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0 pointsjustifier9y ago0 comments

fair, but if I have a storage unit do I 'possess' those things? If asked would you tell people you 'have in your life' thousands of books because you have access to a library in your community

i also think it unnecessary for someone to have access to junked capacitors

it was mentioned in response to the phrasing utilising 'all' which to me implied a preference for fewer things.. too many things would render the exercise of documenting it 'all' improbable.. and I was trying to express my own opinion of content stead numerosity when living in a comfortable yet clutter free environment

also, i failed to see a bank statement or a pile of cash or stacks of gold bullion, so this all feels editorialised anyway

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inimino9y ago

I was responding primarily to this:

> what I see is a lack of intellectual curiosity

It seems ungenerous to say someone is intellectually uncurious because they don't express that curiosity by possessing stuff.

> also, i failed to see a bank statement or a pile of cash or stacks of gold bullion, so this all feels editorialised anyway

Yes, I didn't see a credit card anywhere. A notable omission, among others.

justifierOP9y ago

But to say a collection is 'all I possess' and then expect your audience to come to your work with the knowledge that we all possess intangibles beyond the scope of the things the artist is saying are the only things the artist possesses muddles the piece

Perhaps some abstract objects could have been standins for abstract concepts: this apple represents the love of knowledge I possess; but in their finitude we'd still have the editorialised issue

It is a stated art installation which to me begs to be discussed and so I was discussing what thoughts the installation caused me to have through exposure

My opinions apply to this curated list of items stead some ad hominem of the artist

The items and their aesthetic homogeneity suggests to me a lack of intellectual curiosity but the artist may yet possess more than what is being displayed in this installation

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