Thingness in doubt, 2023
In the process of restructuring my library during the COVID pandemic, I documented a seemingly exessive number of objects, documents, publications, found items within my familiar environment.
This ritualized, daily gesture continued over a period of 636 consecutive days, resulting in an accumulation approaching one thousand elements.
Natural lighting conditions, visible in each recording, made the passage of time perceptible as a unique temporal condition with each image.
The subtitle “Object lessons for things” frames a construct encompassing both - definitions of things in a philosophical context - as well as conceptual and psychoanalytic models of objects. An accompanying publication pairs a large number of forms, invoking a sense of doubt and an ongoing search to articulate new meaning through a reconsidered frame of reference.
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![Joëlle Tuerlinckx](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d0a8c8a4ae174eaabf9d73f9e5808e3dc6079e3c3fff60a78570ad9784090dd/1---1-of-2.jpg)
![chip](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42a7e95b060c89634c7673b8d07b94f6c6870ea00dd3ed88fbabd8f4ba2c61ec/1---2-of-2.jpg)
![sweet](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70df3699c043b7b09d59328b98fd47ed3b2f118f77d814d5009c9243f019c872/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Herzog & de Meuron](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0fb4d90d089f12272e118061d54c16717b39ad6595d3f0a57fd188037fc791e6/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Liz Magor](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0145808cfe99b3eee02db1dbf1760c7bb4a9b0c52b3c0ff7d3813e90e4016784/IMG_1479.jpg)
![glass](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ddf69a2240f2176830215990c637feda15bda7d846a16cf1efbe122500ee2a5/IMG_1968.jpg)
![Carali McCall](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4156346f90a451836d1f341878140971f5207cb21c93a7773e67308d3d747894/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![bark](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49ecd6a6326aaa9064a61cde0c0e6773d1e09efba9210c901bbc60f8e4baa017/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![On Kawara](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c9ee8555e293404ff3a4ab384271361ac0005d690037321099884faeddef726b/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![ties](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f552a833aa3b12a904f5e90297f921644e42138e701e3c2b72731bd66ea1992d/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Jana Sterbak](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/591277dc4b71b21a7537e8d7bb0f660c857600835584df2b28f0fd60b06d3f46/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Maria Hupfield](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab9f4bf2b846f93559da682525a5bd144a8e8125fb1b79488fcfb1e3a7d7a72e/IMG_4105.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d19ba38ea5ff5c230b9678ef3a2466db884ff362670ef008aba918aa0c62de75/IMG_2205.jpg)
![Bruno Jakob](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee20ff177467af8e0faf34200416fba644d2e96b84e85421f539e610ffd7cb5c/IMG_3819.jpg)
![Zoe Leonard](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a798f87be8fb47364208324c82724456ef995be8b60d1e2724c2783fe46282f9/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![rind](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b55fafdf34113d7e6ed3bfafa457742cb310b81ec4fdeb04d86925cd82cfe43c/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Carol Laing](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b67fa4a3674f00adf74baf12fc4796f3eeb74ad15a3a3474c0716926b10b6d89/IMG_3999.jpg)
![Barbara Balfour](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae3a642dfcf071811589b68fde8a1e10440f7daa8d0b071bb262f3bf80041df6/IMG_4079.jpg)
![Lois Andison](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/556fe82d20d545d83244046acbde629133f5f0aa1dbdde5d8e6377dbc5674ea2/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![vine](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea2705a89469a42ff8ffecbc8c37716a2d88219250f1a9c07916f737bbca797a/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd76e0853f088fdad023a863cd20a0a49b349aa084443b0f27ac0501324dc609/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![wire](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a8445659cefe0e08f1a562bfaf6240bca4540c135b52e33b475f46f8f9828a43/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Miriam Cahn](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff71ca3f9f4dd844045e88fe793e93e4c175b23045ac0c13c693b8c0f4b3b845/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![apple](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0a5fcf975095a1b9f00b1fd9203fd47349ecc6e51145758d34599f0853919b70/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Christof Migone](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d60fcfd4f755ac53e689065c13881da785ef532a44aa475e07d7fa4fbca1024/IMG_4006.jpg)
![rubber band](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4d62c4b4ee1557baa8c5a605d3acd149d7c1bfbdae8c7ae9b1cd1f48f4fbb835/IMG_2564.jpg)
![TYPE](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d1c9e896d84af034151269595f3dd16b1c3cc10943f1db70a49aa4ca024b2ee/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Dora Garcia, David Dorenbaum, Chantal Pontpriand](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1132f2323aa37a13a716eb7510ee80ea8d917683a8df1303b1c2ad46a5b118f9/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![puddle](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31fd85b17bd8386760bfc65dfdfcc567c51c8ee7fb0a61ff7a71f4fe3e9b0e0c/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Hanne Darboven](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fac5eca07004376c7a76b2f21f9e30a0ee0e9c7c16fc3214d373786a67bbbcd3/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Betty Goodwin](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3018db04d417731d9d67ee4ded0ab352542b5c17697f06a133abded18e4357a7/IMG_0263.jpg)
