Architectural Beasts: The Photobooth
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A seasonal installation for the Wassaic Project Summer Festival, the Architectural Beasts Photo Booth is both frivolous and functional. Replacing an existing make-shift wheelchair access ramp with a ten foot wide spectacle of circulatory pleasure, the ramp and screen draw attention to an accessible element that was once an afterthought.
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The new screen and ramp complete the composition of Maxon Mill’s western elevation, filling a space previously neglected by everyone but the pigeons. The shape of the screen takes elements from architectural forms found around the Wassaic hamlet, but re-composed with an anthropomorphic form. On the festival weekend, the ramp and screen hosted a gathering of Architectural Beast masks that students made in a Cosmo Design Factory workshop at Webatuck HIgh School. Festival-goers were invited to don the masks and pose with friends, or alone, to experience life as a character in a new story.
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