"The Common Citizenship of Forms"
Jeff Carter
DePaul Humanities Center Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor of Art, Media and Design
02.06.11-31.07.11
Crown Hall, Chicago
Carter's exhibition presents a series of large-scale architectural models using altered IKEA products such as tables, desks, shelves and flooring. The models and their arrangement are based on the eight buildings at the Michael Reese Hospital campus designed between 1947 and 1959 by Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus. In the past year, these buildings have been destroyed by the City of Chicago (under the false pretenses of preparing for the 2016 Olympic Games), drawing worldwide outrage.
The Common Citizenship of Forms
(Convalescent Home) 2010
Modified IKEA products (Laminated MDF, paper,
bamboo, steel, hardware), 5-channel sound system,
sound compositions by Annie Goh
22” x 32” x 60”
Link and audio extract: http://www.jeff-carter.net/html/workpages/MRH_3.html
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