Dan Elzinga is a local community member who died recently. From outside, the hut looks like a humble, cobbled-together shack. However, within the ice hut, one finds a number of significant objects and mementos, chosen for their associative relationship to Clifton Whiten. These consist of a strange wood, glass, and lead sculptures…
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Ivan Juraki, Lure, 2004
Ivan Juraki’s Lure is a pure white toylike hut that blends into its surroundings except for the doorway. Through a large keyhole cut into the door of the hut a strong light shines enticing the viewer to look inside. This keyhole is the only access to the interior of the piece. Entry is frustrated. In doing so Lure acts to stimulate the viewer’s imagination…
Catherine Kozyra, Waiting for Leviathan, 2004
Catherine Kozyra’s idea for this project evolved from the image of “fishing for the Leviathan” as represented in the Book of Job in the Old Testament. This hut is comprised of a geodesic-style dome made of translucent space-age fabric. The fabric is stretched taut into shape by an exoskeleton composed of PVC piping. The translucent shell of the tent is covered with a loosely woven…