Krzysztof Wodiczko was born in Poland and immigrated in 1984 first to Canada and then to the United States. He is now a professor at MIT. He has done many innovative works of art. For instance, portable and wearable communication outfits and the homeless vehicle.
While living in New York City in the winter of 1987 he was appalled by the amount of people who were homeless. He felt the city was a failure to the homeless community by not providing some type of shelter for the homeless. So, he asked himself "What can we do for individuals struggling for self-sufficiency on the streets today?" (A World of Art, 51) His solution was to build a vehicle for the homeless. He took to the streets asking and observing what the homeless would need or want in the vehicle.
The vehicle started as simple shopping cart and he transformed it into something that has a place for doing wash, resting and sleeping. It also has a compartment for holding cans and other small items that need storing.
This is a link to the video of the homeless vehicle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59DV3k2fVfA&feature=player_embedded
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