In order to research the present status of beauty – understanding beauty not in terms of an object's internal quality but in terms of its effect on the beholder – PSWAR invited 94 persons of different professions and different backgrounds to submit lists of items or things that have inspired them professionally and privately. The result was a very personal library, a strange monument in which different intimate worlds came together. Every two weeks, the library space was also used to host events by artists whose work was inspiring to us and which engaged with the project’s main questions in new and valuable ways. The main credit for the project’s success therefore goes to its many contributors, people who dared to experiment, who enthusiastically participated in new collaborations, who were committed to test the limits of their own mediums and who made their works-in-progress openly accessible for examination and criticism.

PSWAR Library participants: Aka Morchiladze, Alena Alexandrova, Alex Fischer, Alison Gerber, Ana Riaboshenko, Andro Semeiko, Andy Moor, Anke Bangma, Aquil Copier, Arnold Marinissen, Aspasia Nasopoulou, Benoit Goupy, Bojan Fajfric-Bukac, Carlos Liavata, Chris Vecchio, Christiaan Bastiaans, Claudio Baroni, Constant Dullart, Cristiano Berti, Daniela Peas Leao, David Djindjikhashvili, David Gibbs, Duba Sambolec, Duro Toomato, Effi Weiss & Amir Borenstein, Eitan Ben Moshe, Erwin van der Werve, Eva Fotiadi, Falke Pisano, Frank Konincks, Geoffrey Garrison, Hala Elkoussy, Hans Gremmen, Hans-Georg Lenhart, Hillel Roman, Ilya Rabinovich, Inatome Kyoko, Inga Zimprich, Irene Kopelman, Ivar Hagendoorn, Johana Gruzlewska, Jon Kessler, Joseph Semah, Katarina Zdjelar, Katie Duck, Katja Mater, Keren Cytter, Klaas Koetje, Krzysztof Wegiel, Lado Darakhvelidze, Lasha Bakradze, Levan Asabashvili, Malgorzata Haduch, Matija Ferlin, Maria Schina, Mark Manders, Marko Ciciliani, Martine Neddam, Mathijs Lieshout, Maurice Bogaert, Meta Stular, Monika Vykoukal, Nadia Tsulukidze, Nathan Michel, Nicole Cousino, Nino Purtskhvanidze, Nir Nadier, Ofri Earon, Omer Fast, Onedaynation, Peter Adriaansz, Pieter Jan Smit, Pieterjan Ginkels, Praneet Soi, Reinaldo Laddaga, Rinat Kotler, Robert Garnett, Roger Willems, Ruben de la Neuz, Ruth Sonderegger, Sander Bloom, Sophia Tabatadze, Tahl Kaminar, Takako Hamano, Tammuz Binshtock, Tao G. Vrhovec Sambolec, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tine Melzer, Tomo Savi-Gecan, Tony Hofman, Tudor Bratu, Ulrika Sparre, Xy Yang, Yannis Kyriakides