AStA Vips (2001) by Haegue Yang
An installation of borrowed tables and chairs.
Pieces of furniture represent and aesthetically express social conditions; they reveal
different aspects of how one lives and what possibilities one has. Furnishing the VIP lounge with borrowed tables and chairs is not only meant to mirror in a documentary fashion different tastes and habits, but also to create an autonomous space following the example of the so-called AStA room.
The room design is supplemented by a strict geometrical form on the walls creating a sort of belt. The belt, running slightly diagonally from one wall to the next, mirrors an abstraction of what appears to be a matter of course. This painting initiates a new spatial situation and thus a schematisation of the living conditions embodied by the pieces of furniture.
