The BiblioSukkah
The BiblioSukkah was part of Sukkah Wood, a free community event held in Inwood Hill Park.
Creators were challenged to re-imagine the Sukkah, the temporary dwelling constructed for use during the Jewish festival of Sukkot, as an engaging art installation.
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Due to my love for reading and all things free, the BiblioSukkah acted as a free library where visitors could select from a collection of over 400 donated books to take home and enjoy.
About the BiblioSukkah
The BiblioSukkah's walls are bookshelves, and all the books on the shelves are free to be read and taken home.
During Sukkah Wood, guests could choose to sit and read a book within the cozy nook of the Sukkah or take the book with them, enabling them to create their own Sukkah experience in their imagination whenever they read, share, or reflect upon the book.
The BiblioSukkah symbolizes how books, with their power to inspire creative thinking, enable us to connect with people, ideas, and places beyond our immediate physical and emotional surroundings.
The Sukkah, like a home, is more than a physical structure. It is a place, much like a good book, where relationships and meaning begin and continue to develop over time.
What about the books?
In the weeks leading up to Sukkah Wood, I collected over 400 books from generous donors.
At the event, we gave away more than 250 books to a diverse and enthusiastic group of readers who stopped by.
The remaining books leftover from the project were given to Friends of the Library, a local charity bookstore helps fund public library services in Montgomery County, Maryland.
