Curating the collective conscience

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There is a certain kind of intimacy experienced when you can hold something in your hand. Even if I couldn't articulate what that was at four or five years old, I was aware of its pull. I have always been a picker-upper, an admirer of objects. Coupled with a resourceful mind, this tendency often leads to not only admiring objects, but acquiring them as well. Anyone close to me knows I do my fair share, and so do hundreds of thousands of other people in our society. I wanted to use my thesis exhibition opportunity to work within the context of human/object relationships. Through experimenting with installation and display of gathered and manipulated materials, I attempted to convey a more delicate and admirable take on several methods of accumulation.
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\nHaving accepted my own inclination to acquire, I began exploring various relationships between people and their things. Antique malls and yard sales were visited with a different kind of discerning eye. Why do we buy the thing

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