Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2)
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Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2) is a conceptual artwork by Simon Starling in which a wooden shed was transformed into a boat, sailed along the Rhine, and then reconstructed as a shed inside a museum, exploring themes of transformation, utility, and artistic process.
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| Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2) canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2) Context triple: [Simon Starling, notableWork, Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2)]
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Surging Waves Pavilion
Surging Waves Pavilion is one of Suzhou’s renowned classical Chinese gardens, celebrated for its elegant pavilions, water features, and traditional literati landscape design.
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Underwater Pavilions
Underwater Pavilions is a site-specific, submerged sculptural installation by artist Doug Aitken that invites viewers to experience shifting perceptions of light, reflection, and the ocean environment.
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The Belly of an Architect
The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 art-house drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, centered on an American architect in Rome whose obsession with a historical figure mirrors his own physical and psychological decline.
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Metropol Parasol
Metropol Parasol is a large contemporary wooden structure and viewing platform in Seville, Spain, known for its striking honeycomb-like canopy design.
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House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose was the fortified residence in Yekaterinburg where Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were imprisoned and ultimately executed in 1918.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2) Target entity description: Shedboatshed (Mobile Architecture No. 2) is a conceptual artwork by Simon Starling in which a wooden shed was transformed into a boat, sailed along the Rhine, and then reconstructed as a shed inside a museum, exploring themes of transformation, utility, and artistic process.
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A.
Surging Waves Pavilion
Surging Waves Pavilion is one of Suzhou’s renowned classical Chinese gardens, celebrated for its elegant pavilions, water features, and traditional literati landscape design.
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B.
Underwater Pavilions
Underwater Pavilions is a site-specific, submerged sculptural installation by artist Doug Aitken that invites viewers to experience shifting perceptions of light, reflection, and the ocean environment.
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C.
The Belly of an Architect
The Belly of an Architect is a 1987 art-house drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, centered on an American architect in Rome whose obsession with a historical figure mirrors his own physical and psychological decline.
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D.
Metropol Parasol
Metropol Parasol is a large contemporary wooden structure and viewing platform in Seville, Spain, known for its striking honeycomb-like canopy design.
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E.
House of Special Purpose
The House of Special Purpose was the fortified residence in Yekaterinburg where Russia’s last tsar, Nicholas II, and his family were imprisoned and ultimately executed in 1918.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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installation art ⓘ |
| artForm |
process-based art
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sculptural installation ⓘ |
| artist | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
conversion of architecture into vehicle
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return of vehicle to architecture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| depicts | Rhine River journey ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
photographic documentation
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video documentation ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | museum ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | installation and conceptual practice ⓘ |
| genre | conceptual art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
boat
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shed ⓘ |
| hasSubtitle | Mobile Architecture No. 2 ⓘ |
| hasTitle | Shedboatshed ⓘ |
| inception | early 2000s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | museum visitors ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | nonverbal work ⓘ |
| locationOfPerformance |
Rhine River
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linked to:
Rhine
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| mainSubject |
artistic process
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transformation ⓘ utility ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
boat
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wooden shed ⓘ |
| medium | mixed media ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| performer | Simon Starling ⓘ |
| process |
dismantling shed
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reassembling boat back into shed ⓘ reconstructing shed as boat ⓘ sailing boat along the Rhine ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Mobile Architecture series
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linked to:
L’Architecture Mobile
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| theme |
labor and craft in art
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mobility of architecture ⓘ narrative of making ⓘ recycling of materials ⓘ relationship between function and form ⓘ site-specificity ⓘ temporality in art ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
deconstruction and reconstruction
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site-specific journey ⓘ |
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