Bound Home

An American Crow flies 2 miles West from the Star Spangled Banner in Washington DC & alights on a Home Bound by orbiting Augmented Reality (AR) Stars & Real Giant orange ratchet Straps (w/AR animation) that stretch over the home.

3 Families. 3 Generations. The children are joyous, looking up and under, running around. “We’re in Space!” “The Stars are moving,” they say. The smallest asks, “Why is it tied up in rainbows?” 

With a wink, Grandpa says, “Those two giant straps you see as rainbows remind us a Home is bound to its people and place & they are bound to it.” She considers this & asks, “What are the stars for?” He kneels. “While all Homes are under the same sky, the meaning of each one, like each star, depends on who & where you are.”

In 2010, we witnessed the meaning of Home changing fast around us. Not for the better. We wanted to say something, to do something. We started with these principles:

1. Celebrate Life! Complexity and Simplicity

2. Serve inhabitants, neighbors, community

3. Honor Nature

Bound Home asks everyone “What is the Future of Home We Want?”

What’s “Reality”:

• Contemporary 4 level, 35’Lx20’Wx35’H, blue w/ white trim

• 160’ concrete wall bounds 75’Lx35’W property, imprinted w/ geometric shapes, wood grain, LED lit ‘Windows’ scaled to specific stars

• Two 3’Wx150’L ratchet straps stretch over Home

• Furnishings made from original 1920’s home

• 30’H glass wall stairwell => people+place = identity

What’s “Augmented Reality”:

• Stars-celestial features inside and out

• Straps-Color, pattern, animation evolves w/ season, community, inhabitants

• Artifacts-NFTs of history, present, visions and memories of Home

Introducing Bound Home. How can all of this home ee ness fit under just one roof?