Part of Jeff
Carter's portfolio
The Common Citizenship of Forms (Power Plant)
2010
Modified IKEA products (laminated MDF, aluminum, hardware)
100” H (variable)x 36” W x 24” D
Description: The first in a series based on the 8 buildings designed by Walter Gropius at the Michael Reese Hospital Campus in Chicago. The Power Plant was built in 1953 and demolished in 2009.
Untitled #1 (Chicago Tribune Tower)
2009
Modified IKEA products (laminated MDF, steel, casters, live cactus plants)
62” H x 24” W x 42” D
Description: The first in a series of models based on the (unbuilt) 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower proposal by Walter Gropius and Adolph Meyer.
Untitled #2 (Chicago Tribune Tower)
2010
Modified IKEA products (pine, steel), plastic levels, electric motor
82” H x 30” W x 54” D
Description: The second in a series of models based on the (unbuilt) 1922 Chicago Tribune Tower proposal by Walter Gropius and Adolph Meyer.
Catalog (Blue Tables)
2007
Modified IKEA tables (MDF, enamel, paper, hardware), birch plywood, urethane plastic, electric motors, nylon, hardware
19” H x 48” W x 48” D
Catalog (Floor)
2008
Modified IKEA flooring (Bamboo, MDF, paper), lumber,
22” H x 102” W x 132” D
The Surface (installation detail)
2005
Laminated MDF
Dimensions variable
Corrected Postcard
2003
Postcard, aluminum, hardware
7.5” H x 4.5” W x 3” D
Security
2007
Carved mask (wood, paint, rubber), plywood, aluminum, electric motor, custom electronics
11” H x 7” W x 19” D
Break
2005
Bamboo, carpet, nylon zip ties, utility lights
12 ft H x 20 ft W x 30 ft D
Scaffold + Leaf
2005
Steel, aluminum, nylon, plywood, mat board, electric motor, hardware, gallon of paint
90” H x 36” L x 62” D
Cart + Shoreline
2005
Steel, oak, electric motor, hardware
42”H x 88”L x 48”D
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