Tag: vito acconci

Vito Acconci, Making Shelter: House of Used Parts, 1985

Materials

aluminum ladders, pup tent, rubber tires, wooden doors

Description

The compact shelter constructed of discarded materials sits in an inner city garden, lush with flowers and foliage behind a plain wooden fence. Four chair backs, made from aluminum ladders, hold up a pitched roof consisting of two doors in a wooden frame. Between the chairs is a pup tent which doubles as a table base. Climbing one of the ladders up into the attic-room, you find rubber tires fastened closely together to form a hammock.