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A Small Refuge


  • Sixth Street Park 647 Monroe Avenue Northwest Grand Rapids, MI, 49503 United States (map)

This mixed-media installation by artist Mandy Cano Villalobos consists of a house-like structure filled with thousands of hanging objects and papers. This ephemera – shoes, clothing, old photographs, trinkets, handwritten letters, etc. – reference ideas of home and personal memories.

By day, viewers will see the interior objects through the transparent walls, and recognize items that evoke a cultural familiarity and sense of belonging. By night, an opalescent spotlight in the center of the floor will cast light and shadow light over the immediate environment and passersby.

Earlier Event: January 14
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Later Event: February 1
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