RECALL, 2012
Jean Shin: Recall
Painted metal file cabinets, plexi, MDF, magnets, artifacts, and note cards from alumni and students
109 in h x 78 in w x 56 in d
Installation at Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
Commissioned by Pratt Institute as part of the school's 125th anniversary celebration
As a community deeply invested in the production of ideas, objects, and places alike, Pratt Institute is a compelling site for exploring how memory transforms and alters reality. Recall is a participatory public art project that archives the personal objects contributed by the Pratt Alumni and transforms them into a means of mapping the physical and intangible memories that make this place unique. The monumental sculpture adopts the Institution's file cabinets to house a collection of alumni artifacts while simultaneously acting as a magnetic posting board for current students on the back side.