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KENGO KUMA. Oribe Tea House Pavilion, Japan, 2005.
A temporary, mobile tea room. Corrugated plastic boards 5mm thick are arrayed at 65mm intervals and fixed together using banding bands. Once the bands are unfastened, the tea room returns to an assembly of cheap elements, making it easy to move. The entire form resembles an irregularly-shaped cocoon, and is an homage to Furuta Oribe’s deformed tea ceremony bowl.

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weissesrauschen: Kevin Cyr Camper Kart is a small pop-up camper affixed to a shopping cart. It is a functioning sculptural piece that seeks to explore aspects of housing, habitat, mobility, and autonomy. It is also emblematic of self-reliance and human perseverance. The project was inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, in which a father and son struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world pushing a shopping cart filled with their meager belongings. Although the shopping cart was once associated with middle-class prosperity, it has been recontextualized—especially in urban areas—to be associated with homelessness and poverty. Camper Kart does not aim to provide a solution to social issues, but is partly a reaction to materialism and excess. The current economy has forced many people to make do with less. The spirit of frugality is something that we often embrace after it becomes a necessity, but can be liberating nonetheless. The piece also exemplifies nostalgic impulses. The cart is equipped with items from the 1980’s, a period in my childhood when camping was a frequent family activity. It is stocked with a camping stove, cast iron skillet, lantern, cooler, drinking containers, knives, and hatchet—all supplies to ensure a basic level of comfort—and a cassette player for amusement..

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Kevin Cyr

Camper Kart is a small pop-up camper affixed to a shopping cart. It is a functioning sculptural piece that seeks to explore aspects of housing, habitat, mobility, and autonomy. It is also emblematic of self-reliance and human perseverance. The project was inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road, in which a father and son struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world pushing a shopping cart filled with their meager belongings. Although the shopping cart was once associated with middle-class prosperity, it has been recontextualized—especially in urban areas—to be associated with homelessness and poverty. Camper Kart does not aim to provide a solution to social issues, but is partly a reaction to materialism and excess. The current economy has forced many people to make do with less. The spirit of frugality is something that we often embrace after it becomes a necessity, but can be liberating nonetheless. The piece also exemplifies nostalgic impulses. The cart is equipped with items from the 1980’s, a period in my childhood when camping was a frequent family activity. It is stocked with a camping stove, cast iron skillet, lantern, cooler, drinking containers, knives, and hatchet—all supplies to ensure a basic level of comfort—and a cassette player for amusement..

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