Paper Rocking Chairs
September 20th, 2006
Artist and Vestal friend Josephine Durkin recently designed a set of 700 paper rocking chairs, in a piece called “Smile and Nod”.
Everything is folded/slotted and no tape or adhesive of any kind is
necessary to assemble the chair. It’s just paper. Each have digital images
printed on both sides. The chairs rock by way of a multi-colored
oscillating fan and their rocking patterns change depending on where viewers
are positioned in the room.
We met Josephine at Yale while working together with Natalie Jeremijenko on the Feral Robotic Dog Project. It’s great to see what she’s up to today.
Link to her site
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September 29th, 2006 at 6:35 am
As an artist I usually don’t like this kind of display, exhibit, art piece, set piece or whatever they are trendily
called now—BUT these PAPER chairs really hit the spot. The
shape and colors of them is fantastic—I would like to see
what size they are? great and inventive at the same time..
September 30th, 2006 at 10:20 am
Patrou, thanks for your feedback. Although originally constructed from
8 1/2” x 11” and 11” x 17” cardstock, the chairs, after they’ve been folded, are about 5” and 7” tall, respectively. The digital print for each chair (it is double-sided on the cardstock) is a different file. They are manipulated images of sculptural paintings that I’ve made…using plaster, spaghetti, paint, paper, felt and orange peels. The rocking chair installation will be on exhibit along with drawings and video in an upcoming solo show at the Target Gallery called “Tear, Cut, Fold and Lean.” Target is a part of the Torpedo Factor Art Center in Alexandria, Virginia. The opening reception is on October 22nd, from 2-5, and the show will run through November 26th.
October 6th, 2006 at 8:50 am
Josie! This is incredible- and beautiful. I would love to see it sometime. Hope all is well!
August 21st, 2008 at 6:26 am
I love these colorful, and animated rockers. I’m blogging on chairs in art at the moment and would love to share this link on my blog.
Do you possibly know my son Ethan Greenbaum, got his MFA in painting at Yale in 2003?