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The Library in Residence program at Despacio – curated by Random Institute – is an ever-evolving selection of artworks, artist books, and unique handmade publications that together not only reimagine conventional librarian systems but also examine literature’s role in contemporary art.

Sandino ScheideggerJohanna SchaibleBookRamon StrickerJean-Dominique NgankamHoiko SchutterVinzenz MeynerRenaud LodaSebastien VerdonMarion QuartierLaurentino RodriguezNicola RuffoSimone HuserCarlos GonzalezAndreas WagnerSascha LinglingMonika StalderAnnika EbneterHans WirzChristian MesenhollLukas ErardRenato AebiLilian KlosePhillipp SiegenthalerChristophe KuenzlerMarcel MeuryEmanuel SenAnna ErnstJrene RolliRomano StrebelBarbara StreuliStephan AebischerToby MatthiesenAnna RhynEli RhynLorenz HuserMagdalena OberliMichael BaeriswylSimon GrossenbacherJulia WeissDiana Abi KhalilMarco StrickerArnim MahlkeFabian NiklausLuca MüllerResearchWithout the PublicLindsey CashMarlen HaushoferMarcel BroodthaersMartha NussbaumMalcolm McLowryMartin SuterMcElweeMichael MooreN.R.KleinfieldNiels van MaanenNietzschePaul D. MillerPaul ÉluardPaul McCarthyPeter MountfordPlatoPopeProustR. P. BlackmurRabanRobin BlakeRoland BarthesSarah SilvermanShakespeareSimicStephan PashovSteven KingThe Daily WasterThomas BernhardWerner HerzogYoko OnoLucy LippardLorenzo PrendiniLopateLisa PageLászló KardosKen KeseyJudit BodorJohn MiltonJoan DidionJoachim KoesterJacques DerridaJ.G. BallardIngmar BergmannIngeborg BachmannHonoré DaumierHolland CotterHarry S. TrumanGuy DebordGeorg TraklGeoffrey O'BrianGallagherG.W. BushFlorian GrafErnst JüngerE. M. CioranDavid Shieldsda VinciD'AgataCharles OlsonCarolyn Christov-BakargievCamusBrian EnoBoris VianArthur SchnitzlerAnthony VidlerBoris GroysAlain de BottonEmiliano ValdesPhil HanleyRaphael GygaxAndrew O'HehirAtlas StudioSofia MariscalLinda TeggMarso GaleríaExhibitionYoan CapoteGwenael BelangerMarina MagroZilvinas KempinasNino BaumgartnerLithuanian EmbassyItzel PeralesAnuar MaauadAlejandro CarvajalKaryn OlivierSandro StübiAndrew MooreTarek Abu HagebBonadea CoconJonas EtterIvan EbelSolomia ZoumarasTobin TaxiEric MischlerWian BawiLiva KupčaZane OnckuleJuliana SmithIvo GretenerPro HelvetiaCity of BernKanton BernAlain JenzerXymna EngelIeva SauliteElectronic Text + Textiles ResidenciesMarks BlondArthur de PuryEmanuel GeisserPerformancePublic SpaceMiriam StraussNadim JarrarAngela WittwerKommando TrashJacques et BrigitteCamille ZürcherBurgergemeinde BernNadine StrubEric VerdonRaphael EtterClaudia ComteNoemi ReislePatrick UrwylerSamuel FrancoisMartinka KremeckovaRoland NussbaumerFabian BoschungGuillaume PiletAthene GaliciadisCharlotte HerzigRemy PiaMilieu ArtspaceOlaf-Asteson HausPhilipp StrahmAnonymous ArtistArt BrutCamille PellauxJoël Luc CachelinHKBBianca PedrinaSarah HugentoblerMathieu AckermannJon MerzChristoph EisenringKyra BaldererLivia Di GiovannaSybill HäusermannKatja JugAnselm StalderChristof LötscherHans Rudolf ReustOrlando GuierStudienstiftung SchweizSodiumMatthias WilliAndreas EgliChristiane BüntgenDeimantas NarkeviciusYvon ChabrowskiMark DivoBas Jan AderHanna LauerUlf BüntgenFoodLeila HincelinAziz TemimiMaurice Maggichmara.rosinkeFlorina MinderBenjamin StöckliSelina FreiSimon ErnstDavid PestalozziJuliette ChrétienSocialSamusocial de ParisNele DechmannGuido van der WerveAgnieszka SosnowskaGioia dal MolinState Government VictoriaArts VictoriaAbuMusicUnrealizedFailedLa