LOST & FOUND, 2011
Portfolio of 11 chromogenic prints, 17'' x 22''.
Analog and digital prints
“WHAT IS VERY TOUCHING WITH LOST OBJECTS IS THAT THEY HAVE NO HISTORY. I KNOW THIS PIPE THAT I AM SMOKING; SOMEONE GAVE IT TO ME. BUT IF I WERE TO LOSE IT IN THE STREET, IT WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A HISTORY. NOBODY WOULD KNOW IT. THE BEAUTY OF A HEAP OF LOST KEYS AND OF FOUND OBJECTS RESIDES IN THIS. THEY ARE SO IMPORTANT TO EACH ONE OF US AND, IN BUT A MOMENT, THEY BECOME NOTHING.
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LOST & FOUND combines different visions of objects of everyday use. The people to whom these objects once belonged are unknown; objects have been re-bought and moved to the nature. The story takes place in a park, objects are dislocated from their everyday value. They lie on the ground, much like rubbish; they are objects at once lost and found. This ambivalent status is reflected by a landscape showing the transition between winter and the beginning of spring.
The sensation of loss, or of reunion, is echoed in the external environment. Removed from their regular context, these domestic objects no longer belong to anyone; they have no market value. The images that composes this portfolio conveys the idea of a trip through a fragmented and imprecise space.
This work attempts to reveal the variety of meanings given to objects that once belonged to anonymous strangers. The project leads us to imagine what happens to private commodities after they’ve been donated or abandoned. It urges us to consider their value and their ownership and, more generally, to think about how objects values changes.
