Installation Idea

I am writing this to show it is my idea. So there.

Imagine a very small, ordinary living room - little table and chairs against one wall, old plastic type sofa with legs and maybe an armchair with a coffee table in front against the next, facing a rather dreary fireplace with electric fire and fake coals in front. There may be papers or coffee cups/glasses on the coffee table.

To one side of the fire there is a bookcase full of books - paperbacks and hardbacks with a couple of little ornaments and framed photographs on top, all beneath a mirror.

To the other side there's a stand with an old TV, and underneath, video or dvd player. Above there's a picture, and paintings too above the fireplace and the sofa.

The floor is vinyl or wood-effect, and there's a thin semicircular rug in front of the fire. There's an old standard lamp with an old-fashioned shade in one corner, and a lamp on the dining table. There's also a small chandelier in the middle of the room.

The room is a bit over-furnished, because under the window (which is otherwise the only unfurnished space apart from curtains or a blind,) there's an open cabinet filled with glasses and knicknacks.

Now paint the whole room a stark white, covering absolutely everything, including the floor, ceiling, every object in the room including the windows. Think about how amazing this would look: the books would be covered, and all the objects would be eventually recognisable, but all completely transformed.

If I had the energy/money/space I would make the above as an installation and I think it would look fabulous, transforming all the very ordinary, possibly quite tawdry things into a wonderful white space. Some things would be immediately recognisable, some not.

Anyway, if some sod does this in future - remember, I thought of it first. And no, it's not the same as Rachel Whiteread, this room would be very much inhabited. By lots of white stuff.