MOTEL

When comedians and design aficionados Tim ‘Rosso’ Ross and Kit Warhurst put on a show, you can bank on it being a hilarious romp within the framework of an architectural and social critique. Rosso’s fascination (whch I share) is modernism—of which motels are a neon-lit exemplar.

Along with SJB director Tristan Wong, I was invited to curate an experiential installation within the Town and Country Motel—the location of the first shows for Rosso and Kit’s nationally touring show titled MOTEL.

Looking out for the glow of the gaudy roadside sign (or the well worn patterns of a breezeblock wall), charging dinner to a Diners Club card and then fighting over the Coco Pops from the variety pack in the morning—these are some of the memories that inspired the nostalgic interventions into and around the motel rooms.