Ten Huts
by Jill Sigman ; essays by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, André Lepecki, Matthew McLendon, Elise Springer, Eva Yaa Asantewaa ; fw by Pamela Tatge
- Author(s)
- Jill Sigman, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Matthew McLendon, André Lepecki, Elise Springer, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Pamela Tatge
- Publisher, year
- Middletown (Connecticut) : Wesleyan University, 2017
- Scope
- 212 p., illustrated, 24 cm.
- ISBN
- 9780819576897
Jill Sigman makes art at the intersection of dance, visual art, and social practice. Her project Ten Huts (2009 - ongoing) documents a series of site-specific huts that were hand built from found and repurposed materials ranging from the mundane (e-waste and plastic bottles) to the bizarre (circus detritus, dental molds, and mugwort grown on the banks of a toxic creek) in landscapes as varied as industrial Brooklyn and the Norwegian Arctic. Each of the extraordinary huts is a structure, a sculpture, and an emergency preparedness kit that raises questions about sustainability, shelter, real estate, and our future on this planet. Each hut acts as a catalyst for local activities such as performance, video, artistic collaboration, and community dialogue.
- Person as subject
- Jill Sigman
- Keywords
- art in public space , architectuur , performance , duurzaamheid , schuilplaatsen , dans
- Location
- Cabinet 7 - 4: Kunstenaars / Artists
- Contains
- index , bibliografie / bibliography
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