QAI / RPGA studio
Queens Art Intervention 2017
Bed as home
Location: Hunter’s Point South Park, NY
This
project is a hands-on participatory piece that engage residents who
are interested in decorating a wedding curtain with patterns inspired
by the surrounding view, like the Manhattan skyline. Fotis Flevotomos
and Vicky Spachou, will
tell the story of the Sperveri and act as facilitators for turning this
curtain into a private and intimate space.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Privacy is a significant part of dwelling. We regard the bed as the smallest possible version of a house, a necessary requirement for a place that we call home. In this respect, home can be seen as an extension of one's body, a shelter for both physical and mental relaxation and pause. The Sperveri makes the bed look like an autonomous form of dwelling, it is the corporeal interpretation of the concept of "bed as home."
The Sperveri is an embroidered curtain used to separate the bridal bed from the rest of the one-roomed houses. It was woven by the bride on the loom and was a common form of bed furnishing in the Greek Dodecanese (an area of twelve large and many smaller islands) in the Aegean Sea.The Sperveri is a room within a room, a higher degree of privacy in an already private space. It is supposed to create a warm, comfortable and safe zone where love dominates.
