HouseCoat was a large-scale public art installation completed in St. Louis, MO in March, 2011. The project fitted a spandex garment for a two-story building in an inner-city neighborhood of Benton Park West, housing Cosign Projects. Part of official programming of the Southern Graphics Council and Washington University of St. Louis, House Coat was conceptualized and planned by Brooklyn-based artist Leeza Meksin.

HouseCoat was constructed from hundreds of yards of white spandex, custom designe...