When you think of doors, we’re betting you don’t typically think of art. But if you’re Oskar Ly, Artist Organizer in charge of the art installation at University and Hamline, that’s exactly what you’d see.
Fifty-one artists, along with participants from the neighborhoods and event attendees, have worked on 36 projects and performances along University Avenue. Each installation and performance is an effort to bring people together and have informal dialogues about the surrounding neighborhood and what it means to them. The theme of the installation off of University and Hamline is “Home is…”, which not only ties strongly to the Habitat mission and our partner families, but it also uses materials from the ReStore in the creation of the artwork.
“I wanted to be able to use the notion of ‘making something new out of something’ old while responding to the artwork that had already been created onsite by other artists,” said Ly. “Naturally, we find the metaphor and realities of doors to be very significant, especially in a home, and what better place to find affordable resources to make new used materials than at places that do just that.”
For additional information on ReStore materials, visit http://restore.tchabitat.org/, and see what other shoppers have created with their ReStore finds.