Speaking of tarps…
I met Nurri Kim last fall at Design Engaged 2005 in Berlin. Her presentatation was breathtaking. I was feeling ill and missed the original viewing, and I was told by many, many people to take her aside later and ask her to review it with me. They were right.
Nurri’s photos of blue tarps being used in unintended (and artistic) ways all over Tokyo are stunning.

From Nurri’s site:

“I’m interested in the everyday – in the things that we see too often, and then forget to see. I try to pay attention to this sort of detail wherever I go, in both public and private space. My work is an attempt to make these things visible.”

I couldn’t help but think about how the tarp covering our house will be there for only a few days, less than a blip on the radar of time. One day, the kids may not even remember the house before it was remodeled. They may have an emotional memory. Ellie won’t have any memory of it at all. Chances are good that it will be complete before she is born (fingers-crossed).
* Nurri’s photo reprinted without permission. I think she’s in town for SXSW. Maybe I can ask her if I run into her before she skips town