{"id":644,"date":"2012-01-08T08:36:27","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T08:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.temporaryservices.org\/PRISONERS\/INVENTIONS\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2015-06-25T07:05:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T07:05:32","slug":"prison-cell-replica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/projects-by-name\/prisoners-inventions\/prison-cell-replica\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison cell replica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When we discussed the idea of turning Prisoners&#8217; Inventions into an exhibition, Angelo proposed making a life-size replica of his cell. He wanted visitors to gain a physical and psychological understanding of the space, and a context for the design and manufacture of the inventions. Angelo noted that in California, prison guards are often made to spend a length of time in a prison cell as part of their training as a way of enhancing their awareness of what prisoners deal with. Visitors to exhibitions of Prisoners&#8217; Inventions are invited to enter the cell and sit on the beds, chair and toilet.<\/p>\n<p>Angelo provided detailed blueprint drawings of the interior of the cell. Fabricators work from these drawings each time the cell is rebuilt. The cell fixtures were constructed from Angelo&#8217;s drawings by workers at Mass MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Special thanks go to Richard Criddle and John Carli who led the fabrication of the cell.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-251\" title=\"PI_Ispace_cell\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/PI_Ispace_cell-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-60\" title=\"View from the door\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/856.004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-61\" title=\"Interior view of the cell\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/pi_cell_02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-65\" title=\"Detail of storage lockers mounted on the wall\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/pi_cell_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-66\" title=\"Toilet-sink combination\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/856.019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-67\" title=\"Desk-chair combination\" src=\"http:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/856.027.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we discussed the idea of turning Prisoners&#8217; Inventions into an exhibition, Angelo proposed making a life-size replica of his cell. He wanted visitors to gain a physical and psychological understanding of the space, and a context for the design and manufacture of the inventions. Angelo noted that in California, prison guards are often made&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":663,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-644","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/644\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/temporaryservices.org\/served\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}