'kolonihavehus' by tom fruin
photographer: nuno neto


'kolonihavehus' by new york-based artist tom fruin in collaboration with coreact is an outdoor
sculpture consisting of a thousand pieces of found plexiglass. located in the open riverfront plaza
of the royal danish library in copenhagen, denmark, the installation largely resembles the form
of a simple house clad in a vibrant and complex skin of plexiglass squares and steel framing,
offering a visual and lighting effect close to a stained glass window.

the house is fully constructed from hand-cut and hand-welded steel picture frames which have
been arranged to hold a single piece of found plexiglass ranging in size from 2x2 inches to
24x363 inches. the frames are welded into 35 individual panels which can be bolted together
to wrap around the metal structure. a pivot mounted door and several operable windows complete
the 14th feet house.

featuring lighting design by nuno neto and sound installation by astrid lomholt, 'kolonihavehus'
will be activated by a dance and theatre group whose performance is based on the concrete poetry
of danish poet vagn steen.



light and shadow play
photographer: nuno neto



designing he house in the sculptre yard of the danish art workshops



tom fruin welding panels of the house at the danish art workshop