Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / September 4, 2026

Mona Built a Library With No Dewey Decimal and a Shakespeare First Folio

Phrontisterion sits underground beneath Anselm Kiefer's Elektra, designed by Nonda Katsalidis with Mona's librarian Mary Lijnzaad. Shelves light up according to what a reader is chasing, and the Wunderkammer holds a hand-signed Darwin manuscript, an Enigma machine and Bowie's handwritten lyrics to Starman.

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Phrontisterion, Mona, Hobart
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