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Wow. Talk about a customer NIGHTMARE. I don’t even want to think about finding a book at that place.
This reminds me of a scene in a comic book called “I Feel Sick” (http://www.lambiek.net/vasquez_j.htm) where a customer at a book store tells the clerk, “I’m looking for a book…” To which the clerk asks the obvious question, “Can you ell me about the book?”
The customer stare blankly, then replies, “It was blue..”
Excerpted from the invitation:
“This temporary public installation will be assembled by the San Francisco artist Chris Cobb and a staff of volunteers, who will reorder all the books in one night and, when the week is over, return them to their original locations.”
It should be possible, nevertheless, to find books relatively quickly if a reference, such as Amazon.com, is available to determine the color of the cover. On the other hand, with so many ways to order things, using the one that is visually obvious without need for structure is redundant. Luckily it’s both attractive and temporary.
What’s the blue book value?
Ha ha, Seth.