Order and Chaos by the Whole Foods Parking Lot

Order and Chaos by the Whole Foods Parking Lot, by Nina Vichayapai, artist's website

Order and Chaos by the Whole Foods Parking Lot, by Nina Vichayapai, artist's website

Name/Title

Order and Chaos by the Whole Foods Parking Lot

Entry/Object ID

2023.1.44

Description

Hand stitched fabric on wood panel, depicting a brick wall with caution tape behind a chain link fence posting a sign of proposed land use. Garbage and cigarette butts are scattered on the ground.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nina Vichayapai

Role

Mixed Media Artist

Date made

2021

Dimensions

Height

48 in

Width

48 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

By rearranging items found within construction sites, Vichaypai builds a symbolic portrait of our surroundings. Tensions between both a rapidly redeveloping future and a demolition of the past are apparent across these sites. Whose histories have happened in these spaces, who builds the new spaces, and who they are being built for?

Label

"Using several photographs of active construction sites across Seattle as reference, this piece rearranges the items found within these lots to build a symbolic portrait of our surroundings. Tensions between both a rapidly redeveloping future and a demolition of the past are apparent across these sites. Whose histories have happened in these spaces, who builds the new spaces, and who they are being built for, are all important relationships which can be analyzed through the objects present across these sites."