Stakeholders

HUNTING PARK

Stakeholders considers equity as the true foundation of property and, in turn, a core element of American identity. The quotes on the panel trace the development of the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," beginning with John Locke in 1690, where the phrase was more akin to life, liberty, and property. 

The graphics of the panel reflect on homeownership and the origins of rights in the United States, questioning how property became intertwined with ideas of citizenship, freedom, and personhood. To emphasize equity as something both fundamental and deeply human, the piece depicts partially collapsed rowhouses whose interiors are suddenly exposed in section. Everyday traces of life - clothes on the bed, dressers stacked with toiletries, rooms in ordinary disarray - are revealed with an intimacy that feels both familiar and unsettling. The collapse exposes a cross-section of private lives, illuminating how deeply notions of home, stability, and belonging shape the concept of ownership, or more fundamentally, equity.