马佐塔是在与表示热爱约克的地区居民坐在户外起居室后提出这一想法的，但同时也对社区公共空间的丧失、疫病的蔓延以及缺乏种族融合和世俗的社会空间感到沮丧。经济衰退、财产价值和税收低、土地所有者缺席、市政缺乏资源和基础设施、贫穷和种族主义导致约克公共空间的减少；然而，马佐塔正在执行一项纠正这一任务的任务。

Mazzotta came up with the idea after sitting in an outdoor living room with area residents who expressed their love for York but also their frustration with the community’s loss of public space, the spread of blight and the lack of racially integrated and secular social spaces. Economic decline, low property values and taxes, absentee land owners, municipal lack of resources and infrastructure, poverty and racism had led to the decline of York's public space; however, Mazzotta was on a mission to remedy this.

 Courtesy of Matthew Mazzotta

马修·马佐塔(Matthew Mazzotta)

“开放之家”的重点是将位于杂货店和邮局之间的一座功能失调的房子改造成一座在封闭条件下没有功能的房子的雕塑，但在改造过程中，它变成了一个表演、庆祝、对话、友谊和社区的公共空间。利用原始结构的材料，在特别委托的工业铰链的帮助下，房子被折叠起来，并根据约克社区的需要手工展开。多亏了马佐塔，约克的居民现在有了一个公共空间，可以聚集和参与社区生活中如此重要的人际活动。

The Open House focused on transforming a dysfunctional house situated between a grocery store and a post office into a sculpture of a house that in its closed condition has no function, but in its transformation becomes a public space for performance, celebration, dialogue, fellowship and community. Utilizing materials from the original structure and with the help of specially commissioned industrial hinges, the house lends itself to being folded and unfolded by hand as needed by the York community. Thanks to Mazzotta, residents of York now have a public space in which to gather and engage in interpersonal events that are such an important part of community life.

 Courtesy of Matthew Mazzotta

马修·马佐塔(Matthew Mazzotta)

有关该项目的更多信息可在科尔曼艺术中心网站上找到。

More information on the project can be found on the Coleman Center for the Arts website.