These Steel Chairs Are Too Big to Sit In: Walk Through Them Instead - Yanko Design

"Most public art earns its place on a pedestal and stays there. It asks you to look, maybe photograph it, and walk away. The relationship between viewer and work rarely extends beyond that brief transaction."

"Monumental Moving Furniture takes that same concept into architectural territory. Built from painted steel, the series consists of abstracted chair and table forms, each generated by moving the original object through space and time and locking its path into a chain of connected segments."

"Despite being too large to sit in, these sculptures aren't purely decorative. Each is large enough to walk under and through, giving it a practical function as a pavilion and shelter."

Public art traditionally invites brief interactions, but new installations aim for deeper engagement. Michael Jantzen's Moving Furniture series captures ordinary chairs and tables in motion, creating pieces that blend furniture, sculpture, and architecture. His Monumental Moving Furniture transforms these concepts into large-scale structures made of painted steel, allowing people to walk under and through them. These sculptures serve practical functions as pavilions and shelters, encouraging active participation rather than mere observation.

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