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The Closet is constructed in an arch previously used as a shelter by a homeless man for 30 years. The installation takes the form of a large built-in wardrobe, reminiscent of the artist’s own childhood bedroom furniture. It forms a display space – conceived as a modern day ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ – that can be opened and closed, filling the entire site. Taking its inspiration from standard home interior design, and more poignantly bedroom architecture, The Closet poses questions concerning the division between public and private spheres, between the domestic and the urban, and ultimately offers an exhibition venue that injects use-value into a formerly redundant urban site.
THE CLOSET
The Architecture Foundation
Southwark, London
Completed: 2008
Artist: Simon Fujiwara
Construction cost: £15,000
Photo: David Grandorge