The Louise Watley Library
at Southeast Atlanta
1463 Pryor Road
Atlanta, GA 30315
404-613-5771 

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About the Louise Watley Library at Southeast Atlanta 
Artwork Tristan Al-Haddad, Formations Studio
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Directions

From I-85

From I-85 S take exit 244 for University Ave
Drive to Pryor Rd SW
Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto GA-54 S/University Ave SW
Turn right onto Pryor Rd SW
Southeast Library will be on the right

From I-285

Take I-285 toward Chattanooga/Birmingham
Use the left lane to take exit 10A for I-20 toward Ralph David Abernathy Freeway/Atlanta
Merge onto I-20 E
Use the right 2 lanes to take exit 57 toward Macon/Montgomery
Merge onto I-75 S/I-85 S
Take exit 244 for University Ave
Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto GA-54 S/University Ave SW
Turn right onto Pryor Rd SW
Southeast Library will be on the right

About the Southeast Branch|
Southeast Atlanta Library is a 15,000-square foot library located at 1463 Pryor Road. This library is part of Phase I of the Library Building Program. In November 2008, Fulton County voters overwhelmingly passed the Library Bond Referendum. The plan will greatly enhance all of the county’s libraries with 8 new libraries and 2 expanded libraries. Phase II includes the renovation of the 24 remaining libraries.

Public Art Project
Artist: Tristan Al-Haddad, Formations Studio

Project Title: Immaterial

Immaterial is a 16 ft x 8 ft horizontal wall installation located between the Toddler Area and the Community Meeting Room. 

The piece symbolically represents library’s evolving role in the complex global network of knowledge, communication and collaboration in the digital age – transforming from a “house of knowledge” to a “web of thought”.  

The lattice textual pattern is a map representing the locations of each library in the Atlanta Fulton Public Library System, and is comprised of 144 unique literary quotes. Sections of acrylic represent neighborhoods served by each library.

The artwork is assembled of four layers of acrylic material: an opaque mirror; a light-emitting green layer; a clear depth layer; and a two-way mirror, combining to create infinity threshold effect.