Rule N° 5 is a collaboratively-created work that centers the voices of library workers as they reveal to listeners the magical, mysterious, complicated, and controversial world of libraries. Through one large and five smaller interactive sculptures installed in NYU Libraries, Rule N° 5 examines practices and objects that shape how we can search, who we will find, and what we remember.

As an interactive audio experience, listeners are invited to open doors and drawers, plug in, and push buttons to explore and contemplate what it means to collect the world’s knowledge, preserve the past, and shape the future.