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Steven Wolkoff
Palliative Literary Replacements
Palliative Literary Replacements for the books removed from the U.S. Naval Academy Nimitz Library by order of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (March 2025)
Ashes, cellulose capsules, plastic pill bottles
Installation dimensions variable
2025
Torrance Art Museum
Palliative Literary Replacements is an ongoing series of installations in which books that have been banned, censored, or suppressed are burned to ash, pressed into pharmaceutical capsules, and then presented in pill bottles. Each installation focuses on a particular history of censorship, suppression, or cultural erasure, creating a dystopian library of books that were deemed too dangerous to be read.
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