Fondation Jan MichalskiPaul NizonLili Reynaud-DewarJuri SteinerNot VitalChristoph MarthalerBenjamin SommerhalderChristian MarclayAlexandra BachzetsisSantiago CalatravaCorina CaduffMartin SteinmannBruno GanzJean-Luc GodardFriedrich DürrenmattMani MatterGrisélidis RéalMilo RauBice CurigerJoël DickerPipilotti RistYan DuyvendakLiteraturhaus ZürichRobert Walser-ZentrumCentre DürrenmattSwiss National LibrarySwiss Music PrizeMontreux Jazz FestivalBad BonnInternational Jazz DayBelluard FribourgZeitgenössische Schweizer TanztageThéâtre de l’UsineZürich TanztThéâtre de VidyFestival Les UrbainesRencontres d’ArlesFIDMarseilleFestival d’AvignonCatherine QuélozFrédéric MaireLUMA FoundationSwiss Literary ArchivesSonnenstubeKlingentalSaltsRiversideLokal IntFordeLes Marbrierssic! LuzernSmallvilleUp StateSilicone MalleyLes MouettesUrgent ParadiseThe Swiss Literary InstituteOmar GhayattCircuitBoris CharmatzMatthias HübnerAnaïs EmeryJérôme BelCarlo ChatrianFrédéric BonnaudL’Architecture d’Aujourd’huiKathryn Weirgta ExhibitionsMaria BonsantiSeraina RohrerLa Maison de l’Architecture à GenèveSophie JungPrice Mathias RinggenbergS.T.E.L.L.A.Dijan KahrimanovicJulie SasYves ScherrerShirana ShahbaziDelphine Chapuis SchmitzAndrea HochuliNathalie PerrinGilles FürtwranglerTristan LavoyerLouise GuerraUrs FischerRaphael HeftiWalter PfeifferGuhl / NoetingerMiriam CahnLauretta SuterBeat StreuliRico ScagliolaMichael MeierMathis GasserGabriela LoeffelJosse BaillyAndrea MarioniJohn ArmlederFabian ChiquetBalz IslerVilla Magica RecordsStéphane ArmlederTristan LavoyerTobias SpichtigPhilippe DaerendingerQuynh DongSimon PaccaudGuy MeldemSylvie ZürcherPrune Simon-VermotFernandel de Philippe HalsmanAlois GodinatSan KellerFlorence JungJulian CharrièreKarin LehmannCharles-Ferdinand RamuzSusan SontagSamuel HuntingtonCharles LewinskyRobert WalserZüblin FiresafeWithout the ArtWithout the ArtistKatja BrunnerNiklaus MettlerManuel SuterBrian MastMatthias EggerLorenz GurtnerAnja SchoriLukas WilleThe MotherlandsMatthias JostDow Jones and the NikkeisThomas MoorAnabel SarabiSarina ScheideggerNora HalpernFri-SonZara NydeggerBrigitte BoessAndreas GrossePeter HuberNaima BärlocherPartyLeticia ParenteAndré ParenteMariann OppligerSophie HoferSaunaClaudia MouginBertrand GadenneFilippo MontalbanoDavid HorvitzUjazdowski CastleAnna WantuchRoad TripWithout the InstitutionAmaury BergerTimothy EdserRéne StricklerProductionVerena DietzeKarin BachmannJonas FehrRamon WilliRemo ZimmerliRebekka SchaererHyperwerkHanna RocchiETH Flying Machine ArenaChristian FreiAaron DerungsMalin BaumannSimon WandelerSam BuchliNathanael RussellJonas BechsteinHeidi KöpferMaria TrenkelRebecca KunzDaniel vom KellerLuzia RinkflymotionsUlrich BruppacherLi TavorSimon BurkhalterNicola DauwalderMichel WinterbergGil PellatonEugen BisigSibylla GigerAda AvetistDavid WidmerIna MertensAline JuchlerYondon OtgonbayarOdgerel OdonchimedMareike GünscheDavaanyam DelgerjargalBadruugan NaranzunAriunaa TserenpilAdiyabazar ChadraabalShinee ErdenbatSussette MartinezGregor PodnarNicky RayBernard SchützeChristopher CozierThylacineHyperwerk BaselChris LupoNewspaperFrancoise CaracoDaniel BjörnssonKarin KurzmeyerUnnar ÖrnZHDKAnja MajerBarbara HauserArnhildur PalmadottirHelgabjorg SigardardottirJennifer FlumeLecturesOdinn SigurdssonHikingMatthias VollmerRosalia BlumDidier CrepeyValeria StuckiHEADCécilia Xin YangScreeningChilette Ann LalogOutsourcingHudspeth County CourthouseBojan