Word: spartan
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...exhibit isn't much to look at - tents, food-distribution stalls and wooden latrines. But that's the point.[an error occurred while processing this directive] Designed to expose the public to the spartan life of those made homeless by war, disaster or famine, the Refugee Camp in the City exhibit, organized by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is a touring camp replica that has already appeared in the U.S., Italy, Germany and Hong Kong, where it recently drew more than 8,000 people. Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines...
...exhibit isn't much to look at?tents, food-distribution stalls and wooden latrines. But that's the point. Designed to expose the public to the spartan life of those made homeless by war, disaster or famine, the Refugee Camp in the City exhibit, organized by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is a touring camp replica that has already appeared in the U.S., Italy, Germany and Hong Kong, where it recently drew more than 8,000 people...
...Having sent an Arkley kitchen canvas to Korea in a 1998 show and worked with him on an installation shortly before his death, Smith knows him inside out. Hanging the exhibition in loose chronological order, he places the 1992 painted interior, Spartan Space, inspired by Modernist De Stijl furniture design, amidst early white abstract works, making plain Arkley's influences. In the following room, he artfully arranges a 1983 suite of street-culture canvases, Tattooed: Head, Hands, Penis, Feet, in the form of a Surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse, making the connection to Arkley's student days at Prahran College...
...spartan cells are designed to keep inmates from hurting themselves--and their guards. Each 7- or 8-ft. by 12-ft. space contains a molded concrete bunk, stool and desk; a steel shower, sink and toilet, and a small black-and-white TV encased in Plexiglas to prevent tampering. At one end of the cell is a solid steel door, and a small vestibule--for the use of guards when they enter--separated from the living quarters by steel bars. There is one 4-in. by 4-ft. window. Rudolph's is over his bed, looking out on the prison...
...start at around $22 a night - were refurbished by local and foreign artists. Bars on the windows and doors have been retained, as have the barbed wire and period graffiti on the property's perimeter walls. Given the modern penchant for minimalism, the revamped cells might seem almost as spartan as the oubliettes they once were, so if you would prefer something less ascetic you can opt for an apartment (sleeping seven), normal shared rooms or a dormitory bed. A requirement that guests strip their own beds upon departure smacks of a prison regime rather more than is necessary...