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1998-ongoing (Plastic bags, polyethylene tubing, hooks, tape)

Different urban sites in New York City, Boston and Cambridge MA, and Baltimore MD
Exhibited at MoMA (2005), MassMOCA (2004), and elsewhere

Custom built inflatable shelters designed for homeless people that attach to the exterior outtake vents of a building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The warm air leaving the building simultaneously inflates and heats the double membrane structure. Built and distributed to over 30 homeless people in Boston and Cambridge, MA and New York City.