Chicken Shack Village inter-mingles art, design, architecture, and the social/political to create functional sculptures that serve the community. The project generates dialogue surrounding the introduction of chickens in a backyard environment. Our group’s comprehensive investigation into Boulder’s vernacular and regional aesthetic influences many of our design decisions. However, we remain aware of the urban chickens’ concept functioning outside Boulder, Colorado and in other communities.
Questions surrounding the taxonomy of the work need not be ignored. We position ourselves in the genre of sculpture; however we derive strength from other fields like service art (a medium that provides for the community), new genre, and public art. Our multifaceted approaches to the artistic process and our diverse backgrounds allow for a constructive conversation for the direction of Chicken Shack Village.
An ongoing awareness to pertinent sustainable solutions also influences the Villages design. In an environment full of Greenwashing and proposed alternatives, we find ourselves utilizing practical ideas that leave less impact, promote stronger local economies, and demote carbon-based fuel demands. Although we merely implement backyard egg production, the resounding affects are an amazing environmental improvement to both the backyard aesthetic and the Boulder identity.
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