Plot of Locks and Mechanism of the Doors
Some observations from analysis
Hinged doors have a locking device
Swinging doors and folding doors have no locking device
Sliding doors have a latch only

Exhibition: Installation Sites June 13 - July 18, 1983
Heller Gallery, Universty of California, Berkeley

Doors of my House is an example of Rapoport's early process art. It utilizes data base computer programs with the intent of illustrating the aesthetic quality of computer plots and their kinship to art.

In 1978, after Sonya Rapoport's artwork had focused on early American Indian artifacts, she started to investigate the archeology of her own physical surroundings by a study of the doors of her house. There are forty two. She learned from old architectural plans where the doors had been originally built and she discovered where they had been added, changed or covered over. General rules about doors became apparent and their attributes became fascinating bits of data for exploration, such as their opacity, size, how they worked and their reasons for their location in the house. The hardware, especially the locks and handles, were particularly intriguing. This information was drawn or typewritten directly on computer printout forms that were programs for plotting the data. The plots, executed by calcomp plotters on vellum, were superimposed on the printout forms as were xerox copies from photographs of the doors. The work started with the intent to create a work of art using a technical subject with prevailing computer technology. However, the work became a broad statement of time and place as well as a personal one.