The Famous Hardware Store

This Body Overwhelms

 
 

Large organic forms overwhelm the front windows of the Famous Hardware Store.  Some of these forms are inspired by processes inside the human body and others by organisms in our environment.  They are physical representations of microscopic or hidden physical entities that exist in our world.  Our bodies and environments are put under extreme stress by external forces, yet remain resilient and adaptable. 

 
 

Sometimes humans cannot comprehend the mysteries we encounter while interacting with our physical world. This sends us searching to strange places for answers.  As we peer into the depths of the abandoned Famous Hardware we enter a less physical and more mysterious realm.

 
 
 
 

The forms here are like strange deep sea creatures, bizarre aliens, or ghosts descending from above as if phantoms from within our own imaginations.  These ephemeral forms are created in our minds to address the unknowable in our physical realm.    

 
 
 
 

The Famous Hardware store installation was curated by CACHE with funding support from Tyson Family Foundation.

Photos by Meredith Mashburn.