When presented the opportunity to relocate from Denver to New Mexico, artist Johnny DeFeo was captured by a vision for the Land of Enchantment that came to him in a dream of a zoomorphic ensemble of buildings. 
Unable to act on this monumental impulse immediately after it came to him, DeFeo deferred his inspired idea but the vision lingered, until serendipity or svengali appeared in the form of a contest, call-for-submissions sponsored by an infamous unlicensed lodgings company—displacing local residents, hollowing out the souls of cities, contributing to overtourism and to the housing crisis—that would fund projects for the quirkiest rental properties. DeFeo was reluctant at first to even put in his entry, fearing it would compromise his yet unformed plans. Coyote Casita, otherwise known as The Trickster, was selected as a winner, eventually resulting in a one-of-a-kind guest accommodation executed in concrete and adobe, an abode that does not go unoccupied when there is a vacancy and benefited local artists whom helped design it. More from Wallpaper and the artist’s website at the links above.
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one year ago: Trump returns to his Scottish golf course (with synchronoptica) plus more inflorescence flowers
two years ago: the Paris Games opening ceremonies
three years ago: a banger from Peter Gabriel, a fine art ranking plus RIP Shuhada' Sadacat
four years ago: around the Isle of Skye plus more of the Inner Hebrides
five years ago: office space, the Feast of Saint Anne, linoleum flooring patterns plus words that exist only in plural form
six years ago: Esperanto Day, segregation ends in the US military (1948) plus assorted links to enjoy
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