LOT-EK
F.I.T. video theater

a video theater for an early RECYCLE exhibition curated by artist Bobby Hansson

installed

1996

location

FIT, Fashion Institute of Technology, Chelsea, New York

client

FIT - Fashion Institute of Technology, New York

curated by

Suzy Slesin, Zette Emmons and Bobby Hansson

awards

concept & vision

a fully upcycled structure acts as the core of this very early concern with recycling, as a central video theatre to learn about the environment and creative responses by artists

design & architecture

8 refrigerators are lifted by a steel scaffolding and wood-stud structure. Naked TV sets are inserted in their open doors, screens toward the inside, to create a circle of video images as watched from the center of the structure

program & use

visitors enter this theater and sit on horizontal pipes wrapped with convoluted foam to watch the video feed, in a shared and slightly uncomfortable viewing experience

impact & significance

8 truly messed-up refrigerators and 8 truly old TV-sets reset our posture toward things dismissed, very early on, when the world UPCYCLE was not around

Dec 1, 2026

LOT-EK lectures at RIT Vignelli Center, Rochester

LOT-EK lectures at RIT Vignelli Center, Rochester

Nov 16, 2026

LOT-EK lectures at Jefferson University CADE, Philadelphia

LOT-EK lectures at Jefferson University CADE, Philadelphia

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The Black SchoolHouse opens!

The Black SchoolHouse opens!

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LOT-EK on Wallpaper* US400 list

LOT-EK on Wallpaper* US400 list

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LOT-EK and Carroll House on PIN-UP 40

LOT-EK and Carroll House on PIN-UP 40