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Where does a Curtain become a Structure?

To hide the small pile of things that accumulate in our upstairs work room, I fashioned a small curtain against a divot in the wall, that could become a storage place for these objects. Behind the curtain now lives an ironing board, the scanner, and a box of cords. While sewing the curtain I began to think about how the curtain would change the space, and if it would, in turn, create its own ‘structure’ of sorts. 

I am interested in where a curtain stops and where a structure or shelter emerges. A curtain could be a piece of material, suspended from a singular or series of points. A curtain could be found in front of the window, or next to the shower. A curtain typically moves sideways, but could also move up and down, or be fixed in place. The intention of a curtain is to screen, cover or conceal against light, or in the case of a shower, water. The question of a curtain and its potential to create a shelter or a structure, lies in its ability to act as a wall of sorts, or be placed next to say, three walls, where the curtain becomes the fourth. If a curtain is permeable or moveable, is it still considered a wall?

Below are a series of curtains that blur the distinction between a curtain and a wall. In some cases, the curtain creates a structure, in others the curtain demarcates space into sections which then become seperate or different areas.