Thirty-eight radiators (and the art of stripping down)

38 radiators

You and I in a big construction site

Got a bunch of radiators all over the place

Set them free at the break of dawn

'Til one by one, they will be gone

Back at base, bugs in the software

Flash the message, "Something's out there"

Stacked in the dusty stairs

Thirty-eight iron radiators go by

Thirty-eight dreams I have had

In every one, a radiator

It's all over and I'm standin' pretty

In this dust and rubbles

If I could find a souvenir

Just to prove the world was here

And here is a radiator

I think of yesterday, and let it go

Creation and curation do not begin when the first frame is hung. For us, all begin with demolition.

That meant unmounting thirty-eight massive, ornate cast-iron radiators. Several tons of industrial heritage that once dictated how each room was lived in.

This is subtraction as an aesthetic decision (as well as comfort and energy efficiency). Every radiator removed frees a historic stone wall to clear a sightline.

The walls are finally bare and ready to welcome image and light.

Note: none of those thirty-eight pieces were harmed in the process. They won't end up in a landfill either. They are heading to new homes to warm other heritage restoration projects.