House/Home Project

*During 2012, I am expanding on this project by re-creating the floor plans and models of each House & Home from memory. I see this as not a technical endeavor to try to make these drawings and models as close as possible to the real thing, but more of an exploration of my own memory in context to scale, emotion, relationships and narrative building.

I have taken on the quest of capturing pictures of all the dwellings I have lived in during my short life.  I have moved approximately 26 or 27 times. The totality of this work in progress has left me to ask serious questions about my past and where my future is heading. I do not think of myself as a transient person, just one that has lived a life full of change and experience. The idea for this project came from deep introspection during my latest move into an apartment with a partner to form a home and the difference in our definitions of what family and home meant.

I have a few more pictures to capture  and the picture taken through the fence is on a military base that I do not had access to, yet. There are dozens of clichés about the home: "home is where you hang your hat“, "home is where the heart is” and “home is not where you live, but where they understand you”. They are all true.

Each one of these pictures is of a container in which my life’s events have played out. Good, bad, happy, bittersweet, devastating, elating.  I am grateful to all of the wonderful people I have shared these places with and the homes they created with me.

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  Christiana St.

  My first home. We lived on the first floor and i shared the one-bedroom space with my parent until I was 5 years old.

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  Gillett house

  My father moved us here when I was 5 and my sister was born while we lived here.

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  Morris Ave.

  I moved here with my mother and sister after my parents divorce when I was in 1st grade.

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  Sunrise Court

  My mother, sister and I moved into this low-income housing development when I was in 3rd grade.

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  Terry Lane

  My mother and stepfather bought this house after they were married when I was in 6th grade.

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  Uncle Todd's House

  We lived here with my Uncle Todd and his daughters for a few months before we moved to Spain.

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  Base Housing

  We moved on to Naval Station Rota base housing about 8 onths after we moved to Spain. Previous house not pictured, yet.

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  College Ave.

  We moved to this house briefly after my mother, sister and I returned from Spain. My Stepfather was stationed in Guam at the time. The hose was later demolished for condo development.

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  Marhill

  I moved into this hiome to live with my Aunt Linda and Uncle Jack while I finished High School when my mother moved to Guam to join my Stepfather Rex. When I was 20 and broke in college, I moved back in with here for a year.

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  Phoebe

  This was my first apartment that I lived in for a few months. I did not feel safe, so I moved in with a friend.

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  Lawton Foundry

  I lived in this renovated foundry for a year with my friend Sean Bomar until he joined the Army.

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  George St.

  I lived here alone for a couple months by myself, but found myself broke and moved back in with my Aunt and Uncle on Marhill.

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  Cabin in Allouez

  I rented a room from a college friend whom I met on a trip to Peru for a year here.

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  College Ave.

  I lived on thesecond floor here with a college friend for a year.

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  The Blue House

  No longer blue, but I rented this house from a woman who used it as a summer home. I shared the space one year with Christal Schroeder and Gavin Ward and the subsequent year with my college buddy, Wendy Miller.

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  Maid's Quarter

  I lived here for a summer after graduating from college, trying to decide what to do next.

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  Monroe Garden

  I lived here with my friend Ben Frye while we saved money to travel around the world.

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  Brian the Van

  Ben Frye and I lived in this van for 5 months while we traveled around the United States and Baja Califonia. He is now retired in LaPaz, Mexico.

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  Grayslake

  This is my parent's house in Grayslake, IL. I lived here for 6 months while I got back on my feet after traveling around the world.

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  2525 St. Louis

  I lived here with Cameo McRoberts and tatiana Sanchez for my first couple years in Chicago.

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  Wrightwood Ave.

  I lived here with Jane Madden for a year on in the first floor apartment.

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  Coach House

  I lived here for a year and hosted countless croquet parties.

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  Above Bon Bon

  My current abode by myself.

• 

  Christiana St.

  My first home. We lived on the first floor and i shared the one-bedroom space with my parent until I was 5 years old.

• 

  Gillett house

  My father moved us here when I was 5 and my sister was born while we lived here.

• 

  Morris Ave.

  I moved here with my mother and sister after my parents divorce when I was in 1st grade.

• 

  Sunrise Court

  My mother, sister and I moved into this low-income housing development when I was in 3rd grade.

• 

  Terry Lane

  My mother and stepfather bought this house after they were married when I was in 6th grade.

• 

  Uncle Todd's House

  We lived here with my Uncle Todd and his daughters for a few months before we moved to Spain.

• 

  Base Housing

  We moved on to Naval Station Rota base housing about 8 onths after we moved to Spain. Previous house not pictured, yet.

• 

  College Ave.

  We moved to this house briefly after my mother, sister and I returned from Spain. My Stepfather was stationed in Guam at the time. The hose was later demolished for condo development.

• 

  Marhill

  I moved into this hiome to live with my Aunt Linda and Uncle Jack while I finished High School when my mother moved to Guam to join my Stepfather Rex. When I was 20 and broke in college, I moved back in with here for a year.

• 

  Phoebe

  This was my first apartment that I lived in for a few months. I did not feel safe, so I moved in with a friend.

• 

  Lawton Foundry

  I lived in this renovated foundry for a year with my friend Sean Bomar until he joined the Army.

• 

  George St.

  I lived here alone for a couple months by myself, but found myself broke and moved back in with my Aunt and Uncle on Marhill.

• 

  Cabin in Allouez

  I rented a room from a college friend whom I met on a trip to Peru for a year here.

• 

  College Ave.

  I lived on thesecond floor here with a college friend for a year.

• 

  The Blue House

  No longer blue, but I rented this house from a woman who used it as a summer home. I shared the space one year with Christal Schroeder and Gavin Ward and the subsequent year with my college buddy, Wendy Miller.

• 

  Maid's Quarter

  I lived here for a summer after graduating from college, trying to decide what to do next.

• 

  Monroe Garden

  I lived here with my friend Ben Frye while we saved money to travel around the world.

• 

  Brian the Van

  Ben Frye and I lived in this van for 5 months while we traveled around the United States and Baja Califonia. He is now retired in LaPaz, Mexico.

• 

  Grayslake

  This is my parent's house in Grayslake, IL. I lived here for 6 months while I got back on my feet after traveling around the world.

• 

  2525 St. Louis

  I lived here with Cameo McRoberts and tatiana Sanchez for my first couple years in Chicago.

• 

  Wrightwood Ave.

  I lived here with Jane Madden for a year on in the first floor apartment.

• 

  Coach House

  I lived here for a year and hosted countless croquet parties.

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  Above Bon Bon

  My current abode by myself.