from daucle@Atelier ClaudeveretT:

“Discard Space” refers to the total space occupied in the twelve hour timespan from eight in the morning when I leave HomeShop until eight in the evening when I return. At the same time it refers to the two week period in which Elaine W. Ho leaves Beijing, whereby if I had not entered HomeShop, it could be deemed as such “discard space”. During this period of time, the effective capacity of this space is zero. But it is a temporary space. Just as my residency within the space creates a use value for it, as it resolves the possibility of my residency elsewhere, this space is full of possibilities.

If we take such possibilities (without a violation of basic rights) and divide them temporally, then there exists a segmented but equally non-violable use of space, and these are what we call temp_spaces. To face the use value of temp_space signifies allowing its users to make such use of space and access the latent potential for communication and exchange made possible by the null space of office hours.

As such, within this two-week period we make a discussion of the time_plot_ratio of residency time (temp_space). My residency fulfills one part of this, but during office hours from Monday to Friday, there remains a “discard space”. We would like for the time_plot_ratio of HomeShop’s temp_space to achieve its greatest possible potential.

HomeShop is divided into two primary spaces, one which is used as a bedroom, the other as a studio. Because the bedroom serves as a private space in which personal articles are stored and the routines of personal hygiene are not usually shared, the general public does not usually have the possibility to enter the space. But with the studio space as temp_space, therefore, its use can be made open and shared under agreement of deed. This space with its open front facing the hutong alleyway and moveable screen can be made multifunctional (commercial, display, etc.). Users have the possibility to open space or close it by the moveable screen. Given the size parameters of the space and that which opens it onto the public street, the screen serves as a crucial determinant of the space.

temp_space x time_plot_ratio will take place from 8-11 December and 14-15 December at HomeShop from 8:00 until 20:00
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In order to participate, please fill in the temp_space deed [download WORD doc or PDF] and send it by e-mail to claudeverett [at] gmail [dot] com or directly contact by phone at 13811418056.

There are no fees involved, the only requirement is that at the end of each day the space must be returned to the original condition when entered.

douban event page: http://www.douban.com/event/11328214/

In the end we may discover, resolving space is not necessarily a return to something natural, but in fact a manner by which the rich man resolves the seat in his car. Resolving space may mean the new architecture that suddenly springs from the earth, or that’s the architect’s scheme, anyway. Space is a rich man, time is a poor man.