Keret House

SeenOct 2012

Jakub Szczęsny · Warsaw · Poland · 2012

Photo: Panek / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0), 2012-10-24. Full photograph shown.

Keret House is Jakub Szczęsny’s 2012 art installation inserted into a gap between two Warsaw buildings. Created for writer Etgar Keret and visiting artists, it has a reported floor area of 14 square metres. nck.pl · culture.pl · szcz.com.pl Reported

💡 4 things to know

A house-sized installationThe architect’s own project page calls Keret House an art installation. szcz.com.pl Reported
Seventy-two centimetresCulture.pl reports a width of 72–122 centimetres. The studio’s earlier project text gives a planned maximum of 133 centimetres. culture.pl szcz.com.pl Conflicting
Fourteen square metresThe usable floor area is 14 m² across two levels. culture.pl Reported
Writer residencyThe project became a small creative residency and event venue for artists and writers. culture.pl Reported

📍 Where it is

Between 22 Chłodna Street and 74 Żelazna Street, Warsaw, Poland nck.pl Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

2009
Project first presented at Wola Art Festival
201220 Oct
Keret House opened in Warsaw
201224 Oct
Exterior photographed

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✅ The facts

Artist: Jakub Szczęsny nck.pl Checked
Opened: 20 October 2012 nck.pl Checked
Floor area: 14 m² culture.pl Checked
Width in published records: 72–122 cm in Culture.pl; planned maximum 133 cm in the studio’s earlier text szcz.com.pl culture.pl Conflicting
Location: Between 22 Chłodna and 74 Żelazna streets szcz.com.pl Checked
Dated sighting: Seen Oct 2012 commons.wikimedia.org Checked

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