20th
March
2007
What 1,600 Chairs Crammed Between Two Buildings Looks Like
Doris Salcedo installation,
photo by Sergio Clavijo
I’m fascinated by this art installation by Columbian artist Doris Salcedo. In 2003, Salcedo stacked 1,600 wooden chairs in an empty space between two buildings in Istanbul, for the International Istanbul Biennale.
Where did she get so many chairs? How did she get them in there? How did she get them out? What was done with them when the installation was removed? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???
No really, what does it all mean? I can’t find any information on what her inspiration or message was for this. The website linked above notes “Salcedo often takes specific historical events as her point of departure,” so I get the idea I’m missing part of the story. I don’t need to know what it means to think it’s very cool, though. [via design*sponge]
