Arakawa and Madeline Gins are a couple whose architectural work, based loosely on transhumanism, one Guggenheim curator called a “milestone in the history of conceptual art”. The couple’s practice and future though is in jeopardy as they invested their entire life savings into Bernie Madoff’s infamous ponzi scheme. But what is so interesting about their work? To be brief: achieving everlasting life through an uncomfortable or challenging living space. The couple’s practice and future though is in jeopardy as they invested their entire life savings into Bernie Madoff’s infamous ponzi scheme. Says The Wall Street Journal:
They build buildings with no doors inside. They place rooms far apart. They put windows near the ceiling or near the floor. Between rooms are sloping, bumpy moonscape-like floors designed to throw occupants off balance. These features, they argue, stimulate the body and mind, thus prolonging life.