The design of this piece was inspired by art and has a lot of engineering concepts where it makes it functional. The piece is made with plenty of metal parts and comes with wheels, which allow individuals to transport their shelter anywhere, and provided protection against personal belongings that homeless individuals wanted to store.
The way it caught the attention was that this piece was seen
in front of Trump tower and it raised a lot of questions. This project would
catch the attention of everyday people roaming the streets of New York and even
sparked curiosity. The vehicle itself was designed to visualize conflict
between urban space and public space as a place of social harmony.
This was definitely an effective attempt to raise awareness of the everyday struggle of a homeless individual. Despite the project promoting a lot of issues with homelessness the materials in the piece itself make it so that it is very expensive to make for more homeless individuals. Right now the Homeless Vehicle is being displayed in the New Museum building and is not serving as a reproduced product to the public.
This was definitely an effective attempt to raise awareness of the everyday struggle of a homeless individual. Despite the project promoting a lot of issues with homelessness the materials in the piece itself make it so that it is very expensive to make for more homeless individuals. Right now the Homeless Vehicle is being displayed in the New Museum building and is not serving as a reproduced product to the public.
These shelters were produced from plastic bags or polyethylene and tape and are easily portable if used by a homeless individual. The cost of the project comes to about roughly five dollars so compared to The Homeless Shelter by Krzysztof Wodiczko it definitely has a cheaper reproduction value and has the potential to help more people left on the streets. The only issue that this project has is that it is feeding off of private properties and could easily be moved or taken down by authorities.
The next project I would like to talk about is the Snail
Shell System that was developed by N55. Personally this is one of my favorite
pieces because it is a giant wheel that can be used to travel on land and
water. A person can move the tank by rolling it from the outside, walking
inside, or walking on top of it. The home itself is equipped with air valves,
kitchen supplies, bags, and a toilet.
Compared to the other pieces this one is
more of a home that can be used almost anywhere even outside of the public
streets. This piece was made from a cylindrical polyethylene tank and it was
chosen because it is a non-toxic material, which makes it safe for individuals
to live inside.The tank comes with caterpillar tracks made of rubber and this is designed to protect the tank and make it so that the tank is easier to transport. The downside to the design is that if someone is inside of the tank then the lid has to be halfway or fully open for the air to circulate through.
All of these projects share a theme that has regards with
living in a portable shelter and most likely raises awareness to the public of
the fact that there are a lot of homeless individuals appearing on the streets
more. Each of these projects is portable and definitely grabs the attention of
the public because of their size and interesting design concept.
The only way activism
in art differs in a political sense is that these concepts are more visual and
because of the visual aspect I feel like art activism can draw in more
attention compared to political activism.
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