shawn van sluys negotiating | homelessness
The story of Ana Rewakowicz and her inflatable room in downtown Lethbridge’s Galt Gardens offers an alternative, conceptual approach to housing while addressing social issues. Ana Rewakowicz addresses homelessness not only by bringing a nomadic or alternative form of housing into spaces associated with homelessness, but by opening a dialogue around architectural im- prints, pliable skins, and enigmatic structures as they occupy a negoti- ated space.
All images: Ana Rewa- kowicz, Travelling with my inflatable room, 2001, Performance at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Galt Gar- dens; October 5, 2004. Digital stills from a video-recording by Ana Rewakowicz and Vivian Hodgson.
Shawn Van Sluys studied art history and museum studies at The University of Lethbridge, and is currently the Public Relations Manager at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery. In 2002 he was the researcher for the exhibition and publication, Lethbridge Modern: Aspects of Architectural Modern- ism in Lethbridge from 1945-1970 .
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