Rachel Higgins

Wish You Were Here

2010

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Mixed-media installation, Hunter College MFA Thesis Show.

Fake skylight leaks water in slow drips into fountain.
Trash and coins contributed by viewers.

Painted floor pattern: latex on concrete. Fountain: salvaged plywood and 2x4s, plastic molded fake-stone siding, paint, stucco, baby pool, acrylic sheeting, carpet, poly sheeting, water. Skylight: steel, aluminum, woods, plexi-glass, fluorescent lights, water. Trashcans and fake columns: construction barrels, aluminum trim, cardboard, sonotubes, laminate, stone wallpaper, casters, trash bags. Dimensions variable.