TriBeCa Exhibition Displays 3,437 Epstein Files Volumes, Turning 3.5 Million Records Into 8 Tons of Print
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Updated · The New York Times · May 16
TriBeCa Exhibition Displays 3,437 Epstein Files Volumes, Turning 3.5 Million Records Into 8 Tons of Print
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 16
A TriBeCa gallery has opened a weeklong exhibition of Jeffrey Epstein investigation records, with 3,437 bound volumes already drawing a steady stream of visitors to 101 Reade Street.
The installation converts roughly 3.5 million Justice Department-released documents, photos and videos into a physical archive weighing more than eight tons, aiming to give the material context that organizers say gets lost online.
David Garrett, a backer of the project, said the show was designed to cut through the distraction of digital feeds and make the scale of the case more tangible.
The exhibition, titled the Donald J. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, was organized by Garrett's nonprofit, the Institute for Primary Facts, which says it is producing anti-Trump pop-up art projects under the "Trumpsonian" banner.
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