Even ordinary household objects seem to have their unique form when looked at long enough - not excluding the mass-produced. Study them closely and they start to reveal overlooked truths.

Objects are produced by our human needs. They reflect the life of the people who manufacture them and use them. They are expendable. When they are no longer useful, they are cast aside. They are the result of consumerism, they are also devalued by it. They are our responsibility, though we usually don't see it that way.

Because they are commonplace they invite the observer to look for meanings behind appearances. Because they are commonplace, meaning is elusive. The more we question them the more we wonder whether they reflect the nature of human existence as a whole.

Peter Wichman