Foamy Velour Suits Challenge Authority,
#38. Foamy Velour Suits Challenge Authority,
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© Sarah Ross
The Archisuit project is four jogging suits matching four Los Angeles locations: a Hollywood public library, a Silver Lake fence, the Ronald Reagan State Building, and urban furniturees downtown. The suits’ foam padding fills negative space in each structure and allows the wearer to fit comfortably into, or onto, urban elements designed to repulse them. Similar structures of denial are found in most cities, where they are placed to move people along and prevent unplanned inhabitation. “Testing Resistance” is a compilation of research for the Archisuit project documenting interactions between pedestrian structures and human bodies around Los Angeles. Sarah Ross is an artist who works with concepts of safety, health, and cleanliness as they are manifested in everyday spaces.
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Incredible!! I wanna be her right now!
That's a weird comment... lol
Very interesting..makes you think about negative space and how it is filled
I agree... very interesting
An ingenious way to fight back against design that works for the discomfort of street people. I think it's great!
took me a while to work out that the foam was part of the suit, but now I get it, I love this idea! I wonder if you could do it with a different kind of soft foam that would fit into any space, so that it didn't just have to be confined to the designated areas that are part of the project?
I like the idea but it seems like it was made for people who already have homes and place to sleep/rest.
(Speak up)