Artist:
Jenny and Mark Reigelman Chapman
Title:
Manifest Destiny
Year:
2011
Adress:
Bush Street, Union Square
Mark Reigelman II:
Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco—above and between other properties. The tiny cabin is affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts, floating above the restaurant Le Central like an anomalous outgrowth of the contemporary street-scape. Using a 19th-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion. The interior space of the tiny house can be seen day and night through the curtained windows, a lonely beacon in the city's dense landscape, and an incongruous, haunting vision from below. The installation will remain in place and be slowly transformed by the elements through October 2012.
The cabin is a temporary site specific installation in San Francisco, California. The project was commissioned by Southern Exposure and funded by the Graue Family Foundation.
The project will be on view between November 13th 2011 - Oct 28th 2012 | Mark Reigelman & Jenny Chapman in collaboration with Paul Endres | www.markreigelman.com | www.unofficialoffice.com | www.endresware.com.
Location: 447 Bush Street @ Grant, Hotel des Arts.
www.thisispaper.com:
Concept: Manifest Destiny! is about our God-given imperative as modern explorers, to seek out parcels of unclaimed territory and boldly establish a new home front in the remaining urban voids of San Francisco.
Project Overview: Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco—above and between other properties. The cabin is affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts, floating above the restaurant Le Central like an anomalous outgrowth of the contemporary streetscape. Using a 19th-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion. The interior space of the tiny house can be seen day and night through the curtained windows, a lonely beacon in the city’s dense landscape, and an incongruous, haunting vision from below.
The cabin is a temporary site specific installation in San Francisco, California. The project was commissioned by Southern Exposure and funded by the Graue Family Foundation. The project will be on view through October 28th 2012.
www.cargocollective.com:
Mark A. Reigelman II is an internationally recognized Brooklyn based artist specializing in site specific product design, installation and public art. His work has been exhibited in public spaces, galleries and museums across the country. Mark earned recent acclaim when Americans for the Arts named his White Cloud installation as one of the top public art projects in the United States in 2010. Mark's Wood-Pile installation received the same award the previous year. His Bike Rack project, a public bike station in downtown Cleveland has earned LEED Silver certification by the USGBC. Mark is a member of the American Design Club (AmDC) and co-founder of the New York based creative collective Art Stars and bi-coastal public art collaborative Chapman / Reigelman.
Jenny Chapman is a designer and artist living in San Francisco. Her work is influenced by her background in art history and training as an architect. She is interested in the overlapping boundaries between art, architecture, landscape and public space and believes all designed objects exist along a continuum. She finds happiness and inspiration in the meticulous analysis of the man-made world, from the tiniest paper clip to the most massive infrastructural systems. Her professional work reflects this diversity and includes: master planning, architecture, interiors and public art. Jenny takes a rigorous and systematic approach to design whether it is a space, object, installation or process.
Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco—above and between other properties. The tiny cabin is affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts, floating above the restaurant Le Central like an anomalous outgrowth of the contemporary street-scape. Using a 19th-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion. The interior space of the tiny house can be seen day and night through the curtained windows, a lonely beacon in the city's dense landscape, and an incongruous, haunting vision from below. The installation will remain in place and be slowly transformed by the elements through October 2012.
The cabin is a temporary site specific installation in San Francisco, California. The project was commissioned by Southern Exposure and funded by the Graue Family Foundation.
The project will be on view between November 13th 2011 - Oct 28th 2012 | Mark Reigelman & Jenny Chapman in collaboration with Paul Endres | www.markreigelman.com | www.unofficialoffice.com | www.endresware.com.
Location: 447 Bush Street @ Grant, Hotel des Arts.
www.thisispaper.com:
Concept: Manifest Destiny! is about our God-given imperative as modern explorers, to seek out parcels of unclaimed territory and boldly establish a new home front in the remaining urban voids of San Francisco.
Project Overview: Mark Reigelman and Jenny Chapman's Manifest Destiny! is a temporary rustic cabin occupying one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco—above and between other properties. The cabin is affixed to the side of the Hotel des Arts, floating above the restaurant Le Central like an anomalous outgrowth of the contemporary streetscape. Using a 19th-century architectural style and vintage building materials, the structure is both homage to the romantic spirit of the Western Myth and a commentary on the arrogance of Westward expansion. The interior space of the tiny house can be seen day and night through the curtained windows, a lonely beacon in the city’s dense landscape, and an incongruous, haunting vision from below.
The cabin is a temporary site specific installation in San Francisco, California. The project was commissioned by Southern Exposure and funded by the Graue Family Foundation. The project will be on view through October 28th 2012.
www.cargocollective.com:
Mark A. Reigelman II is an internationally recognized Brooklyn based artist specializing in site specific product design, installation and public art. His work has been exhibited in public spaces, galleries and museums across the country. Mark earned recent acclaim when Americans for the Arts named his White Cloud installation as one of the top public art projects in the United States in 2010. Mark's Wood-Pile installation received the same award the previous year. His Bike Rack project, a public bike station in downtown Cleveland has earned LEED Silver certification by the USGBC. Mark is a member of the American Design Club (AmDC) and co-founder of the New York based creative collective Art Stars and bi-coastal public art collaborative Chapman / Reigelman.
Jenny Chapman is a designer and artist living in San Francisco. Her work is influenced by her background in art history and training as an architect. She is interested in the overlapping boundaries between art, architecture, landscape and public space and believes all designed objects exist along a continuum. She finds happiness and inspiration in the meticulous analysis of the man-made world, from the tiniest paper clip to the most massive infrastructural systems. Her professional work reflects this diversity and includes: master planning, architecture, interiors and public art. Jenny takes a rigorous and systematic approach to design whether it is a space, object, installation or process.