| contact name | Steve Hollinger |
| artists' names | Steve Hollinger |
| artists' locations | Boston, MA USA |
| art name | House of Style |
| art media | mixed media sculpture |
| art dimensions | 13.5 x 7 x 4.5" |
| art date | 2004 |
| art description | House of Style randomly selects and presents fashion
suggestions from an array of styles. In its normal environment, House
of Style is placed in a window and operates during the day, drawing
energy from sunlight. Courtesy of Chase Gallery, Boston. |
| art proposal | House of Style was built in mid-2004 and has only been exhibited
once. It is a small, solar powered sculpture. It operates
continuously, and starts a new presentation every 3-4 minutes.
House of Style suits the theme of "chance" in that it makes a
random fashion suggestion for the viewer's consideration. |
| art placard | At intervals of approximately two minutes, House of Style
will randomly select and present a fashion suggestion from an array of
styles. In its normal environment, House of Style is placed in a
window and operates during the day, drawing energy from sunlight. If
you are disatisfied with the current style on display, please feel
free to return in a few minutes. |
| art url | http://www.sjh.com/Sculpture/house-of-style.html |
| date | Saturday, February 12, 2005 |
| time | 11:02 AM EST |
| contact address1 | 21 Wormwood St. #215 |
| contact city | Boston |
| contact state | MA |
| contact zip | 02210 |
| contact phone1 | 617 338 2222 |
| contact email | mail@sjh.com |
| art status | complete |
| art maintenance | House of Style would run continuously during gallery hours.
I would be available for any maintenance, should it be necessary. |
| art auto | Small track light mounted on wall must be turned on each morning. |
| art sound | House of Style makes no sound, except once every 3-4 minutes it
House of Style makes a barely audible series of mechanical clicks
and whirrs every few minutes as it picks a new uniform.
For the sake of mood, the quieter the environment around it the
better, but that is not at all a requirement. It will do OK in any
environment. |
| art light | It produces no light, but is solar powered and must have a track
light (to be supplied and/or installed by me at your request)
immediately behind it on the wall. It also looks better if some type
of spot light is aimed down at it's front face (this light is not
required, but suggested). |
| art needs | I have a pedestal for it. If the area is not very secure, I also have a
glass vitrine to put it in on top of the pedestal.
Because of the lighting requirement, House of Style must have
some empty wall space behind its pedestal -- probably a minimum
of 4 feet wide for a 3-foot track light. |
| art safety | No. |