The work is a meticulously reproduced facsimile of an entrance door, complete with a lock, hinges, and a fire door safety sticker. Standing alone in the boutique, the sculpture exudes a palpable plastic energy—a presence that asserts the object's being before the viewer. The structural composition is layered: a blackened wooden door with a central window pane is covered from the front by a decorative protective screen, taped to the back of the glass. Two notices are affixed to it—one handwritten on brown paper, the other printed on white. Behind them, a double layer of wrapping paper obscures the window and lends the sculpture a visual weight reminiscent of a bronze memorial.
Connor reproduces the doors of closed nightclubs and public spaces from his own research archive. "Chango Coffee" is dedicated to a specific coffee shop in Basel that shut down in May 2018 due to rising operational costs. Two stickers on the glass are exact replicas of the owners' notices addressed to "loyal customers" and "clientele" with the word "CLOSED."
The work functions as a solidified ghost of a lost place — a memorial that simultaneously reflects and prompts reflection on social death on a one-to-one scale and the reasons behind the closure of public spaces in modern cities.