| contact name | Simon Greenwold |
| artists' names | Simon Greenwold |
| artists' locations | Newton, MA USA |
| art name | Homespun |
| art media | Dollhouse, electric motor, camera, computer, monitors |
| art dimensions | 6' X 6' X 6' |
| art date | 2005 |
| art description | Homespun is dedicated to anyone who has ever felt turned upside down
by forces beyond their control. It is a dollhouse rotating slowly
end-over-end on an axle and a video feed of the inside of the house.
(In the video, the rotation is removed, so the furniture prowls
slowly around the room from floor to wall to ceiling.) It is about the
heaviness and danger of the objects with which we surround ourselves
and the fragility of the shells we live in. |
| art proposal | The idea is pretty simple. It's a highly detailed and fully furnished dollhouse complete with dolls. It has an open front with plexiglass covering it. There is a strong, slow motor attached to the back, which rotates the whole house upside down->right-side up over and over. This setup is visible out of one angle of the window. There is a camera set up watching the rotating house, which is fed to a computer which removes the rotation and potentially applies other informational overlays. (There might be other cameras mounted in individual rooms if I can get it going.) The resulting images are displayed on a monitor from the other angle in the window. In the monitor, the contents of the house slide up, down, and around the walls, floors, and ceilings. |
| art placard | Homespun is dedicated to anyone who has ever felt turned
upside down. The dollhouse rotates end-over-end on an axle. In the
video, the rotation is removed, so the furniture prowls slowly around
the room. It is about the heaviness and danger of the objects with
which we surround ourselves and the fragility of the shells we live
in. |
| art url | none yet... |
| date | Friday, February 18, 2005 |
| time | 8:53 PM EST |
| contact affiliation | independent |
| contact address1 | 18 Heatherland Rd. |
| contact city | Newton |
| contact state | MA |
| contact country | USA |
| contact zip | 02461 |
| contact phone1 | |
| contact phone2 | |
| contact email | simon.greenwold@gmail.com |
| art by email | checkbox |
| art status | The work is not completed. I can have it done in about two weeks. |
| art maintenance | Should run indefinitely. |
| art auto | Can run continuously. |
| art sound | Some knocking. Not much sound. No quiet environment required. |
| art light | Will require lights inside the enclosure. I can provide them. |
| art needs | Will build all necessary support/backing. |
| art safety | No safety hazard. |