In an age where attention is diluted by screens and the volume of content exceeds its lasting meaning, reading itself is becoming rare. Extending noisé’s curatorial approach to content, the space brings into focus the artists, thinkers and writers who have continuously inspired noisé over the past five years. It presents a selection of publications across art, literature, theory and photography, spanning different regions and languages, and opens them to the public for reading.

The first chapter takes inspiration from a phrase from when noisé portrayed the legendary gallerist Marian Goodman, who was once described as: ‘une main de fer dans un gant de velours (an iron hand in a velvet glove)’, bringing together works by nearly 100 women artists, writers and thinkers, spanning both canonical and experimental practices.