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It would be nice to see the absolute minimum amount of stuff one would need to survive in the modern world (reasonably). This seems like a loose upper-bound.
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The price there just reflects how much students are ready to pay. Cooking is actually cheaper when done en masse. Just look at how poor countries and army handles it.
How do poor countries handle it?
I'm interested in the four identical toques in different colors. Minimalism certainly doesn't seem to be the goal - why are there four? Is it a collection of designs that have earned their love? Are they really nice toques? Can we infer something about the owner's gender (probably bald, probably male)? Or their location (far north?) How committed to hipsterism is this guy? The "Raw denim jeans" - 4 pairs in varying s…
To coordinate with different outfits? I mean I don't care, I only have the one unadorned black one, but I can see where someone else might. (I also live in Baltimore, which is not so very far north. Anywhere temperate, a toque can be a handy thing to have - although we more often call them knit caps, down here. Nor am I bald; you don't need a shiny head to need something keeping it warm.)
I don't grasp the intent, either. Perhaps there isn't one. Not long ago I might've written it off as pure wank, but just lately I've been thinking about how to compose my own photographs with artistic value, whatever that means - which makes it a little hard to indulge in the same kind of offhand dismissal I'd rather not have aimed at me.
Photographing your keys [0] is a bad idea [1]. [0] https://allipossess.com/products/key-ring [0] https://allipossess.com/products/lock [0] https://allipossess.com/products/bend-key [0] https://allipossess.com/products/old-key [0] https://allipossess.com/products/broken-key [1] https://hackaday.com/2009/09/22/photographic-key-duplication... [1] https://keysduplicated.com/
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I think you're jumping to the conclusion that that's the point. Certainly many see removing the power possessions have over us as a positive, but art around this subject could be exploring it from different angles, and I don't see that stated anywhere in this installation. It could well be a celebration of consumerism[1], or just an exploration of obsession over possession. [1] Worth noting, the installation is spons…
That's a fair read of the piece, I think I'm trying to subconsciously shoehorn my dislike of minimalism into my interpretation.
It would be nice to see the absolute minimum amount of stuff one would need to survive in the modern world (reasonably). This seems like a loose upper-bound.
It's very unlikely that such a global minimum exists if it is not zero, and it is probably zero if you consider all of the things which are free, and do not consider survival skills "stuff"
Art... or the most meticulous documentation of possessions for renters insurance coverage?