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Featuring :

Jennifer CroninSara Goldenberg White

December 3rd-January 30th, 2013

Reception:Thursday, January 17th

3-5pm

Kemper RoomPaul V. Galvin Library

35 W. 33rd Street

Jennifer CroninPink 2

Sara GoldenbR

[email protected]

SmallRoom Presents

On the FringeCuratorial Processes

On the Fringe is one of the many

successful exhibitions, which I helped

bring to the campus of Illinois Institute

of Technology, as Co-Founder and

Curator of SmallRoom gallery.

For this show, we found two artists

whose dramatic works, although

different, complemented one another.

We hung the works in a way to stimulatethought and enhance the space.

This show reflects the vision I hadwhen founding SmallRoom as a

student organization: bringing thought-provoking artwork to to our school

campus in order to stimulate our senses.

My hope remains that by being exposed

to work by Chicago-based artistsalong with work from fellow students,

SmallRoom can inspire and positively

influence the work of our peers.


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Color Project

Guided by the painting Boats on the

Beach, by Claude Monet, the project was

a study of the use of color and light.

One module was created in order to be

manipulated to study the transition of cool

and warm tones. The warm colors being

pulled forward and the cool ones goingback are emphasized in this composition.

Light is reflected off the white walls of the

module to create additional tones to draw

the viewers eye through the piece.


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Theater: Zacatecas, MexicoAmanda Wills, Karl Ochmanek

Our solution for the plaza began by carving out the ground

to provide more seating as well as a central forum, thereby

providing a large space for pla y as well as a space for concerts,

dancing, and political rallies. The church steps were altered butretained their capacity to be used as a small stage. The second

addition took place overhead. Influenced by the tarps used for

a temporary outdoor market, we brought in the colors of the city

and shade by using colored canvases. The canopy element

compressed our transit corridors to allow for a theatrical vaultwhen proceeding into the two stage areas.


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For the People: Mexico City, MexicoAmanda Wills, Sayda Ibarra

We noted that all the events of cultural exchange occur within

this federal building. Therefore, our solution is to create a space

that is for the people of the plaza. We cleared the plaza and

placed a large auditorium in the center, its footprint being an

abstraction of the tiles of the roof. We used the colored tilesto integrate the plaza with the building, as well as creating a

colorful space. We then included additive elements that host a

tiered garden, in order to create a dial ogue in transit. When the

auditorium is not in use, it is a fountain, meant to be a source

of play and interaction.


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Bronzeville Neighborhood, Chicago


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Proposed Plan for Three Vacant Lots


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Proposed Master Plan


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Approach

The chapel is sunken into theearth, so in the approach, one

cannot see what is ahead.

This encourages the ideology

of being in a place, rather than

looking forward.


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Procession

The elevated stones requirethe individual to be careful of

their step, making one more

aware of their place within

the space. The light source,

concealed by the protrudedwall, draws one forward.


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Reveal

When entering the exteriorspace, the next destination is

still concealed, only leaving

views of the sky and the way

one has already come.


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Making of PlaceFrom Place to Place:Stacking Shelves

This project was conducted

in Chicago, after a month of

traveling throughout Mexico,

in response to our time spentthere.

The piece was inspired by the

exposed rebar extending out

from the structures of theunfinished/future levels of

homes in Mexico. Stacking

shelves is an interpretation of

the idea of future growth that I

observed in many of the build-ings we were surrounded by.

The extending rebar holds a

hint of optimism, to me. It rep-

resents the hope for new de-velopment in the home as the

family grows larger or if new

funds are found. The shelves

I designed act as individual

pieces to be stacked in vari-ous ways when needed, the

structure lending itself to new

growth.


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