Just as Antoine Predock designs his exceptional architecture for exploration and revelation, CUP -- the collaborative name under which Terry Surjan and Helene Renard presently work -- has created Pocket House, an interactive installation constructed from five-foot wide panels of industrial felt within the south bridge of the museum's top gallery. Creating their own environment within the environment of the museum, CUP invites willing participants to interact with their own bodies, as well as the artifacts within Pocket House and the museum/house space itself. Viewers are invited to literally envelop themselves within the work and engage its soft, pliable architecture in ways they feel appropriate.

Terry Surjan received a BS in Architecture from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, and went on to receive a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, New York, NY. His work has been included in the exhibitions: New Studio Faculty, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA; City, Space and Globalization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Faculty of Architecture Group Show, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.

Contact artist Terry Surjan with questions about his work for
nooks and crannies by e-mail at terrysurjannooksandcrannies@hotmail.com

John D. Spiak
Curatorial Museum Specialist
Arizona State University Art Museum