Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
This installation at NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY) contrasts the fantasy of a pristine interior with the reality of squeezing one’s life into increasingly small spaces. The domestic tableau demarcates the exact footprint of the “classic kitchen” in NYC’s Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village (where I spent my childhood in the 1990s): a controversial example of fluctuating real estate interests. Rebranded as luxury living, its 7’ x 4’ interior “classic kitchen” remains a fixed reminder of its original working-class tenants. My installation simulates the experience of entering this kitchen—but with jumbled household clutter appearing to “spill” from all sides, suggesting the presence of past and future residents.
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable
Stuy Town Classic Kitchen, 2016 / Mixed media installation / 7 x 9 foot floor plan, height variable