The idea arose out of thinking about some of the iconic artworks owned or exhibited by the Tate (see below). We wondered how they might relate to an interior space if they were in zero gravity.

 
Sarah Wigglesworth © 2002

We are especially interested in the idea of the Everyday so the art objects chosen are those which could be found even in your own home. Their presence makes the interior into an interior but they also ask: What is Art?

Concert for Anarchy, Rebecca Horn © 1990
Tate Collection
© DACS, 2002

 
The model encourages you to find art in your own world. It is as simple as possible to
make, using low technology, and can be done by old and young alike.

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Works referenced exhibited at Tate or from the Tate Collection include:

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Lunch Painting, 1965, Arte Povera Exhibition, Tate 2001
Rebecca Horn, Concert for Anarchy, 1990, Tate Exhibition 1994
Damien Hirst, Pharmacy, 1999 - Tate Collection
Carl Andre, Equivalent VIII (Firebricks), 1966, Tate Collection
Martin Creed, The Lights Going On and Off, 2001, Tate Turner Prize Exhibition, 2001
Tracey Emin, My Bed, 1998, Tate Turner Prize Exhibition, 2000
Marcel Duchamp/Richard Hamilton, The Large Glass, 1915-23, replica 1965-66, Tate Collection (curtains added, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects 2002).