1. Havel Ruck Projects Nezla Jans Installation Spring 2013

2. Havel Ruck Projects

3. Dan Havel – Born in Minnesota – Lives and work in Houston – Creates site-specific installations that explore the visual and conceptual aspects of transformation.

4. Havel Ruck Projects Dean Ruck – Born in Connecticut – Has lived and work in Houston since 1987 – Represented by Devin Borden Hiram Bulter Gallery in Houston, TX – Creates large and small sculptures, ambitious installations, and unconventional two- dimensional “drawings”

5. History of Collaboration Began informally in 1994 – Project O House Came together again in 2004 – Inversion and Apt Suite Through 2008 – Scatter Boats and a series of “trespass” works From 2009 to now – Formalized their collaborative as Havel Ruck Projects – Give and Take (2009) – Fifth Ward Jam (2010)

6. O House (1995)

9. Inversion (2005)

15. Critique of Inversion This is another very impressive and visually stunning piece for me Metaphor for the disappearing of old homes I don’t see it going much further past that single metaphor big spectacle became entertaining instead of critical

16. Influences Gordon Matta Clark – Building cuts – Anarchitecture Assemblage

17. Similar Works

18. Sources http://deanruck.com/bibliography http://glasstire.com/2009/09/01/interview-with- dan-havel-and-dean-ruck/ http://glasstire.com/2009/09/01/interview-with- dan-havel-and-dean-ruck/ http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1256&issue=4 7&s=0 http://www.artlies.org/article.php?id=1256&issue=4 7&s=0 http://www.chron.com/life/gray/article/Gray-Artists- turn-bungalow-into-Fifth-Ward-Jam-2195635.php http://www.chron.com/life/gray/article/Gray-Artists- turn-bungalow-into-Fifth-Ward-Jam-2195635.php http://www.davidairey.com/focus-on-art-dan-havel- dean-ruck/

19. Sources http://www.29-95.com/art/story/dan-havel-and- dean-ruck-make-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-book http://www.29-95.com/art/story/dan-havel-and- dean-ruck-make-ripleys-believe-it-or-not-book http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/post/9874698783 /houston-based-artists-dan-havel-and-dean http://unconsumption.tumblr.com/post/9874698783 /houston-based-artists-dan-havel-and-dean http://laughingsquid.com/artistic-house- reimaginings-in-houston-by-havel-ruck-projects/ http://laughingsquid.com/artistic-house- reimaginings-in-houston-by-havel-ruck-projects/ http://www.offbeatearth.com/tag/dan-havel/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Havel-Ruck- Projects/189211157783411?sk=photos_albums

20. Sources http://blog.chron.com/artsinhouston/2009/04/and-speaking- of-dan-havel-and-dean-ruck/ http://blog.chron.com/artsinhouston/2009/04/and-speaking- of-dan-havel-and-dean-ruck/ http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/mbgrecommend s/index/123 http://www.fluentcollab.org/mbg/index.php/mbgrecommend s/index/123 http://64.18.223.124/2005/06/02/dan-havel-and-dean-ruck- inversion/ http://64.18.223.124/2005/06/02/dan-havel-and-dean-ruck- inversion/ http://books.google.com/books?id=vPL3DkihxqcC&pg=PA108 &lpg=PA108&dq=havel+ruck+petley+o+house+installation&so urce=bl&ots=fZeqxSqwqm&sig=L7LEPHCWLg7RIcZkM8Dj6_0X OvI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VZ5HUZ6FIem3yQGn5oFw&ved=0CGoQ 6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=havel%20ruck%20petley%20o%20ho use%20installation&f=false http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/04/27/4150549.htm

21. Sources http://www.katepetley.com/O_A_House_Installation.html http://www.katepetley.com/O_A_House_Installation.html http://www.29-95.com/art/story/havel-ruck- projects-do-it-again-fifth-ward-jam http://www.29-95.com/art/story/havel-ruck- projects-do-it-again-fifth-ward-jam http://www.29-95.com/art/story/dan-havel-and- dean-ruck-offer-peek-their-latest-project http://www.29-95.com/art/story/dan-havel-and- dean-ruck-offer-peek-their-latest-project http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Matta-Clark