Fallen Star

Fallen Star
Artist Do Ho Suh
Year 2012
Type sculpture
Location Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla

Fallen Star is an art installation by Korean artist Do Ho Suh on the grounds of the University of California, San Diego. It is a house perched at an angle off the edge of the main Jacobs School of Engineering building.

The house was installed at UC San Diego in July 2012 and has become one of the icons of the campus's Stuart Collection of public art. It is visible from Geisel Library and Warren Mall. The life-size installation weighs nearly 70,000 pounds[1] and provides views of Geisel Library, Bruce Nauman's Vices and Virtues, the surrounding region and the campus's eucalyptus groves.[2] The house can be accessed on Tuesdays and Thursdays by visiting the seventh floor of Jacobs Hall (EBU-I). A small landscaped garden with East Coast plants surrounds a brick path leading to the front door. Inside, the 15 ft × 18 ft house slopes at a 5° angle and is fully furnished.[3] It has been given the fake address 72 Blue Heron Way.[1]

Fallen Star forces visitors to juxtapose the comforts of home with the unsettling impersonality of a large institution. In 2016, it was the subject of a 50-minute documentary by the artist titled "Fallen Star: Finding Home."[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Fitzpatrick, Erin (20 July 2012). "Unusual San Diego Home Location". San Diego Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Knight, Christopher (10 October 2012). "Art review: 'Fallen Star' knocks notions of home off-kilter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Ollman, Leah (16 June 2012). "Do Ho Suh's 'Fallen Star' makes home not so comfortable". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "'Fallen Star: Finding Home' doc to premiere at UCSD Read more: San Diego Community News Group - Fallen Star Finding Home doc to premiere at UCSD". SD News (San Diego Community Newspaper Group). 28 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2016.

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Coordinates: 32°52′42.76″N 117°14′23.08″W / 32.8785444°N 117.2397444°W / 32.8785444; -117.2397444

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