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October 7, 2009
Shipping Pallet Exhibition Space
Top photo by Mike Shane; second row: drawings by Archicorp; third row: photo by Debby Davis; bottom: photo of The Great Unwashed performing among the pallets by Mike Shane
Shipping pallets, formerly a
behind-the-scenes, invisible part of packaging are now enjoying a new
limelight. (Perhaps because of their current prominence in warehouse stores? Or a general ecological desire to recycle used lumber?)
Archicorp and COAHSI used the idea of “pallet forts” as the guiding
principle for creating smaller exhibition areas within the vast container terminal…
The Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island (COAHSI) turned Staten Island’s massive New York Container Terminal into a contemporary museum for a special arts weekend highlighting the work of ten borough artists. The exhibit, entitled “Mapping Staten Island,” explores these artists’ perceptions of their resident borough, through physical installations, video, light, and musical recordings. The exhibit space—created by the newly established firm Archicorp—will be a work of art in itself, as actual shipping pallets will be used to build walls, tables and other structures to display the artwork. After the exhibit, the pallets will be recycled and used for their original purpose of transporting consumer goods…
The selection of the New York Container Terminal as the venue for the exhibit also builds on Staten Island’s specific geography and history. Each exhibition room was constructed from shipping pallets and designed like a fort, 20 x 10 feet long. The pallets were literally “branded” by hot iron brands, bearing the logo or tag line of each sponsor. Deconstructed after the gala, these branded pallets will now rejoin the flow of global trade, sharing with the world a small part of Staten Island.
adapted from COAHSI’s Press Release (I changed from future tense to past tense since the event took place last week.)
(More shipping pallet projects and products after the fold…)
Top photos: from Tiny Free House; bottom photos from Tiny House Blog
An Australian blog about shipping pallets: The Pallet Project
A photo entitled, “Pallet palette.”
Another pallet house.
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