The Ginkgo Institute

Valley weather 

The Ginkgo InstituteThe VaultPause & Wonder

We keep what the world forgets to.

The Ginkgo Institute is an independent institute preserving knowledge in a secluded mountain valley. Its exact location is undisclosed, largely because the Curator keeps misplacing the map.

A branch of the Ginkgo Institute

The Vault

Field Notes from the archive, kept sealed in a cavern in the mountainside at 18°C. The Vault is a subscription: Readers receive every new Field Note by email, and the whole catalogue stands open to them.

Enter the Vault
Three hardcover spines carrying one continuous mountain painting
Plate II · Collection #1, three spines
The book branch of the Ginkgo Institute

Pause & Wonder

Hardcover Editions, each written by eight to twelve Contributors in their own words. Edition 1 is in production. It will take as long as it takes.

Visit the book branch

Shan Shui Infinite by LingDong- · MIT License

On the wall of the reading room

Mountain-water

Shan shui means "mountain-water": the old Chinese tradition of painting landscapes not as they look, but as they are walked through. This one is drawn by a program and never ends. It scrolls by itself. The Curator has watched it for most of an afternoon.

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