Monday, March 22, 2010

eighth piece in personal collection




Raugh Furniture by Andrea Zittel
Furniture and interior inspired by landscape

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

seventh piece in personal collection



A project by S.W.A.M.P. (Studies of Work Atmoshpheres and Mass Production). Spore 1.1 is a self-sustaining ecosystem for a rubber tree plant purchased at Home Depot. In this project, Home Depot is responsible for the plant in two ways: first, an unconditional guarantee to replace any plant they sell, for up to one year; second through an implied cybernetic contract. This second responsibility is the creative content for the work, where the economic health of Home Depot is transitioned through a series of physical computing techniques to a mechanism for controlling the watering of the rubber tree. An onboard computer uses a Wi-Fi connection to access Home Depot stock quotes once per week, keeping a database of the week’s ending stock values. From the fluctuations in Home Depot stock, programs and circuitry connected to the rubber tree are controlled accordingly. If the company does well by showing stock growth, so does the plant - if the company suffers losses, Spore 1.1 does not get watered. If the plant should parish, due to poor stock performance, it is returned to the Home Depot and replaced with another-at no additional cost. 


Friday, March 12, 2010

Whatever was is not now

sixth piece in personal collection



Andrea Zittel's 'A-Z Pocket Property' floating of the coast of Denmark.

Friday, March 5, 2010

fifth piece in personal collection


Claes Oldenburg- Trowel

Fourth piece in personal collection




'Headlands Garden Boat' - Amy Franceschini, Michael Swaine, Arcangelo Wessels of Future Farmers


Redwood herb garden commissioned by Headlands Center for the Arts. Since the garden is situated in a National Park it had to be completely deer proof and ready to sail away in case of a flood.