House Dreams 

Having grown up in a suburban landscape, this installation is inspired by the spoken and unspoken boundaries I encountered there and the quiet distance we came to expect from our neighbors. Property lines and street curbs determine the path home, as dim streetlights reveal fragments of each house in passing. Passersby are beckoned to gaze into lit windows, only for their views to be obscured by curtains and blinds.

In this work, I have reflected upon the material reality of typical suburban structures alongside the dreams we harbor for ourselves and the private lives we imagine for neighbors. It is this cultural dialogue and its conflicts, between our fantasies and realities, which House Dreams explores.    

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-Natalie Lowe