You may have noticed five pop-up art spaces interspersed throughout the metro area recently. Sponsored by the Cultural Development Corporation, the concept showcases five separate pieces as part of a whole.

Each location shows off the work of three-person teams consisting of a developer, an architect and an artist. The teams were given a specific word at random, including restrictions they needed to work within, to build their art space. The individual spaces could only be 10 cubic feet, they could only spend $10,000, and the final product needed to be portable in some form or another, as the small art spaces will convene for one last hurrah on May 1, for the Cultural Development Corporation’s Pop-up Gala. The individual results are creative and unique interpretations of the words: live, work, play, create and connect.

Team Live, comprised of JBG Companies, Studios Archtecture and Andrew Wodzianski, easily came up with how their space would embody their word. Wodzianski has been literally living within a space on U Street since its installation on April 19. It’s both a performance piece and exercise in reality versus fiction.

Wodzianski’s temporary home and performance space has most everything needed for day-to-day living, and is set up as an Ikea-esk mutli-use space. It efficiently contains a dining table, benches, bed, fridge and a surprising amount of storage space, which easily converts for daily use. Benches can be hidden within the floor, the table stored against the wall and the bed resides in the floor. Everything has its place and use.