Tin y Parties is an interactive art installation: an eight-foot cube h ousing a self-contained dance party\, placed in center of the AMS Art Galle ry. The libidinal\, sexy\, sloppy\, auditory\, tactile transcendence of the dance party interrupts the cerebral\, clean\, cool\, minimal\, controlled\ , visual space of the art gallery.
The party cube is a study in the a rchitecture of small spaces—purpose-built to house a dance party for eight people\, a DJ and a bartender. The participants come and go between the ext erior gallery space and the interior party space. Their time within the cub e is dictated by their stamina. It will be hot\, loud and claustrophobic.
University students are constantly bounced between being expected to b e adults\, kids\, professionals\, party-animals\, experienced\, naive\, etc . Tiny Parties addresses this disjuncture by creating unexpected c onnections between participants through the blurring of boundaries.
T he disciplining force of architectural and social signs dictate the rules o f the spaces in which we operate. The passage of participants through the i nterior walls separating the party and the gallery deterritorialize and ret erritorialize these spaces\, drawing a critical eye towards the constructed nature of rules and systems of appropriate social conduct.
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