„As a librarian who is also a long time fan of SG1 this sculpture had me wondering if this might really be a gateway to a library in a distant galaxy!“ schreibt die Photographin dieses Bildes, eine Bibliothekarin mit dem Usernamen Gwen’s River City Images. Das Kunstwerk von Donald Lipski heißt „Good as gold“ und ist in einer Zweigstelle der Kansas City Public Library zu sehen. Die Skulptur spricht hoffentlich auch Nicht-Stargate-Fans oder Menschen, die gar nicht wissen, was Stargate überhaupt ist, an. Und wer weiß – vielleicht fühlt sich ja dadurch eine Filmfirma zu einer neuen Blockbuster-Serie namens „Bookgate“ inspiriert…
Auf der Bibliothekswebsite wird ein wenig über den Hintergrund der buchbildnerischen Arbeit verraten: „Most of the books looped into the sculpture came from the Book Barn in Bridgehampton, New York and were selected by Lipski based on size, color, and subject matter. As a special addition, a few books at the base of the sculpture are withdrawn items from The Kansas City Public Library’s collection (…) Lipski began his series of book sculptures by incorporating books with other materials. He then reached a point where he decided to focus on books alone as the raw material. Expressing a fascination with the paradoxical nature of these sculptures, Lipski noted the fragility of the individual books and the enormity of weight in a completed piece. He also joked that he likes working with books because it would make people think he was smart“.