Dwelling Press Photos
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A sculpture which also functions as a birdhouse was inspired by the Gothic Revival Style at Forest Hills by Michael Beatty and Mike Newby


andrea_thompson Detail of Andrea Thompson's Knock on Wood, 12 posts of different sizes and resonance, each giving a different sound.  
 
Christopher Frost will fabricate miniature houses in cast cement, modelled after the real homes of people buried at Forest Hills. Their occupations are inscribed; "poet" for Anne Sexton, "architect" for William Preston, and "wagon driver" for Ralph Martin, who perished in Boston's Great Molasses Flood .  
     
Artist Adam Frelin polishing his sculpture, Mirroring Stone. A stainless steel skin evokes the modern skyscraper. It also serves as a memento mori, reflecting the visitor's own image.  
 
Jason Middlebrook's Dwellings in Air, a functional birdhouse with feeders to be installed at Lake Hibiscus (in process).    
 
Nadya Volicer's proposal sketch for Living Room, fabricated from salvaged wood. Detail from Nadya Volicer's Living Room.  

 

 
Family Lot, sculptural "drawing" cast in cement of a typical Victorian family burial lot, floats on Lake Hibiscus. Artist: Jay Cummings  
     

A performance of the Water Project will be featured at the Opening Reception on June 24. The Water Project is an ongoing collaboration of artist Michael Dowling and dancer Christine Bennett.

Note: photo credit required for use of this image: Liz Linder.

 

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Dwelling is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding provided by the Boston Foundation for Architecture and individual donors.

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