Is anything meaningless?  Who decides if an object is meaningless?  Who controls which objects are created?  If an idea is meaningful to only one person, is it worth actualizing?  Is it possible for an object to have meaning to only one person?

No tchotchkes allowed in the CAL

Metal dog thing. Sculpture? Toy? Ornament? Piece of trash that I shouldn’t have bought?

“Photo Essay explaining the strong bonds between me and my plaster assignment” (ladiesintheclub)

You can’t see what’s meaningful to me.

This was a little too functional.

“Meaningless object nº1 that relates to meaningless object nº2″ (Trindade)

“Meaningless object nº2 that relates to meaningless object nº1″ (Trindade)

A golden chicken that one emoji loves but the other one thinks is stupid.

This research really opened my eyes to the connection my idea has with art.  I was aware of how art related before, but now I feel a need to think more about it.

I also think I have moved away from trying to create an object that is absolutely only meaningful to myself.  Through my research I have started to think that it is impossible.  Seeing images labeled “meaningless” made me feel something.  Does that give them meaning?

Sources

ladiesintheclub. “Photo Essay explaining the strong bonds between me and my plaster assignment” Photographs. JUSTINE//REYES.  Web. November 17, 2014

Trindade, André. 14 Sculpture-objects. Digital image. 1.5 – Meaningless Acts for Meaningless Objects. N.p., 2011. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.

GOLD CHICKEN PLAIN. Digital image. – GOODS. Tank., n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2014.