when laughter trips at the threshold of the divine

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Kim Beck
2008
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Just awarded the 2009 Prix Award of Distinction at Ars Electronica, this pair of everyday automatic sliding doors is a collaboration between Kim Beck and Osman Khan. With allusions to minimalist sculpture (Dan Graham), consumerism (strip mall and super markets) and with a nod to the dichotomy of desire and difficulty that the erection of barriers and fences create, the project suggests a barrier made of typical storefront glass walls. In this case, it is a useless barrier as the doors open automatically when someone walks up or even just around them. It provides instead a moment of pause as one passes over the threshold to view the city skyline across the East River. It was decorated with flags for its Grand Opening.

Kim Beck
31 May 2009
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2008
Kim Beck