Holly Streekstra

Souvenir Horizon

Souvenir Horizon
25 in. x 8 in. x 6 in. (in construction)
Wood, foam, plaster, paint, modeling clay, LED lights, string, netting, potato flakes, souvenir buildings, paper

LOOK Gallery is a peephole-sized exhibition space embedded in the door of a fourth-floor apartment in Budapest, Hungary. On the interior side, a 1:24 scale model of the apartment is mounted, visible only through the peephole. Within this miniature tableau, shifting lights cast changing hues over a Budapest skyline, where tiny souvenir buildings line the apartment’s balcony. A hand-drawn string, threaded through another hole in the door, activates a mechanical snow/rain effect. The name "LOOK" (or "Luk" in Hungarian) playfully references the very hole through which the scene is viewed.