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Eden Ünlüata
Interdisciplinary Artist, Educator, and Designer
Affinity Train is an interactive installation made in response to Home exhibition. The work uses West Chicago’s history as a major intersection for train lines and as a place that welcomed many immigrant families as a jumping off point. I wanted to define ‘home’ as a place where your journey takes you and every encounter, every experience on the way acts as a building block. Many of its residents have travelled long distances to make West Chicago home, and trains continue to have a presence in everyday life.
This work uses a pre-made wood toy base, covered in cardboard, papier mache, and fabric. It is painted with chalkboard paint which affords writing/drawing on it. Each of the train cars are in the shape of a house, and contain little bells in them. The train cars are connected to each other and can be pulled around using the hook.
Affinity Train is an interactive piece where audiences will drag the work around with them in the gallery space as they view other works, and will be able to write/draw on it using chalk.