Social Distancing Aids

Social Distancing Aids

Social Distancing Aids

Social Distancing Aids

In light of the Coronavirus and the need for varying degrees of social isolation, I have created this series of fantasy photos that suggest how we may be living in the near future, in an attempt to distance ourselves safely from one another. Although somewhat tongue in cheek, some version of my proposal may in fact have a certain degree of inherent practicality. These little structures I call Social Distancing Aids, would be made of lightweight plastic. They would be designed in the form of four large connected collapsible rings, placed over the wearers head and held in place with two vertical supports that rest on the users shoulders. A fifth smaller ring is connected at the center to the perimeter of the lower large ring. This ring helps to hold the entire assemblage in place side to side around the wearer’s legs.
This fantasy photo series presents a number of different people of various ages, wearing the Social Distancing Aids in different environments. Some of these people are featured alone, and some are featured with others who are also wearing the aids. In most cases, the people wearing the aids are shown in contrast with other people who are not wearing the Social Distancing Aids.

Social Distancing Aids

In light of the Coronavirus and the need for varying degrees of social isolation, I have created this series of fantasy photos that suggest how we may be living in the near future, in an attempt to distance ourselves safely from one another. Although somewhat tongue in cheek, some version of my proposal may in fact have a certain degree of inherent practicality. These little structures I call Social Distancing Aids, would be made of lightweight plastic. They would be designed in the form of four large connected collapsible rings, placed over the wearers head and held in place with two vertical supports that rest on the users shoulders. A fifth smaller ring is connected at the center to the perimeter of the lower large ring. This ring helps to hold the entire assemblage in place side to side around the wearer’s legs.
This fantasy photo series presents a number of different people of various ages, wearing the Social Distancing Aids in different environments. Some of these people are featured alone, and some are featured with others who are also wearing the aids. In most cases, the people wearing the aids are shown in contrast with other people who are not wearing the Social Distancing Aids.

Made of plastic pipe 6 feet in diameter the length is variable.

Made of plastic pipe 6 feet in diameter the length is variable.

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Michael Jantzen has been working as an experimental artist/designer for over 50 years. He is recognized as a visionary who throughout his career has celebrated sustainability in most of his work. He received a BS degree from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and a MFA degree from Washington University in St. Louis Missouri. His work is very well known around the world. It has been featured in thousands of articles in books like Architecture in the 20th Century, Architecture Now, Architecture Art, and Architecture in the United States. His work has been featured in magazines like Newsweek, US News and World Report, Art Forum, and Wired. His work has also been presented in newspapers like the LA Times, the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the St. Louis Post Dispatch. He has been featured on most of the art and architecture web sites on the Internet. Michael’s work has been shown in many galleries, and on various TV documentaries. It has also been exhibited at the National Building Museum, the Canadian Center for Architecture, the Harvard School of Design and Architecture, Southern Illinois University, Washington University in St. Louis, the St. Louis Art Museum, the Santa Fe Institute, and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Michael is not an architect but rather an artist/designer whom often uses architecture and design as an art form. Most of his work merges art, architecture, technology, and sustainable design into one unique experience. Extreme innovation has always been his goal in everything he creates. Most of this innovation has been focused on the re-invention of the built environment, sculpture, sustainable design, and photo based art.

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