Creature Comforts | Jay Gamble, Mary Rothlisberger & Angela Zammarelli
Building off their experiences as past residents, Jay Gamble, Mary Rothlisberger, and Angela Zammarelli transformed bleak residential rooms on Elsewhere’s second floor into comfortable, open platforms for creative living and collaborative art making. Using materials from the collection they conceptually explore the line between public and private working/living environments within the institution that accommodate both the needs of the residents while critically eulogizing the history of the organization and space. They designed sculptural foundations for each room that provide privacy, support customization and interact symbiotically with the rooms' material history. These rooms-within-rooms also hold a general studio system (desks, chairs, lamps, shelves, drawers, push boards, night lights) for private practice work. The elements in each space allow for a new and innovative traffic flow between rooms (referencing its early days as a boarding house) and the larger architectural schema of Elsewhere’s future. This process involved excavation, conversation (oral histories of spaces/places), consideration, restoration, preservation, and installation. For more information on this project visit Mary Rothlisberger’s website.
Elsewhere, while rustic, received renovations in 2016, inclusive of HVAC, safety egress and evacuation systems (fire monitoring, alarms, sprinklers, exits), as well as ADA accessibility on the 1st floor. All bathrooms are single stall and gender neutral. Families and caregivers are welcome when possible. Please email for in-depth accommodations.
