Damaged

(adj.)

-changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Altered, usually negatively, from original condition. Something that needs to be fixed, that is no longer whole, missing a critical part or piece. Burnt, water-logged, ripped, stained, scarred, bruised, broken, smashed, lost, forgotten.

Objects-

Burnt Tupperware Bowl

Broken Earphones

Watercolors with missing piece

Scarred arm, chin, and side

Stained cup

Shoe with hole

Lock on door that sticks

Hair clip, with two prongs missing

New Objects-

Broken Clock

Copy of Charlotte’s Web, with ripped cover and broken binding

Piano Music Box, with missing top

I chose damaged objects because I find them extremely appealing- once an object is damaged or rendered useless, it takes on an entirely new meaning. The life of an object, the point of its existence, centers around a use. But once the object can no longer serve its use, what is it for? I’d like to explore this idea in my concept- the point of an object after its use.

As of right now I have a few ideas for a display- Alison suggested that I have snapshots of the people the objects belong to. I was also thinking of taking a picture of a scene in which the object is in use displayed. Underneath these pictures, I want to recreate the object through a painting or drawing of some kind, depicting ta dramatization of the scar or point of damage in the image. Finally, underneath this succession of images I would have the actual object in the flesh. I’m debated whether or not to simply have the object, or “fix” the object (i.e. filling a gash, adding a piece, etc.).