That book, that page… "When I told my boss I was busy writing about collecting, she laughed and said: “Obviously!”. What she referred to was my need to collect all sorts of crap that is slated to be thrown out. Stacks of paper, piles of wood, Xerox machines and a very broken Friso Kramer chair that, seriously, I will restore any day now."

Meet Lieven Lahaye, a born collector (obviously!). Chives Archives invited him to reveal one of his most treasured collections. We’re excited to announce That book, that page…, a collection of books that always open, automatically, to the same page.

Apart from these mysterious books themselves, Lieven provided unexpected insights and speculations on the supposed reasons of these books opening to their specific pages. After all, why would "The Pump House Gang" always open on page 137? And what does that have in common with "Consider the lobster's" page 223?

A dashing appendix, designed by Ott Metusala, was specially published on the occasion of this exhibition.