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Image List:
Image 1: "Our project is about the triumph of living in a room like this," says co-creator Luke Hegel-Cantarella, peeking through the blinds of the 214-square-foot, walk-through installation in the Social Science Plaza. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 2: Set designer Luke Hegel-Cantarella, center, and his wife, anthropologist Christine Hegel-Cantarella, far right, discuss with visitors the intent of their immersive art installation, which re-creates the environment of a poor family living in one of Orange County's budget motels. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 3: Developed in collaboration with the nonprofit Project Hope Alliance, the exhibit combines typical motel room furnishings and the necessities of everyday life with personal objects that make the impermanent lodgings seem homelike. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 4: The installation is based on the HBO documentary "Homeless: The Motel Kids of Orange County," and bits of narrative are printed on food cans, inscribed in the wallpaper and etched into furniture. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 5: Joseph S. Lewis III, dean of UCI's Claire Trevor School of the Arts, participates in a discussion with visitors on a tour of the exhibit, on display through Monday, April 16. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 6: "This is the story of many families living under many circumstances," says installation co-creator Luke Hegel-Cantarella, UCI assistant professor of scenic design. His wife, co-creator Christine Hegel-Cantarella, is an assistant research specialist in the UCI Department of Anthropology's Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
Image 7: An image of Christine and Luke Hegel-Cantarella's daughter is on the blinds of the motel room exhibit, which is part of the UCI Center for Ethnography’s Rethinking Design Series. Daniel A. Anderson / University Communications
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Seeing how the other half lives
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