MartinMagdalena JukerLena ZinnikerUrezza CaviezelJames Lee ByarsGerhard LischkaKarin MingerHan LoAnnina MachazMelanie WirzJared MuraltManuel ScheiwillerSaskia EdensNils Amadeus LangeMira KandathilIvan BlagajcevicMatthew CianfraniAlexandra DelageOlivier AubertinIan G.C. WhiteCharly Le PoissonnierTheaterStrangersAlexis Coco DupontJessica BrasslerAlma EggerSluiceAlberto DiazChen SerfatyOrlando DiazDilara ErbayAhmet BugdayciMally SustickMolly O'BrianCharlotte ColmantLonnie StantonHilary BrownBriana BrownSarah LifsonNola SmithMarco AntoniniStephanie TheodoreKarl EnglandCharlie LevineBen StreetMonia SbouaiLucia Ruiz de InfanteAli Ekber ÇelikJohan AchermannVladimir BessonAngela JimenezElizaveta KonovalovaTarissan AnnaAlexandra GoullierMarion RingevalMathieu CénacGiulia MagnaniDominique MeierMartin Furler BassandDominik WensauerJan MarckhoffRoland FrühFlorian Schmidt-GabainChristoph SchifferliStefan BiglerStefan BumbacherHumberto GollabehUrs SteinerDania MichelCory ArcangelPeles EmpireSelina Grüter + Michèle GrafRichard LongFederico HerreroAlejandro CesarcoSlavs and TartarsLibraryLuís SilvaJoão MourãoKunsthalle LissabonJoana EscovalRobert FrankTanzhaus ZürichMaria PetschnigDaniel HellmannJamie DiamondMarie-Caroline HominalMica SigourneyMarc StreitJiri KovandaAntonio Da SilvaHuang QingjunJeremy CohenMohamed ArejdalMohammed LaouliValentine UmanskySophie LapaluMatthias RaffelsieperJanosch PerlerThomas GeigerLiveAnna HugoAllora & CalzadillaWilliam KentridgeSebastian StumpfFayçal BaghricheFischli & WeissRegina José GalindoFrancis AlÿsAníbal LópezIván ArgoteVito AcconciAhmet ÖğütAlexandros PlomaritisAlison KnowlesAndrea FraserAndy WarholAnne ImhofAva CarrèreJohn LennonYoko OnoElejan van der VeldeBruce NaumanChantal AkermanChris BurdenChumpon ApisukDan DeaconOskar SchlemmerDavid SherryDennis OppenheimDoris UhlichEdie SedgwickEglė BudvytytėMika RottenbergHarmen de HoopCheryl DoneganGillian WearingGordon Matta ClarkHugo BallJohn BaldessariJaan ToomikJakub SvobodaJerry LewisJohn CageJoseph BeuysJúlius KollerLaurie AndersonPierrick SorinNiki de St PhalleLouise BourgeoisLygia PapeMaria HassabiMarina AbramovicMark LeckeyMartin CreedMike KelleyNam June PaikHans BeenhakkerNorman McLarenPaul McCarthyKruisje SlaanFX HarsonoVaast ColsonGeorge MaciunasPierre BismuthRirkrit TiravanijaRoi VaaraRoman OndakRoeland OttenTaus MakhachevaSalomé LamasPeter CampusTino SehgalValie ExportVictoria AbrilXavier Le RoyYves KleinSantiago SierraJohn GiornoUniversidad San Francisco de QuitoNo LugarAna María GarzónFrancisco SuárezByron ToledoEduardo Carrera RSebastián Vidal MackinsonFlorencia PortocarreroXimena Gama ChirollaMarco Andrea MagniEva & Franco MattesLamia JoreigeJana KapelováMarco AntoniniJiří SkalaBen Thorp BrownSamuel LeuenbergerKodoji PressBook LaunchSchool of Visual ArtsRobert Barryto be announcedJulien PrévieuxSophie BarbaschBarbara HoffmannDavid ClaerboutDouglas GordonGary HillPierre HuygheJoan JonasIsaac JulienPaul McCarthyAnri SalaDiego FournierPrinted MatterNina Beier & Marie LundSwen RenaultNicolás RobbioJay ChungSigurdur GudmundssonAdrian MelisHans EijkelboomBethan HuwsCarey YoungDiego Arias AschJürgen KrauseJens RischBen LongJens SundheimSasha KurmazRonald ReyesHabacuc Guillermo Vargas Paulette PenjeJavier CalvoCamille LaurellieteamMikko KuorinkiYann VandermeRoger MunozBenvenuto ChavajayMarton RobinsonNicola TrezziAchraf TouloubAlfredo AcetoAlison KuoClifford E. 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