3. Idle Haus | Rude Haus 2024
On view Fall/Winter 2024
In all, ‘Idle Haus’ represents the work of eleven makers housed in an abandoned ruin and the surrounding landscape hosted in part for five days. Each piece was hiked into the park, arranged in situ and photographed as a remnant of the installation.
On the side of the road, in a small local park, is a ruin. Idling, it’s untouched—left in the care of the city, but abandoned to crumble and fill with plants. Though the path next to the house is often busy with people, the ruin is left alone. A sign marks the ruin as a remnant of someone’s life, but no one approaches it, no one occupies it, no one goes in. On the side of the path, it sits, waiting.
And so, we hiked there and took up residency. We filled the house with objects again. Highlighting the intersection of human touch and natural elements, we imagined the ruin as a place to inhabit, to hang out, to rest. The items we selected come from emerging artists who embrace pattern and texture, draw on traditional hand-making techniques inherited from family and culture, and pull inspiration from nature. Carved wood, quilting, hand-built clay vessels, reimagined remnants from buildings; arranging little altars around the house, we created moments of respite.
This exhibition was accompanied by an interview feature ︎
