Remembering “Fantasy of an East Williamsburg Loft as an Affordable Housing Unit…What is Affordability?” (2007)

See the complete installation here.

I remember how sparse and ridiculous it appeared at first yet it felt authentic. It was as if the artists had sketched their idea in strips of canvas, piping, wiring and a ladder. When I walking through the installation I remember being able to "feel" it–the alienation and poverty–more than see it.

It felt as ephemeral as a north Brooklyn loft in disrepair.