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STUFF

                                             September 26, 2009


The artist's statement for
"the Brenner-Nielsen Context":
                                                     Displayed at
  There was a time when stuff was expensive,         Cellspace during
  and hence it was valued, and people tried          Open Studios, 2009.
  to accumulate it.  Think of the cluttered
  look of the settler's cabin, or the Hearst
  mansion at San Simeon.

  Now stuff is cheap, and human perversity
  being what it is, empty space is valued,
  and the fashion is to show off how much
  space you can afford to waste.

  Self-help seminars instruct on the
  difficult mental process of disposing of
  your old stuff to make room for the latest
  stuff, in the never-ending stuff stream.

  But then, there are always contrarians:

         "'It's like you guys
         never threw out
         anything that you               THRIFT_SCORE
         thought was funny when
         you were twenty.'

         "Ouch."

               Beth Lisick,
               "Helping Me Help Myself"
               (2009)

  And boxing it up at least makes it
  easier to dust.                               As Dangerbaby
                                                often points out.




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