STASH
October 12th - November 2nd 2006

stash v. To hide or store away in a secret place. n. 1. A secret place where something is hidden or stored. 2. Something, such as money or an illegal drug, that had been hidden or stored.

Marc Fischer & Nance Klehm

Stash consists of ten hand-made objects whose forms mimic or draw influence from common outdoor urban elements observed in the Chicago landscape. These forms include: metal and concrete poles and other protectors that prevent cars from hitting the corners of buildings, sand bags, tree trunks, electrical and telephone utility boxes, flower planters, wooden boxes that cover unfinished electrical ground fixtures, large rocks that are placed in traffic islands and driveways as barriers or decorations, and mysterious remnants of once functional fixtures that remain in situ.