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Reading in to connection
Welcome to The Apiary, a space that’s all yours to define.
This space is full of books. Not so full that you can’t find a cosy corner to curl up and read in, but full enough that your companions might lose you for a few hours.
This space, both its textual facet and the physical space in Wassaic, New York, is a result of a week long residency, which itself is a result of fortuitous circumstances — Chris Zumtobel and David Kurfirst, founders of Think Olio and its most recent iteration OlioHouse, were convinced that the attic could be a great space for reflection and that a learning space needs books. Bianca Winter (that’s me, hi!), one of the founding members of the Scenius, had a good number of books that it didn’t make sense to repatriate. As the conversation blossomed, so to did an idea about what kind of home might befit such a collection, acquired through recommendation, chance, nose-following, mild obsessions and whimsy. A space for the books to find new friends, breath. A living library.
No welcome to a bookish space can be complete without a run through of the rules that govern the space. Read on, because these rules are unlike those you’ve likely come across in libraries or bookstores. These rules can be better described as invitations, because there are things we’d love you to do here, but first and foremost is stake your claim to the space —…
