Charlotte, North Carolina (USA):
Dennis Oppenheim, Reconstructed Dwelling, 2008.
Generic architectural elements from a typical residence are scrambled, repositioned and reassembled on top of a large pyramid representing an inverted roof. Windows, doors, walls and floors are assembled on the tilted horizontal plane of the pyramid with it's extended patio which overhangs a floor plan of the original home.
Upside-down stairs lead to a cantilevered corridor chamber containing a row of smoke gray windows.
A layout of the rooms, including the outside "footprint" of the dwelling, is painted in blue on the station's concrete floor. It's as if the elements could fall together into conventional placement.
Reconstructed Dwelling is a recently completed commission for Tyvola Station on the LYNX Blue Line, commissioned by Charlotte Area Transit System, Art-in-Transit Program, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Steel, corrugated steel, roofing material, wood, structural acrylic. 30? X 60? x 60?
Photos: JoAnn Sieburg-Baker, 2008
For more information about the Art-in-Transit Program go to:
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS/Art+in+Transit/South+Corridor+Art.htm#op
For more information about Dennis Oppenheim?s recent work go to:
http://www.dennisoppenheim.org/dennisnew.html#
Upside-down stairs lead to a cantilevered corridor chamber containing a row of smoke gray windows.
A layout of the rooms, including the outside "footprint" of the dwelling, is painted in blue on the station's concrete floor. It's as if the elements could fall together into conventional placement.
Reconstructed Dwelling is a recently completed commission for Tyvola Station on the LYNX Blue Line, commissioned by Charlotte Area Transit System, Art-in-Transit Program, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Steel, corrugated steel, roofing material, wood, structural acrylic. 30? X 60? x 60?
Photos: JoAnn Sieburg-Baker, 2008
For more information about the Art-in-Transit Program go to:
http://www.charmeck.org/Departments/CATS/Art+in+Transit/South+Corridor+Art.htm#op
For more information about Dennis Oppenheim?s recent work go to:
http://www.dennisoppenheim.org/dennisnew.html#