Defenestration : House of Falling Furniture

Share |

Called “DEFENESTRATION” the abandoned four-story tenement building sitting at the corner of 6th st. and howard st. in San Fransiscio, California has been a sculptural mural since 1997. This multi-disciplinary sculptural mural involves seemingly animated furniture : tables, chairs, lamps, grandfather clocks, a refrigerator, and couches, their bodies bent like centipedes, fastened to the walls and window-sills, their insect-like legs seeming to grasp the surfaces.

san francisco defenestration

furniture san francisco

house falling furniture

Against society’s expectations, these everyday objects flood out of windows like escapees, out onto available ledges, up and down the walls, onto the fire escapes and off the roof.”DEFENESTRATION” was created with the help of over 100 volunteers. The concept of “DEFENESTRATION”, a word literally meaning “to throw out of a window,” is embodied by the both the site and staging of this installation. Finally I can say that if you have some time and you don’t know what to do and a few pieces of old furniture you can also create a project similar with this, and get some attention. :)  Defenestration : House of Falling Furniture

fall furniture

furniture house

furniture home

furniture falling

house furniture

Subscribe for FREE to our Interior Design & Architecture Newsletter by clicking on RSS or E-mail

Share this post with one simple click on:

15 Responses to “Defenestration : House of Falling Furniture”

  1. 1
    Laura S. Taylor Says:

    this is great! hopefully someone will rennovate the place and use
    use it’s sculptural charm to attract new tenants. i hate to see
    these things go to waste

  2. 2
    JUST COOL Design Blog Says:

    what a riot! now i have a name for what i can do with the old furniture on my back porch although i dont think my neighbors will be too happy with it. great post and what a cool cool building!

  3. 3
    CrazyLady Says:

    The chairs hanging from the walls and windows are just crazy cool!

  4. 4
    Papilouve Says:

    Hello,
    I discovered your site and I find it really nice. I have submitted your article in a french very popular digg like (scoopeo.fr), hoping it brings you lots of visits, because you deserve it!

    + +
    Audrey

  5. 5
    Down Pillow Says:

    That is so cool – I just can’t believe there is a property not rented out in san fran :-)

    I’d be so nervous if I walked near that property thinking something will clunk me on the head.

  6. 6
    Sue Says:

    The concept is indeed a cool one, but somehow that is not enough
    to make the piece work for me…
    I do love the individual pieces of furniture and how they are
    animated … its the whole thats leaving me cold.

  7. 7
    Lumina Live! » Defenestration: the House of Falling Furniture Says:

    [...] Check out more pictures of this art work here: http://freshome.com/2008/07/08/defenestration-house-of-falling-furniture/ [...]

  8. 8
    Brian Says:

    The building had a “for sale” sign on it a while ago. When I saw that, I commented that it’s already furnished!

  9. 9
    artnetworker » Defenestration • House of Falling Furniture Says:

    [...] [via]www.freshome.com You can leave a comment, or trackback from your own site. RSS 2.0 [...]

  10. 10
    House Of Falling Furniture « Scissorhands Says:

    [...] fonte: Freshome [...]

  11. 11
    So Sappy - Polguère Gil » Blog Archive » [Day 21] Oh Cable Car Says:

    [...] Sinon, juste une petite dernière chose, un site, sur lequel Gil est tombé (au boulot.. Umm). On a trouvé ça marrant. Je ne sais pas si vous vous rappelez sur un de nos post on parlait d’un bâtiment assez étrange. Hé bien voilou si vous vous voulez en savoir un peu plus. [...]

  12. 12
    luterceiro » arte bem-humorada Says:

    [...] Defenestration (mais) [...]

  13. 13
    MEEP Says:

    WTF AMAAAZING

  14. 14
    Indie-guest » Blog Archive » dove finiscono i mobili da buttare...a volte Says:

    [...] volontari hanno contribuito alla creazione di questa scultura muraria a san francisco. se hai dei mobili vecchi e non sai che fartene (e magari vorresti anche buttarli [...]

  15. 15
    Rick @ Antique Clocks Says:

    I really enjoy reading your blog! I always learn something new.

Leave a Reply