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Manifest Destiny by Jenny Chapman and Mark ReigelmanSouthern Exposure (SoEx) is a nonprofit visual arts organization that supports emerging artists. This project, the first of its kind for SoEx is a result of the support of The Graue Family Foundation. In 2009, the foundation offered Southern Exposure a major gift to support the public art initiative, SoEx Off-Site, and the creation of The Graue Award.
Jenny Chapman, a San Francisco-based architect, and Mark Reigelman, a New York-based artist, created this piece. It is “a simultaneous tribute to and critique of the romantic spirit and arrogant expansion of the Western frontier.” It is a temporary rustic cabin in “one of the last remaining unclaimed spaces of downtown San Francisco.” The artists used traditional architecture and building materials, to create work that will recall the city’s early settlements, providing a welcome contrast to the contemporary streetscape and ultimately integrating past, present, and future. It will remain, and let the elements take their toll until October 2012.
I like this and I very much like the idea behind it! One of the last unclaimed spaces downtown says it all!
Wow, that is really something!
I want to put my office there!
This is wonderful! It looks kind of like a human wasp’s nest the way it hangs on the building!
I love this one!
This is certainly fascinating!! I am constantly amazed at the creativity of artists!!
You certainly do a double-take when you see this “cabin”! Yes, the creative mind is amazing!
Does Willie Brown know about this? ;-D
Too bad it has to go. It adds a touch of whimsy to the starkness. Nice photos.
I like it! Looks like something I would see out in the desert.
Even a second time that is an amazing sight… Thank you, for sharing on Weekly Top Shot.’ 🙂