MOBILE GRACELAND

Fig. 1 – Mobile Graceland tractor-trailer on the road. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 2 – Elvis Presley at Graceland (source)

Fig. 3 – Interior of Graceland… (source)

Fig. 4 – Custom interior of Elvis’s 1962 Lockheed JetStar 1329.

Fig. 5 – Green shag carpet wraps the walls and ceiling of Graceland’s Jungle Room staircase.

Fig. 6 – Mobile Graceland on the road.

Fig. 7 – Parade in Memphis launches the Mobile Graceland cross-country tour.

Fig. 8 – Mobile Graceland open for visitors in Chicago.

Fig. 9 – Installation view. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 10 – Installation view. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 11 – Installation view. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 12 – Installation view. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 13 – Installation view. Photo credit: Visko Hatfield.

Fig. 14 – Empty tractor-trailer interior.

Fig. 15 – Installation begins.

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Fig. 18 – Industrial nubbed rubber matting.

Fig. 19 – Industrial nubbed rubber matting installation detail.

Fig. 20 – Display alcove unit.

Fig. 21 – Display alcove unit.

LOCATION:

Thirty US cities

year:

2002

site:

18-wheeler tractor-trailer

program:

Traveling exhibition

systems and materials:

Wood frame, industrial nubbed rubber matting, acrylic

client:

Cyclops

project team:

Lindy Roy with J. Christopher Whitelaw

coordination and fabrication:

Outward Bound

related projects:

MoMA P.S.1 Subwave, Deitch Projects: The Garden Party, MeatSpace, Cassette Locale, CCA: Traces of India, Deste Foundation: Monument to Now, Lincoln Center Gallery Met, Design Museum: The Peter Saville Show

selected press:

The New York Times