AMY HAUFT : INSTALLATIONS : Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide 06019PG, Italia : Italy

Italy cotton cloth, linen, traditional Italian linen needle-work, grommets, rope, hardware

CIVITELLA RANIERI, UMBERTIDE 06019PG, ITALIA
Civitella Ranieri, Italy
cotton cloth, linen, traditional Italian linen needle-work, grommets, rope, hardware
18’ wide x 12’ high x 12’ deep

View of piece overall. It is a 2/3 scale model of the space in which it was hung. The model is made of cloth and gains its volume via suspension from the walls of space of which it is a model. The majority of the volume is cotton. All windows and doors are represented in linen. It is lit by natural light.

CIVITELLA RANIERI, UMBERTIDE 06019PG, ITALIA
Civitella Ranieri, Italy

View through left doorway of space showing left doorway made of linen in the cloth model. Visible through the translucency of the cloth, is the back of the volume with its linen window. This window is directly in front of the window of the actual space.

CIVITELLA RANIERI, UMBERTIDE 06019PG, ITALIA
Civitella Ranieri, Italy

View showing “floor” of volume pooching down

CIVITELLA RANIERI, UMBERTIDE 06019PG, ITALIA
Civitella Ranieri, Italy

View of back of piece, showing method of suspension. Evident are the linen windows (across from the actual windows) and the ceiling beams, both in the actual room and in the cloth model room.