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In 1795 the French empire offered a cash prize for a new method to preserve food for the use of Napoleon's army during its journeys. This is the origin of the idea of canned food. At the end of the Napoleonic Wars the process of canning have become common and throughout the mid-19th century, canned food became a status symbol among middle-class households in Europe.
This project assembles photographs of objects that find their way into the domestic area and installations of objects with same affinity. I find interest in historical and political progress and examination of the human gestures inside the household. I draw inspiration from the aesthetics of advertising imagery that relies on daily use. The positioning of the objects aims to reveal the internal composition of the object, its complexity and vulnerability, and to display a narrative of the manufacturing procedure. From the organic to the synthetic the images attempt to arouse social consciousness regarding products that embodied exploitation. The Duvet, originated in rural Europe, consists of a soft flat fabric bag filled with down feathers. The best quality is from the eider duck, a sea-duck originated in the cooler latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere. "LACK” is an IKEA shelf that has been disassembled and exposed with its internal content. At the end of the 1940's there was a severe shortage of lumber that was primarily used to build PT boats and landing craft for the military. Particleboard was invented as a substitute for plywood as its cheaper, denser and more uniform than conventional wood. |