This knowledge has led this author to ponder the nature of the design trend and the social aspects of architecture, design, and interior decoration.
Terris also used art to comment on social elements with his sculpture, Bridge. He built a 40-foot bridge that spanned his backyard and connected his house to his neighbor's house. A bridge is by its very nature a social structure. It joins two separate entities, it brings two opposing sides together, it "eases communication and encourages co-operation...it allows movement in either direction." (the Social Bridge, 2006) in building this personal bridge, Terris made a statement that we all need ties to each other to survive.
Terris made yet another social statement in his urinal sculpture, American Standard. He displayed a stack of urinals that overflowed into one another, reminiscent of a tower of champagne glasses at a society wedding. (Webb, 2007) the title American Standard is meant to give the viewer pause to consider what ceremony and tradition really mean.
All in all, Terris' work Ought Apartment is highly effective in its commentary on consumerism, materialism and greed, overconsumption and wastefulness, interior design and home renovation over the past six decades, and the progress of social values throughout the years. His main goal was to "draw attention to the economy of obsolescence...environmental negligence and wastefulness involved in the never-ending home renovation process." (Terris, 2009) This author would make the claim that Terris succeeded with a vengeance.
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