![meringue](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffaa9933855825d847f8e6558048a4d869a45e94d12dfaf4770f76f033f041a7/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Louise Noguchi](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df68d40cf4f61e6c384de8ef40ae8157f51bed15120c02a2280c2996d3fe6b78/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![foil](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/378adae85e1b9ddebcc071ba7362a98fcf832e35d743677eff649dbf5c924aa0/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![leaf](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3efeb45c98a14e0cc789006e40828d7dcbbda71b7317c24b2b6b36ed2a1a9d4b/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Kapwani Kiwanga](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eed6e0bec77c034ac8b7e8458c5a8422e27bc9e6475af1f0ac3a7d44c27bd180/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Pamela Rosenkranz](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6525e3327e45d62e1b70496cc91531f4aaa777b911463953d785a23cc0255ce/IMG_3979.jpg)
![wrapper](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee5b4c1c629cd724ca7443b73fa1019b2ca260c2c82dce835673ad78b8f91ea3/IMG_4090.jpg)
![Yvonne Rainer](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78e7d3a85f61f67be5a747e2d5609d044eeb2ad7eb7987627a77874c154182a1/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Micah Lexier](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63f17434d489c051cd0a449e64c6d5162407171628557ee53e495f8d8770181b/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/006092d88156c80611290a603066fe98312e6da9eeea850318ad5bed49d83bab/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![ice](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adc9387d81795e41e0fefe55b51b891b4d283017eee2b8943693097417c2a3bf/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Rober Racine](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/22e65756ac4453bd797d51ab2629001df455bbfcc6f0e10f1e27e82031f0e2fe/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Miles Collyer](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45b83fef5484e6444df4e432454ce349624a6c478becc4db29444614cfeeffc4/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![shirt](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a910b436de896202c8cb2b0f68f089e4968b201a1c380a3df6e39eb787dc5a4f/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Cecile Hummel](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a6125397964b16af399eaa3b1ecd9944926550479ceb65db09ce6b553c45ddc/IMG_1888-1.jpg)
![PARKETT](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/284c608fdf2dd179a97cdc00c97dd02efb56d2431936955e324c0ffe61103db5/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Karilee Fuglem](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75ae76429618128b31492bb207f615c106fcd474eb02a38f8ea025676cd13ab6/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Carali McCall](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7c9e2fe2585571a7acf7a4146f01c4e9b2a5ddc08cfb91aa80616f178a7b54e/IMG_3743.jpg)
![Dan Adler](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c97fc076d7f45ab2c65e46e820c70ad17b1ea0f2ca8faef2845698913774a2e1/IMG_4603.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f5e6fa906d63a10c2d8b09891e524a50c7bbbde2ed07055f30ea83a82a1328d/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![leaf](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb7dedb7a27969f4da56d66a8c353c140e270613fdf4d097e54aaadc30ea8e9c/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Sandra Rechico](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd1b9f84ee64174905f2c1fdfc5000eb67ce5afdd1cdac602392c5f09a18da7a/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![bark](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a29ff6c1fae269b88de6e442ece629f8b9202a1130124cb3cb89d77c5ff44d95/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Martha Townsend](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db07a9bd05473996c82c55594ccf631a6c96b697a156eb8db8993030a1e578b6/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![leaf](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9070dfb4251c11be8ba02c4ec70e21f42cefb91b587a81bce62dff286c02ab2f/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Jessica Bradley, Lesley Johnstone](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26b43566a3ef9790719aeca9437346e3bf5f709d47bcf959b92ea5c3c007bd0a/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![saran](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/384cfc46c00620bae40e52cfe6add168d9f27abea1400bfdfe9ca0b1bc313169/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![soldering drop](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0351bb219732ecace00c124326cabe7a95a156bf7f45fb2a229b3fd4fed754b/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Eric Cameron](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b88f8dce06a37056586bf21d3163fa8845494b5b5a1ed3b412f95bc67a400d36/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Manuel Burgener](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c919869030fa27389179cee4e652418582f18ca917875edf6cf673e90c417323/3---2-of-2.jpg)
![Latifa Echakhch](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7a9da3af308d09c95014e13ab08ae56e5b5f659eef90d70705b62eedc68044c6/3---1-of-2.jpg)
![Yam Lau](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/348ad058bd1ded248b2cbd488225c287c6198ce9eac2138d03c4edeca8fc2e0b/Version-2.jpg)
![Eric Cameron](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0f9981a4d8c02b9c27942be8f99da9c8eb66d847b421362d131ef9837ef781eb/IMG_6149.jpg)
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Thingness in doubt, 2023, inkjet on archival paper, 8.5” x 11.5”, each element of approximately 1000