View 2: First Floor Column; Photo by PD Rearick

Debt Letter Office (Mardigian Library)

2024

Used envelopes and fabric

2 story installation along the stairwell

As part of the solo exhibition AndyT’s Urban Vision 2001-2024, curated by Nadja Rottner; Mardigian Library, Dearborn, MI

View 1: Gallery Entrance; Photo by PD Rearick

This is a reiteration of the second iteration of “Everyone Says ‘Hi’”, installed at the Ann Arbor Art Center, 2015. What was significant about that version is that even though it was installed in the A2AC store front, it was physically accessible in the main foyer of the gallery. This third version, retitled Debt Letter Office, emphasizes architectural elements like the concrete columns on the first and second floors, and continues through the stairwell of the Brutalist style architecture of the Mardigian Library at the University of Michigan-Dearborn campus.

— Andy T

View 2: First Floor Column; Photo by PD Rearick

View 3: Column to Column; Photo by PD Rearick

View 4: Half Landing; Photo by PD Rearick

View 5: Mezzanine; Photo by PD Rearick

View 6: Second Floor Column; Photo by PD Rearick

View 7: Second Floor Column; Photo by PD Rearick

Special thanks to Kevin Headrick and Kal Haddad from UM-Dearborn facilities and Jean Song, Director of Mardigian Library for consulting on and approving this installation!

— Andy T

Everyone Says Hi, A2AC version, Interior view 1

Everyone Says Hi, A2AC version, Interior view 2

Everyone Says Hi, A2AC version, window detail