STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN, 2002
Public space for individual use. Castelo Branco, Portugal.
Rough reinforced concrete, galvanized steel structure and lattice
2.6 x 11 x 15.6 m
25 m²
Stairway to Heaven gives the opportunity for an individual to stage himself. While playing alone in the elevated platform, he dominates a territory as well as he puts himself under others' sight. Stairway to Heaven plays on the ambiguity of public and private: it offers a public space for an individual use, and uses the figure of the collective housing stairway which is a public space within a private property.