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| Facade on 6th st. |
I was able to adopt the lamp next to the red Emeco chair
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| Had to take a photo of the decrepit lou. |
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| Brian Goggin installation |
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| Pianists perform at the reception |
Many of the furniture pieces have been removed and the building now looks close to what it did back in the mid 90's. Luckily for me, I was able to attend the Defenestration reception in honor of the art installation and artist Brian Goggin. So I was able to take photos of the place just one last time before it is stripped bare and prepped for demolition.
I had the honor to speak briefly with Goggin, the creator of Defenestration, a now former art installation at the former Hugo Hotel located at 6th and Howard st. in San Francisco.
I asked Goggin what inspired him to create Defenestration. Goggin said that the idea came to him piece by piece through many years. The most significant moment that he could think of during that time was when he came across a building slated for demolition while working in Paris. In the gutted building Goggin pictured a jungle with furniture. It is easy to make the connections between the jungle idea and what came to fruition because the building does seem to be the jungle, or canopy if you will, and the furniture pieces are the creatures peering out of that canopy. But Brian's inspiration shouldn't be taken as the exhibitions sole purpose. Goggin said
I had the honor to speak briefly with Goggin, the creator of Defenestration, a now former art installation at the former Hugo Hotel located at 6th and Howard st. in San Francisco.
I asked Goggin what inspired him to create Defenestration. Goggin said that the idea came to him piece by piece through many years. The most significant moment that he could think of during that time was when he came across a building slated for demolition while working in Paris. In the gutted building Goggin pictured a jungle with furniture. It is easy to make the connections between the jungle idea and what came to fruition because the building does seem to be the jungle, or canopy if you will, and the furniture pieces are the creatures peering out of that canopy. But Brian's inspiration shouldn't be taken as the exhibitions sole purpose. Goggin said
"the work isn't to be read in a single way"
so I guess it's up for the individual to make their own perception or understanding of the piece or it's just one of those pieces of art created for it's own sake of being art. I myself interpret Defenestration as furniture longing to be useful again, in search of human beings to give the quasi anthropomorphized objects purpose.
All in all the "Defenestration" reception was a hit. It was a fitting farewell to the 17 year old exhibit.
"I would like to think of the furniture escaping the coffee stains" Brian Goggin
For more information on Brian Goggin and Defenestration please visit http://www.metaphorm.org/works/defenestration/
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