Shared reservations
Different objects.
Kindred obstacles.
Collected by the way they resist the everyday.
A familiar gesture is the beginning of each story.
Absent purpose
Everything but the essential.
A fork without divisions. A bell without a voice. Familiar forms with the very quality that makes them useful quietly taken away.
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Against the motion
A different idea of movement.
Objects that roll, turn, yield or refuse to move when the gesture asks otherwise. A shared disagreement with balance, gravity and control.
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Awkward encounters
The gesture needs revision.
A working surface faces the wrong way. A familiar grip asks too much. These objects rearrange the ordinary relationship between hand, tool and task.
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Out of reach
Almost within your grasp.
Handles enclosed, openings narrowed, contact withheld. The useful part remains in plain sight, just beyond the reach of the intended gesture.
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