The purpose of this piece was twofold: first to document an exhibition of fine art installations all related by the theme of “house”; and second, to publish a mini-retrospective of the work of the contributing artists. The creative strategy emerged from the exhibition curator’s original sketch for the floor plan of the show. The catalogue designer used this as a structural component throughout the book. Taken together, the rooms in the Open House exhibition reflect the collective memory of the contributing artists. The structure of the book reveals each room, and the imagery of each room reveals something of the artist’s past. The catalogue’s gatefold suggests the architectural gesture of a door opening, even though, ironically, there was not a single door in the Open House exhibition.

Parameters: a very tight schedule due to the fact that the photographs could not be made until the artists completed their installations. Budgetary constraints limited the book to two colors.