Documentary: Rachel Whiteread, House (1993)

Rachel Whiteread’s cast of a Victorian terraced house in London’s East End was hailed as one of the greatest public sculptures by an English artist in the twentieth century. Completed in autumn of 1993 and demolished in January 1994, House attracted tens of thousands of visitors and generated impassioned debate, in the local streets, the national press and in the House of Commons.
Video produced in 1995 by Artangel and Hackneyed Productions. VHS release: 1998. DVD release: 2005.
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Rachel Whiteread, House (1993). Photograph: John Davies

[@rossturcotte419]

Amazing

[@samcullen599]

Joe Cullen was the operator of the machine that demolished the house

[@mickydub3]

i can remember when the whole of grove rd right the way down to east india dock rd was the same terraced housing . . behind that house used to be a road called gardeners rd and it was filled with old prefab houses but the rd was lost when they built the surrounding green belt around the said house

[@philiptyson4000]

I lived next door the concrete house was an old couple sid his wife and disabled daughter

[@aimeethomson7806]

..art

[@life_seeker6102]

It should’ve been done up like a normal home, rather than be turned into a concrete mess which would lead to demolition

[@adrianr3555]

This is waste In every sense. The time and resources that went into this for it to be torn down a year later. It looked cool but Its still pointless garbage. Time and money sunk into a project that helped no one and served next to no purpose. Good job Mrs. Whiteread.

[@josephsaff]

It was all getting torn down anyway. But this piece of art remains in the public imagination and reminds us of the brutality of urban planning. Who knows how this subtly affects decision making and public perceptions further down the line.