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The Un-Private House, 2001

The un-private house

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Curated by Terence Riley and Xavier Costa, The Un-Private House explored the evolution of the concept of privacy in the contemporary home from the architectural-formal and ethical-social perspectives. The MACBA exhibition was an expanded version of the show that had originally been conceived by the architecture department at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. As such, it added Spanish and French projects and also adopted a critical approach that was not as evident in its first showing in the United States.

More than thirty architectural projects interpreted new modes of dwelling, the changing concepts of leisure and work, and the renewed status of the media and technology. Amplifying and contrasing witht these spaces, other projects offered a more radical reflection on situations of emergency and the lack of housing that affects many of the more underprivileged inhabitants of major cities and their outlying districts, and most developing countries.

This exhibition, within the context of Barcelona Art Report, 2001. Experiències, brings over 30 recent architectural projects for spaces and proposes different reflections on the theme of the house and privacy in today's culture. The projects embody interpretations of new ways of living, changing ideas about work and leisure and the rapid growth of the media and technology. Amplifying and contrasting with these spaces, other projects by artists and architects are also shown, built in situ in the Museum exterior. Aimed at offering a new perspective to home designs, these constructions include emergency shelters, vehicles for the homeless and marginal spaces within cities.