2024-12-11T16:19:11-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/129881898/photos-from-the-bigger-than-a-breadbox-opening-reception Julia Ingalls 2015-06-18T18:36:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/43/43bk87g6fs8n69qd.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>What is the role of installation in architecture? More importantly, how does a curator arrange an installation that is primarily concerned with the effects of installation? &ldquo;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/540833/bigger-than-a-breadbox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bigger Than a Breadbox</a>," which held its public opening reception on June 17th, is partly the brainchild of BSA space,&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/jobs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect</a>, and&nbsp;curators&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/aaron-willette" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aaron Willette</a>&nbsp;and Rob Trumbour of&nbsp;Kh&ocirc;ra LLC, who considered precisely how to arrange the space to best explore this concept. We asked curator Aaron Willette about his process and the inherent challenges in creating an installation about installation.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/on/on61s8rkzraekzs4.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/lp/lpzgvcvqrilwfjrm.jpg"></p><p>&ldquo;Working with architects is like herding cats,&rdquo; Willette joked, before describing the fundamental aim of the installation, which was to incorporate the general public, not only physically, but intellectually. Instead of creating a highly abstracted terrain, first-time curator Willette strove to make the exhibit as accessible to passerby as it would be to gallery veterans.&nbsp;</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/kq/kqioy68zfvugi350.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/os/osm0sv6zvyrfqzwg.jpg"></p><p>Willette worked on precisely how to mount the exhibitio...</p>