The project is a part a social experiment of co-creating with found materials, and part an exploration of repairing unwanted furniture in an irreverent way. By one creator sourcing found furniture with small imperfections, the other with reaction with a solution to this imperfection with a “repair” that elevates and transforms the formerly unwanted piece into something with a second life. There is an implied trust between the creators in that, one must trust the finder of the pieces and one must trust the interventionist. We will focus on 3 found pieces that have repair materials small enough to transport across geographical boarders. It will be combined and installed by both artists, as a pair for a singular result. The 3 objects have been broken down into categories but are not limited to the initial ideas being that the found furniture is varied by chance. The 1st being a small stool or table, bookshelf or shelf (surface.) The 2nd will be an object; a children’s toy, a pitcher, a vase, a lamp. The third will be some sort of wall “art”; a ripped tapestry, a half finished painting, a water-damaged family photo. The will be displayed together in a clean white space as a vignette but as separate objects. There will also be a book and images of the data documenting the social experience of the trust it takes to co-creating the art, internationally. It will detail our communications, where we found the furniture as a well as why it was intervened with to create what result.
