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'''''Fallen Star'''''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Saikali|first=Jeffrey|date=Autumn 2016|title=Engineering Brings Art and Architecture Together|url=http://tbp.org/pubs/Features/F16Saikali.pdf|journal=The Bent of Tau Beta Pi|publisher=The Tau Beta Pi Association|volume=107|pages=60}}</ref> is an art installation by South Korean artist [[Do Ho Suh]] on the grounds of the [[University of California San Diego]]. It is a cottage perched at an angle off the edge of the main [[Jacobs School of Engineering]] building (Jacobs Hall).
The structure was installed at UC San Diego in July 2012 and has become one of the icons of the campus' [[Stuart Collection]] of public art. It is visible from [[Geisel Library]] and [[Earl Warren College|Warren Mall]]. The life-size installation weighs nearly 70,000 pounds<ref name="sdmag">{{cite news|last1=Fitzpatrick|first1=Erin|title=Unusual San Diego Home Location|url=http://www.sandiegomagazine.com/San-Diego-Magazine/August-2012/Location-Location-Location/|access-date=29 April 2016|work=San Diego Magazine|date=20 July 2012}}</ref> and provides views of Geisel Library, Bruce Nauman's ''Vices and Virtues'', the surrounding region and the campus' eucalyptus groves.<ref name="latreview">{{cite news|last1=Knight|first1=Christopher|title=Art review: 'Fallen Star' knocks notions of home off-kilter|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/10/entertainment/la-et-cm-do-ho-suh-fallen-star-review-20121011|access-date=29 April 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=10 October 2012|ref="Art review: 'Fallen Star' knocks notions of home off-kilter"}}</ref> The attraction can be accessed by appointment on
''Fallen Star'' forces visitors to juxtapose the comforts of home with the unsettling impersonal nature of a large academic institution. In 2016, it was the subject of a 50-minute documentary produced by the artist and directed by Vera Brunner-Sung and Valerie Stadler, titled ''Fallen Star: Finding Home''.<ref name="documentary">{{cite news|title='Fallen Star: Finding Home' doc to premiere at UCSD Read more: San Diego Community News Group - Fallen Star Finding Home doc to premiere at UCSD|url=http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/27140565/article--Fallen-Star--Finding-Home--doc-to-premiere-at-UCSD?instance=home_main_ljvn|access-date=29 April 2016|work=SD News|publisher=San Diego Community Newspaper Group|date=28 March 2016|ref='Fallen Star: Finding Home' doc to premiere at UCSD Read more: San Diego Community News Group - Fallen Star Finding Home doc to premiere at UCSD}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://stuartcollection.ucsd.edu/artist/suh.html Stuart Collection - Do Ho Suh
{{Public art in San Diego}}
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