh: "This is not just a display of objects, as they might be shown in a museum, but a whole new form of prayer in which every riveting object now acquires a double meaning.
10/08/2026
Air France to feature Future Library as inspiration for its passengers.
Ambassade de Norvège en France Deichman Bjørvika Visit Oslo
09/08/2026
Featured in Seu Dinheiro Sao Paulo.
05/08/2026
"You could never accuse Katie Paterson of a lack of ambition, nor could you ever say she didn’t think big.
In 2014, for example, the Glasgow-born artist initiated The Future Library. Intended as a century long programme, it involved the planting of 1000 trees north of the Norwegian capital Oslo, and the commissioning of 100 manuscripts from 100 writers, some of them not yet born. These written works are to be held in a specially constructed ‘Silent Library’ and will be unavailable to the reading public until 2114, when the forest will be harvested to make the paper to print the books."
04/08/2026
We’re looking forward to this event, bringing two of our wonderful Future Library authors together on the same stage at this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival. Our collaboration with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and the Norwegian Consulate General has become a wonderful tradition.
Welcome! Link to tickets in comments.
This is a The University of Edinburgh, supported by the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
Norwegian Embassy in London NORLA Deichman Bjørvika Anne Beate Hovind
02/08/2026
Journeys for the planet How eco travel destinations inspire and provoke
01/08/2026
womenonly.gr: Το πιο όμορφο στοιχείο του Future Library είναι ίσως ο συμβολισμός του. Πρόκειται για ένα έργο εμπιστοσύνης προς το μέλλον, μια υπενθύμιση ότι ο πολιτισμός, η γνώση και η φύση μπορούν να συνυπάρξουν και να δημιουργήσουν κάτι που ξεπερνά τη διάρκεια μιας ανθρώπινης ζωής.
Norwegian Embassy in Athens Visit Oslo
30/07/2026
In Edinburgh? Visit Collective Gallery. Art critic: Katie Patersons ★★★★★: "They are organised into sections: extraction, pollution, biosphere and so on, but the message is the same. Each one is a pocket-sized reminder of the damage dealt to the planet by human kind. But here’s the magic. While they have a cumulative power, instead of leaving us feeling lectured to, the objects - invested over so much time with hopes and meanings - seem to embody our fragility, our desire to do better. Paterson has taken a severe lesson and wrapped it up in hope and compassion"
30/07/2026
في قلب النرويج، يزخر مشروع "مكتبة المستقبل" بمئة مخطوطة غير منشورة، ستظل طي الكتمان حتى عام 2114. وقد أطلقت كاتي باترسون هذا المشروع الرائد، الذي يمزج بين الأدب والطبيعة والزمن، حيث ستُطبع الكتب مستقبلاً على ورق مُصنَع من أشجار زُرعت خصيصاً لهذا الغرض، ما يضفي بُعداً جديداً من الاستدامة والإبداع.
29/07/2026
"She says climate change and the environment are becoming increasingly important strands in her work. “Looking through the lens of deep time inevitably changes how you see the present. Human history becomes incredibly brief, while the speed at which we’re transforming the planet feels all the more extraordinary. I’ve always been interested in our place within much larger systems of time and nature, and many of my works invite people to think beyond the timescale of a single human life. As the environmental crises have deepened, those questions have become increasingly urgent.”
Interview: Katie Paterson | News & Press | Scottish Art News | Fleming collection text
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