Welcome to Obscurities in the Library.

This page accompanies the mini installation in the UCA library and provides information about each featured word, including its meaning, history, illustration, and a description of the artwork for visitors who may benefit from it. Additionally, there’s a sound associated with each word, which is the artist’s own abstract interpretation of what they sound like.

Please use headphones while listening.

The guide is presented in English and read by the artist, Eszter Novák.

Each stop can be played individually, allowing you to discover the installation at your own pace.

Total listening time: approximately 10 minutes

List of audio:

• Pogonotrophy

  • audio description

  • sound effect

• Ratoon

  • audio description

  • sound effect

• Ulotrichous

  • audio description

  • sound effect

• Xylophilous

  • audio description

  • sound effect

I hope you enjoy this small journey into some of the stranger corners of the English language.

Happy listening!