We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space: The Stoop

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A sculpture installation, The Stoop, from Sekou Cooke’s “We Outchea: Hip-Hop Fabrications and Public Space." The sculpture is comprised of two parts, a plywood and concrete stoop (a) and a five-sided, building-shaped concrete block (b). The stoop consists of a concrete stoop placed over a plywood base. The base is made of layered laminate plywood, with a narrow platform or landing at the top of a set of five stairs. The concrete portion fits over the steps, from the top landing step to the ground, and has a wall on the proper left side that rests on the ground . The concrete shows a worn and chipped surface, as a well-used stoop would. On top of the plywood landing are four model building structures, one taller structure made of plywood and translucent plastic and three smaller adjacent 3D resin orange structures.

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